Poison Princess (The Arcana Chronicles, #1) in And So It Begins Reading Challenge

Oct 19, 2012 Darlene rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, for-review, 2012-debut-author-challenge, 2012-ya-audiobook-challenge

I received this audiobook from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. I did not receive any compensation for my review, and the views expressed herein are my own.

Poison Princess had me riveted from beginning to end! So far, this is my favourite YA read of 2012!

The book starts off from the male point of view of a madman who is trying to lure young girls to his house. He keeps these girls chained in the basement, and he conducts experiments on them and tortures them. After a young blonde ...more

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Dec 04, 2012 Carrie Ardoin rated it did not like it

Shelves: couldn-t-finish-it, ummm-really, other-supes, what-a-letdown

One day...ONE DAY I will be able to read a book that is set in my home state without being horribly offended by the stereotypes contained within. But alas, today my friends is not that day.

See, the first thing is that the main character is a girl named Evangeline. How cute, right? I know it's fiction, but I've lived here nearly 28 years and I don't know one damn girl with that name. Ok, whatever. Moving on.

This is where I started to get more offended...

“Who are they?” I asked. “Have they come to

One day...ONE DAY I will be able to read a book that is set in my home state without being horribly offended by the stereotypes contained within. But alas, today my friends is not that day.

See, the first thing is that the main character is a girl named Evangeline. How cute, right? I know it's fiction, but I've lived here nearly 28 years and I don't know one damn girl with that name. Ok, whatever. Moving on.

This is where I started to get more offended...

“Who are they?” I asked. “Have they come to start trouble?”
Grace answered, “Haven’t you heard? They’re a bunch of juvies from Basin High School.”
Basin High? That was in a totally different parish, on the other side of the levee. Basin equaled Cajun. “But why are they here?”
“They’re attending Sterling!” Catherine said. “Because of that new bridge they built across the levee, the kids at the outer edge of the basin are now closer to us than to their old school.”
Before the bridge, those Cajuns would have had to drive all the way around the swamp to get here—fifty miles at least.
Until the last decade or so, the bayou folk there had been isolated. They still spoke Cajun French and ate frogs’ legs.
Though I’d never been to Basin Town, all of Haven’s farm help came from there and my crazy ole grandmother still had friends there. I knew a lot about the area, a place rumored to be filled with hot-blooded women, hard-fighting men, and unbelievable poverty.

I just had a whole lot of wat. Talk about a whole lot of stereotypes rolled into one small section. Does this woman not understand that frog legs are a delicacy in places wayyyyy fancier than most can afford?

And finally...

"You typing to that beau of yours?" Again Jackson got that frustrated look on his face. His moods were so changeable.
"TEXTING. Yes."

ALL of my WAT. Look, I don't care how country or backwoods you are, you know what a cell phone and texting is, especially if you're of high school age. Come ON, Kresley Cole...nobody's that sheltered.

There are several more reasons why I quit reading this book, but I think being offended is probably the most important one. Do yourself a favor and stay away from this cliched YA paranormal snore. ...more

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