Alone and terrified, she finds herself hiding in Cinderella's tomb. And when Sophia's night at the ball goes horribly wrong, she must run for her life. are forfeit.īut Sophia doesn't want to be chosen - she's in love with her best friend, Erin, and hates the idea of being traded like cattle. For the lives of those not chosen by a man at the ball. And every girl knows that she has only one chance.

Because every girl has to recite it daily, from when she's tiny until the night she's sent to the royal ball for choosing. I am hoping to see more diversity in her character illustrations as she releases more books.Sophia knows the story though, off by heart. In my opinion Briseis reminds me a lot of Sophia from Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella is Dead. I love that more black and brown girls are being represented in literature but would love to see more diversity in how they are illustrated. My only complaint about This Poison Heart is the artwork on the cover. I can't wait to see what the sequel, This Wicked Fate brings us. I love the LGBTQ+ theme that shows itself not only in Briseis parents, but in her own love interest as well with Marie. Kalynn Bayron incoporates sci-fi, love and a bit of mystery and suspense in This Poison Heart. In my opinion, I felt like I was reading a origin story of a young Poison Ivy maybe before she goes dark. If you want to find out how, give it a read, you won't be disappointed! She makes some new friends but quickly finds out that something is up and her friends are involved. Their arrival at the estate provides more than enough seclusion for Briseis to learn to better control her gift. She never knew why she could do the things that she could, but she, her Mom, and Mo learned to adapt to it and kept her special gift hidden, mostly. Plants feed off of her energy as well as yearn for her whenever she is nearby. You see, Briseis has a unique gift of being able to grow plants and flowers with her bare hands. Once they arrive, Briseis begins to realize that there is more to her biological family then she knew, but hopes that it will help explain her gift.

They take the leap to move to the estate temporarily just to see if it would help them financially. Although her family owns a flower shop in Brooklyn, they are quickly finding themselves reevaluating their finances and living arrangement. She and her parents are made aware that her biological aunt (her mother's sister) has left her an estate in a rural part of New York. Briseis is well aware that she is adopted, but doesn't know much about her biological mother. This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron, introduces us to a teenage girl named Briseis and her adopted mothers.

This poison heart book 2