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This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

6 reviews

sar_lion's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Oh my God, so good. The premise was enough to draw me in, but the content was enough to hook me. The characters were so well written and felt real. A little slow in the beginning although it kept me intrigued enough to want to read the rest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit

readingwithkaitlyn's review

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Grief, Vomit, Excrement, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Infidelity

Poisoning, diabetes mention.

seetaylorwriteandreview's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

“You’re some kind of actual Black girl magic.”

Briseis has the power to grow plants. It’s a power that she and her adoptive parents have tried to hide for years. But when an aunt she never met leaves her the family estate in her death, Briseis and her mothers go to see if they can make it livable. What awaits for them once they get there is a magical adventure full of danger, friendship, and betrayal. 

I went into this book mostly blind after seeing it being raved about on BookTok. The cover itself caught my attention and the story swept me away. I didn’t want to put it down and it completely enthralled me. The cliffhanger it left me on has me ready to read the second one. A new take on modern-day Greek mythology with its own Black girl magic, This Poison Heart is probably one of my favorite reads all month. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Vomit

jazminnnnnnn's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Stalking, Toxic friendship, Grief, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

thenerdybookwitch's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Okay, wow. Just wow! I am floored! This was so gooood! Freaking fantastic! I was so pleasantly surprised that this book had so much Witchcraft in it and Greek Mythology. I need to read book 2 I’m going to be crying for it until it comes out 😭 Highly recommend, I’m so happy that my friend recommended this to me it was amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Violence and Cursing

Minor: Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, and Pregnancy

sarah984's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I was a little bit nervous picking this one up after not really enjoying Cinderella Is Dead, but it really surprised me. This is an urban fantasy story about a teen adoptee with plant powers and an immunity to poison who inherits a mysterious mansion from her birth mother. The powers are interesting and feel unique as we learn about them along with Briseis, and the mystery and gothic feel are compelling. I really liked most of the characters, particularly Briseis and her moms, who have a really great relationship. The romance is a little silly but it gets the job done.

I'm knocking off a star because the pacing got weird near the end (it's a bit of a slow mystery following a trail of breadcrumbs and then in the last 20 pages or so about 4000 things happen) but overall this was a huge improvement and I'm looking forward to the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Murder, and Stalking

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Violence