She has to do so in order to save her kingdom, on the verge of destruction, regardless of conflicted feelings over hurting her friend and saving her world. Through many twists and turns, Kyra, a potions master, is on the run from her former fiancé and palace guards because she attempted to assassinate her former best friend, Princess Ariana. Romance was quirky and light, something distinctively odd for high fantasy, but again, good.Who would have thought trying to kill someone would end a friendship. The journey in general took on a very unusual path and I liked how the synopsis did its best to keep things basic but informative so that as a reader not everything was spoiled. The plot twist delivered towards the end of the novel was thought provoking and I found it extremely unexpected. It isn’t often you come across high fantasy with poison dart throwing girls.Ĭharacters were unique and well-rounded, and the unlikely pig sidekick was a cute final touch. The action was new and the fact that Kyra was the one who took part in just about all of it was something I highly enjoyed. I find that most high fantasies happen to be a bit too businesslike for my taste, but there was plenty of tongue-in-cheek humor here and unlike what some would think, it fit the story line seamlessly. Poison is great in the sense that it wasn’t completely serious despite being a high fantasy novel. The story picks up just after, as she’s running from the kingdom’s army and plotting her next assassination attempt. Poison is a new high fantasy release coming to us from Disney Hyperion, centering Kyra, a highly skilled teenage potion worker who decides to kill her best friend after having a less than pleasing vision of the kingdom’s future at her hands. 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. 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?

She’s armed with her vital potions, a too-cute pig, and Fred, the charming adventurer she can’t stop thinking about. 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.

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.īut, for the first time ever, her poisoned dart.

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.

Poison by bridget zinn