I give it five stars-with an extra star for the cutest pig character you will ever meet. "Bridget Zinn's POISON is an absolute charmer of a book, full of adventure and romance and fun. Good silly fun-a refreshing antidote to a genre overflowing with grit and gloom."- Kirkus Reviews Extraordinary." -Jennifer L. Kyra is not your typical murderer, and she’s certainly no damsel-in-distress-she's the lovable and quick-witted hero of this romantic novel that has all the right ingredients to make teen girls swoon. Praise for Poison :"A frothy confection of a fairy tale featuring poisoners, princesses, perfumers and pigs, none of whom are exactly what they appear (except maybe the pigs) …. Meyer, Joyce Morrison, Toni Murakami, Haruki Owens, Candance Patterson, James Picoult, Jodi Poe, Edgar Allan Pratchett, Terry Robbins, Tony Seuss, Dr. Kyra is determined to get herself a second chance (at murder), but will she be able to find and defeat the princess before Hal and the army find her? Follet, Ken French, Tana Gladwell, Malcolm Grisham, John Ishiguro, Kazuo Ito, Junji King, Stephen Lockwood, Ingersoll Maas, Sarah J. She’s armed with her vital potions, a too-cute pig, and Fred, the charming adventurer she can’t stop thinking about. Faced with no other choice, Kyra decides to do what she does best: poison the kingdom’s future ruler, who also happens to be her former best friend. But, for the first time ever, her poisoned dart…misses. Now a fugitive instead of a hero, Kyra is caught in a game of hide-and-seek with the king’s army and her potioner ex-boyfriend, Hal. Sixteen-year-old Kyra, a highly-skilled potions master, is the only one who knows her kingdom is on the verge of destruction-which means she’s the only one who can save it.
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