⦻ reo mikage ⦻’s Reviews > Poison Study > Status Update

“I’d heard enough. I did what any good rat would do. I bit down on the guard’s hand until I tasted blood.”


Good for her

I love this book so much, it’s been one of my favorites since I first read it (far too young in middle school) but it is listed in several places as “young adult” (and listed on Fable as CHILDREN’s fiction) which is just fucking crazy to me. I highly recommend this book but beware it does include heavy themes of sexual violence/assault and child abuse that are not forewarned anywhere before you start reading.

Margg makes me angrier and angrier the more times I read this. I know what happens and idc I hate her so much

Valek handed me the bloody knife. With an exhausted bow, he said, “My love, for you.”

“Yelena, you’ve driven me crazy. You’ve caused me considerable trouble and I’ve contemplated ending your life twice since I’ve known you. But you’ve slipped under my skin, invaded my blood and seized my heart. You have poisoned me.”

Valek: gives her a really thoughtful, sweet, romantic, sentimental handmade gift with a personal, flattering compliment while also obviously worried about her safety

Yelena: he clearly just cares about losing his food taster and doesn’t want to have to train a new one