Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Attempted murder, Blood, Death, Parental death, Gore, Murder, Poisoning, Violence, Self-harm, Stalking, Injury detail, Animal attack
This Poison Heart
by Kalynn Bayron
Book 1 in This Poison Heart
Come for the deadly botany and stay for the inheritance mystery, the adoptive moms who actually feel like family, and the slow reveal that Bri's power has history behind it.
goodreads 4.09/5 31,209 ratings
storykind_community 5/5 1 rating
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Length384 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 2 books
Spice0/5
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Found family
- None
- Earned hope
- Found family feels
- Book hangover incoming
Fantasy promise
- Ya fantasy
- Manor house / estate
- Contemporary
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Small town / village
- Low fantasy / secret magic
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- Gods/deities
- Mythological
- Gothic
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Mysterious
- Atmospheric
- Moderate
- Witch/mage
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- Black MC
- Suspenseful
- Apothecary
- Pansexual MC
- Dark
- Lush
- Reluctant chosen one
- Sapphic
- Magical
- Immersive
- Eerie
- Tense
- Forbidden knowledge
- Cursed bloodline
- Page turner
- Protect at all costs
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Book details
- Length
- 384 pages
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book