Poison Study
Locked in a coffin-like darkness, there is nothing to distract me from my memories of killing Reyad. He deserved to die—but according to the law, so do I. Here in Ixia, the punishment for murder is death. And now I wait for the hangman's noose.But the same law that condemns me may also save me....
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Locked in a coffin-like darkness, there is nothing to distract me from my memories of killing Reyad. He deserved to die—but according to the law, so do I. Here in Ixia, the punishment for murder is death. And now I wait for the hangman's noose.But the same law that condemns me may also save me. Ixia's food taster—chosen to ensure that the Commander's food is not poisoned—has died. And by law, the next prisoner who is scheduled to be executed—me—must be offered the position.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780778327110 (0778327116)
Publish date: November 18th 2008
Publisher: Mira
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
Series: Study (#1)
This book was so good! I love he world that Maria v. Snyder has created. It is such an interesting place. The characters in this were just awesome. Janco and Ari are my favorite and they are just hilarious. They have a great friendship and I just love it. I loved all of the other characters as...
Fun story, elementary execution. The writing is so bad I almost couldn't finish. I'm not going to read book 2--I've got too many other, better, books to give my time to. The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained
This book did not start out well for me. And I have to say that that was entirely my fault. Due to my arbitrary mood at the time, I felt the incredibly overwhelming urge to nitpick, and this was prime nitpicking material. Words used twice in the same paragraph? Ugh, same old YA writing habits. Then ...
Initial impression: I never thought a story about a food taster would interest me to read a book. Actually, I’m having a hard time trying to point out if this book is YA or Adult. Some say YA and others say Adult because there are sensitive issues included here that doesn’t fit for YA. This bo...
I LOVED THE HEROINEI LOVED THE WORLD BUILDING.I LOVED THE MAIN LOVE INTEREST.I LOVED EVERYTHING.(soms kan ik mijn enthousiasme niet eens in het Nederlands uitdrukken)
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