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A review by jamiebeecreations
The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste
3.0
Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC. This is my honest review.
Even though this was a very heavy, at many times violent (Do read the trigger warnings!) book - very much outside of what I usually read - I still liked it. It is refreshing to read bipoc stories in fantasy. It was fast paced most of the time, but I do think it could have been trimmed down a little. It's fairly long for a YA story and in the middle it lulled for a bit.
That being said, I did feel like their was a lot of character development, which I personally prefer over a very deep plot. A number of characters, but I also liked that. It felt like each one really meant something and weren't just throw away.
It did feel more towards the New Adult end of the rating spectrum than Young Adult. (More towards the 15-20 age bracket because of the violence). I hope more books like this emerge and I will definitely read another from this author.
Even though this was a very heavy, at many times violent (Do read the trigger warnings!) book - very much outside of what I usually read - I still liked it. It is refreshing to read bipoc stories in fantasy. It was fast paced most of the time, but I do think it could have been trimmed down a little. It's fairly long for a YA story and in the middle it lulled for a bit.
That being said, I did feel like their was a lot of character development, which I personally prefer over a very deep plot. A number of characters, but I also liked that. It felt like each one really meant something and weren't just throw away.
It did feel more towards the New Adult end of the rating spectrum than Young Adult. (More towards the 15-20 age bracket because of the violence). I hope more books like this emerge and I will definitely read another from this author.