Choose: a quick death… or slow poison… have rooms in the palace — and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia. To make matters worse, the chief of security 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 in order to survive, she must unravel the secrets behind the past she’s been running from.
Previously published.
The Chronicles of Ixia Series by Maria V Snyder
Book One: Poison Study
Book Two: Magic Study
Book Three: Fire Study
Book Four: Storm Glass
Book Five: Sea Glass
Book Six: Spy Glass
Book Seven: Shadow Study
Book Eight: Night Study
Book Nine: Dawn Study
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I began reading this book because I know the author personally. It’s a bit different than the normal genres I read, but I soon became swept up in the story. Very unusual story about a young woman who is on death row in a fictional land. I would not be surprised to see this made into a series (as this is the first of several books in this …
This was definitely an interesting read. I love Yelena and her relationships to the other characters in the book. She’s a strong female character who holds her own throughout the book.
The plot was okay. The twist was pretty obvious and the romance seemed kinda thrown in there at the end. I know it was building up throughout the novel, but if …