A review by haileyrt
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.75

This was a decent book about Briseis moving to her descendants old home and uncovering mysterious secrets and uncovering a hidden The Heart plant. People are after this plant and to save her mother, she must find all 6 pieces of the Heart and give them to Hecate. Even though I thought the beginning and middle were slow and took a while to get to the point and explain in greater depth what was going on and the conflict, I felt like the ending happened all at once. It definitely could've been stretched out instead of the main conflict being the last few pages. But I do understand why it was the last few chapters since the next book starts off following the first book's ending. I just wish the beginning and middle were less long and the ending was more spread out, since it did take me a while to get into the book but I found it more enjoyable about 60% of the way through the book. Can't wait to read the next book!