This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, #1)

by Kalynn Bayron

Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron’s new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a unique and deadly power.

Briseis has a gift: with a single touch she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms.

When Briseis’s aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents hope that surrounded by plants and flowers, she will finally learn to control her gift. But their new home is sinister in ways they never expected—it comes with a mysterious set of instructions, a walled garden filled with the deadliest botanicals in the world, and generations of secrets. There is more to Bri’s sudden inheritance than she could have imagined, and she is determined to uncover it.

From the bestselling author of Cinderella Is Dead comes an enchanting story about a young woman with the power to conquer the dark forces descending around her.

Reviewed by writehollydavis on

4 of 5 stars

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I really enjoyed this book! Briseis and her magic were my favorite thing about it. I wasn't expecting mythology to play such a big role at the end and wish there'd been more about it earlier, but overall it kept me reading. Looking forward to seeing where things go in the sequel!

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