This Poison Heart
- Author Kalynn Bayron
- Narrator Jordan Cobb
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
- Run Time 10 hours and 17 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy romance, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories – Romance, love or friendship, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Plants and trees, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Supernatural and mythological creatures, Children’s / Teenage: General interest.
Titles Purchased
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- 6-10
- 11-15
- 16-20
- Over 20
Price p/Title
- €9.95
- €8.95
- €7.95
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- €5.95
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What to expect
'Kalynn Bayron does more than re-write a fairy-tale ... She breaks it apart and rebuilds it into a wholly original and captivating story where girls finally decide for themselves who lives happily ever after' - Brigid Kemmerer
'Brings much-needed inclusivity and contemporary flavor to the teen fantasy genre' - Kirkus Reviews
'A delicious mix of intoxicating fantasy and coming of age, steeped in Greek mythology and peppered with references to the Jordan Peele films Get Out and Us' - Observer New Review
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Ever since she can remember, Briseis has had power over plants. Flowers bloom in her footsteps and leaves turn to face her as though she were the sun. It’s a power she and her adoptive mothers have spent her whole life trying to hide. And then Briseis inherits an old house from her birth mother and suddenly finds herself with the space and privacy to test her powers for the first time.
But as Briseis starts to bring the house’s rambling garden back to life, she finds she has also inherited generations of secrets. A hidden altar to a dark goddess, a lineage of witches stretching back to ancient times, and a hidden garden overgrown with the most deadly poisonous plants on earth. And Briseis’s long-departed ancestors aren’t going to let her rest until she accepts her place as the keeper of the terrible power that lies at the heart of the Poison Garden.
Cinderella Is Dead author Kalynn Bayron brings a message of proud inclusivity to this empowering fantasy about a young woman finding the strength to challenge everything she has been told is true.
Don't miss the sequel, This Wicked Fate, where to save the people she loves, Briseis must change the most dangerous of fates ahead of her ...
Critics Review
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Mesmerising and beautiful
Tracy Deonn, NYT bestselling author of Legendborn -
A delicious mix of intoxicating fantasy and coming of age, steeped in Greek mythology and peppered with references to the Jordan Peele films Get Out and Us
Observer New Review -
Brings much-needed inclusivity and contemporary flavor to the teen fantasy genre
Kirkus Reviews -
This Poison Heart masterfully weaves a unique story grounded in the depths of Greek mythology and Black girlhood
Booklist starred review -
A wholly original and captivating story where girls finally decide for themselves who lives happily ever after
Brigid Kemmerer on CINDERELLA IS DEAD -
Challenges patriarchy with kick-butt heroines and a counter-story that will forever change how readers perceive fairy tales
Booklist starred review
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