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A review by wordsofclover
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
5.0
Read for the second time February 2015
Yelena has been awaiting her execution for over a year and on the day she's about to die, she's faced with a choice - be executed or become the food taster/poison tester for the country's leader The Commander. Naturally, Yelena chooses to live a little bit longer and begins to learn to identify poisons, defend herself and begin to love herself and others once again.
UGH I LOVE THIS BOOK!! The world building for Ixia is great. Yelena described the Commander's takeover really well and how the world works now with the different districts. I loved the small trans storyline which I had completely forgotten about, and works so well. Yelena is a great character. She starts off a very abused and nervous woman but with a hidden strength and time and time again she proves to be more than what people expect. She learns to become stronger physically and mentally. I like that Yelena is a 'normal' YA girl at 16 years of age but is a bit more mature at 19. I can definitely identify with her a bit more and she's more mature in her decisions and thought process.
And Valek. BAE!!!! I forgot how dreamy he is. And another age I love. When I read Throne of Glass, something about Chaol reminded me of Valek but with Valek he has his age to make his position in the government more logical. He's able to deal with the things he's suppose to do (unlike someone who was Captain of the Guard but apparently had never killed before?!?) and he's oh so sexy while doing it. Valek is logical, cool and calm. He sees a problem and faces it with intelligence. He doesn't run into things blind. He's not a boy. He's a man.
Ari and Janco. I forgot these adorable two. I loved them so much, I can't believe I forgot about them. Their friendship with Yelena is lovely and so heartwarming! I know they make some appearances in the next two so I can't wait to see them again.
I loved reading this book almost completely blind. I knew I loved the story but i had forgotten so much of the little things, it was great reading them again and rediscovering my love for this series. Poison Study gets 5 stars every time.
Yelena has been awaiting her execution for over a year and on the day she's about to die, she's faced with a choice - be executed or become the food taster/poison tester for the country's leader The Commander. Naturally, Yelena chooses to live a little bit longer and begins to learn to identify poisons, defend herself and begin to love herself and others once again.
UGH I LOVE THIS BOOK!! The world building for Ixia is great. Yelena described the Commander's takeover really well and how the world works now with the different districts. I loved the small trans storyline which I had completely forgotten about, and works so well. Yelena is a great character. She starts off a very abused and nervous woman but with a hidden strength and time and time again she proves to be more than what people expect. She learns to become stronger physically and mentally. I like that Yelena is a 'normal' YA girl at 16 years of age but is a bit more mature at 19. I can definitely identify with her a bit more and she's more mature in her decisions and thought process.
And Valek. BAE!!!! I forgot how dreamy he is. And another age I love. When I read Throne of Glass, something about Chaol reminded me of Valek but with Valek he has his age to make his position in the government more logical. He's able to deal with the things he's suppose to do (unlike someone who was Captain of the Guard but apparently had never killed before?!?) and he's oh so sexy while doing it. Valek is logical, cool and calm. He sees a problem and faces it with intelligence. He doesn't run into things blind. He's not a boy. He's a man.
Ari and Janco. I forgot these adorable two. I loved them so much, I can't believe I forgot about them. Their friendship with Yelena is lovely and so heartwarming! I know they make some appearances in the next two so I can't wait to see them again.
I loved reading this book almost completely blind. I knew I loved the story but i had forgotten so much of the little things, it was great reading them again and rediscovering my love for this series. Poison Study gets 5 stars every time.