Books On Our Radar: Poison’s Kiss by Breeana Shields
Love is lethal…now that is one hell of a tagline! Throw in teenage assassin who has to kill the boy she loves with her deadly kiss. Sign. Me. Up! I am not even sure if I need to say anything else; with that cover and that blurb, I am sold! Be sure to add this to your TBR, and pre-order Poison’s Kiss before it releases this winter, January 10th, 2017.
Poison’s Kiss by Breeana Shields
Category: Young Adult, Fantasy
Publication: January 10th, 2017; Random House Books for Young Readers
Purchase: Amazon
A teenage assassin kills with a single kiss until she is ordered to kill the one boy she loves. This commercial YA fantasy is romantic and addictive like– a poison kiss– and will thrill fans of Sarah J. Maas and Victoria Aveyard.
Marinda has kissed dozens of boys. They all die afterward. It’s a miserable life, but being a visha kanya a poison maiden is what she was created to do. Marinda serves the Raja by dispatching his enemies with only her lips as a weapon.
Until now, the men she was ordered to kiss have been strangers, enemies of the kingdom. Then she receives orders to kiss Deven, a boy she knows too well to be convinced he needs to die. She begins to question who she s really working for. And that is a thread that, once pulled, will unravel more than she can afford to lose.
This rich, surprising, and accessible debut is based in Indian folklore and delivers a story that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.
