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Poison Study (Study, #1)

Maria V. Snyder

Start date: January 1, 2011

Finish date: January 31, 2011

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Jul 23, 2018 Carrie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, fantasy, heroine-i-adore, assassin, own, mgr

So why did it take me this long to read this book??? I have had it for ages in my cubes.

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Dec 20, 2020 Marla rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery, young-adult, paranormal, girl-power, award-winner, with-reservations, made-me-laugh, recommended-to-me, series, romance

. This book got mixed reviews from my GoodReads friends, but I was totally a fan. It bogged down a bit when Yelena's learning and training, but I enjoyed her making friends and it takes lots of hard work to learn self-defense. Also her poison training was interesting, but I would much rather do a lab test than a taste test.

I am "an eye for an eye" kind of girl and I struggle with forgiveness and divine justice. So I didn't agree with executing anyone who took a life, even if it was an accident o ...more

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Feb 15, 2011 Carrie rated it it was amazing

You all were right...I couldn't put it down! My first thought when it ended was that I LOVED it! Then as I thought about it and how it made me feel, I may have wanted a little more romance. Don't get me wrong. I loved the mystery and intrigue and action. I don't need 300+ pages of a mushy love story. But I felt like the author took it in a romantic direction in the end, but it was too rushed and not explored enough. I still loved the book and am now reading the second one. At first I didn't thin ...more

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Nov 24, 2011 Darcie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: rate-5, library

Loved it!! This is one of those books that you continue to think about after it ends. I am so happy that I had book 2 to immediately read! This series so far is on par with Hunger Games - which I loved as well.

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May 13, 2018 Rebekah rated it it was ok

Shelves: genre-fantasy, genre-young-adult, genre-romance, series, genre-fiction, nbrc-bom-br, mmpbotb

I am getting really tired of reading books that are all about the rape and torture and violence committed against very young teenage women. And the love interest between the 33-year-old assassin/spy and 19-year-old rape victim slave is creepy as hell.

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Jul 26, 2011 Amanda R rated it really liked it

Re-read - the first one, I did over 10 years ago. It was good revisiting this book and I liked it as much this time as the last. Now I'm familiar with the story again and ready to continue on in the series! ...more

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