When strangers begin to arrive on their doorstep, asking for tinctures and elixirs, Bri learns she has a surprising talent for creating them. But their new home is sinister in ways they could never have imagined–it comes with a specific set of instructions, an old-school apothecary, and a walled garden filled with the deadliest botanicals in the world that can only be entered by those who share Bri’s unique family lineage.
Hopefully there, surrounded by plants and flowers, Bri will finally learn to control her gift. When Briseis’s aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents decide to leave Brooklyn behind for the summer. Representation: Black main characters, Sapphic romanceīriseis has a gift: she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms with a single touch. And Briseis’s long-departed ancestors aren’t going to let her rest until she accepts her place as the keeper of the terrible power that lies at the heart of the Poison Garden.Ĭinderella Is Dead author Kalynn Bayron brings a message of proud inclusivity to this empowering fantasy about a young woman finding the strength to challenge everything she has been told is true.Trigger Warnings: Self-injury, Death of a parent, Murder & attempted murder, Poisoning A hidden altar to a dark goddess, a lineage of witches stretching back to ancient times and a hidden garden overgrown with the most deadly poisonous plants on Earth. And then Briseis inherits an old house from her birth mother and suddenly finds herself with the space and privacy to test her powers for the first time.īut as Briseis starts to bring the house’s rambling garden back to life, she finds she has also inherited generations of secrets. It’s a power she and her adoptive mothers have spent her whole life trying to hide. Flowers bloom in her footsteps and leaves turn to face her as though she were the sun. Bloomsbury presents This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron, read by Jordan Cobb.Įver since she can remember, Briseis has had power over plants.
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