This was the first book I read by Maria V. Snyder and it is very impressive. Goodreads said:
"Choose: A quick death…Or slow poison...
About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. She'll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace—and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia.
And so Yelena chooses to become a food taster. But the chief of security, leaving nothing to chance, deliberately feeds her Butterfly's Dust—and only by appearing for her daily antidote will she delay an agonizing death from the poison.
As Yelena tries to escape her new dilemma, disasters keep mounting. Rebels plot to seize Ixia and Yelena develops magical powers she can't control. Her life is threatened again and choices must be made. But this time the outcomes aren't so clear..."
This book was so good and I really liked the way the characters interacted with each other. The way that Yelena reacts to being in the castle is also very interesting and the way her backstory is introduced is very clever.
The only thing I could have done without in this book is the descriptions of abuse that she suffered at an orphanage before she eventually killed her abuser. This information is crucial to the plot of the book, but is more graphic than it needs to be.
Overall, I really liked this book and would like to thank Karlie once again for recommending it to me. I encourage you to read this book and the others in the Study series.
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