Poison Study (Study, #1) in Nothing But Reading Challenges

May 15, 2018 Lesa Divine rated it really liked it

Shelves: botm-selection, library, read-it

I enjoyed reading from a food taster instead of reading fantasies from princess, prince, king or queen so this was different.
Yelena jailed for killing a General's son. After 1 year she's given the choice to be the Commander's food taster.
With people in the castle not liking she's alive and friends of the General she's always watching her back.
Valek the Commander's friend that keeps Yelena in her place. He has more to himself. He can fight and can feel when magic is around him. Magic his banned. ...more

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Sep 23, 2012 Trisha rated it really liked it

Loved it! I had no idea what I was getting in to when I first started the book. I have a bad habit of NOT reading synopsis but go solely on the cover of a book....
Yelena is spared execution in order to be the taster for a ruler - she is the food taster to test if the meal is poisoned. She's almost guaranteed to die - the ruler is constantly under threat of death - and there have been many taste testers before her who have died.

But she is determined to live.

I'm so glad I started this series. I c ...more

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Jan 20, 2012 Christal rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, magic, female-lead, fantasy-aka-swords, assassins-spies-and-mercs

I really enjoyed this book! Yelena is a smart, level-headed protagonist and her journey throughout this book was so interesting. She had a believable backstory and really grew and changed over the course of the book. Valek was a great male lead and I hope they develop this relationship more in the future. The side characters were also well-drawn and had distinct personalities without becoming stereotypes. The contrast between the militant north and the magic-using south was well done. (view spoi ...more

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May 13, 2018 Rebekah rated it it was ok

Shelves: genre-fiction, genre-fantasy, genre-young-adult, genre-romance, series, 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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