This Poison Heart: : This Poison Heart Kalynn Bayron Bloomsbury YA

This Poison Heart

Description

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.

Product details

Published	Jun 29 2021
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	384
ISBN	9781547603909
Imprint	Bloomsbury YA
Dimensions	8 x 6 inches
Series	This Poison Heart
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

A verdant read as rich as the greenery within it, This Poison Heart will wrap its vines around you and never let go.

Kayla Ancrum, author of THE WICKER KING
Kalynn Bayron's writing is alchemy itself, blending contemporary fantasy with a dose of haunting mystery and a dropper of gothic fiction. An intoxicating tale about the power of about Black motherhood and daughterhood, and family bonds that can't be broken. Like the poisonous plants Briseis tends to, This Poison Heart is mesmerizing and beautiful.

Tracy Deonn, New York Times bestselling author of LEGENDBORN
Bayron takes an old story, turns it on its head, and makes it her own with a stunning display of pacing, character, and legacy.

#1 New York Times bestselling author E.K. Johnston
Thrilling and magnetic, This Poison Heart pulses with true Black girl magic and endless mystery.

Julian Winters, award-winning author of RUNNING WITH LIONS
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, New York Times bestselling author of A CURSE SO DARK AND LONELY, on CINDERELLA IS DEAD
Bayron weaves science and Greek mythology into a captivating lore that lends weight to this fantastical contemporary story. She conjures entertaining and realistic dialogue and attentive characterization, while incisive descriptions and sumptuous prose evoke a wonderfully gothic atmosphere.

Publishers Weekly, starred review