Wishlist Wednesday: This Poison Heart

When is it out: 29th June, in the UK

What is it about: Briseis has a gift: she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms with a single touch.

When Briseis’s aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents decide to leave Brooklyn behind for the summer. Hopefully there, surrounded by plants and flowers, Bri will finally learn to control her gift. But their new home is sinister in ways they could never have imagined–it comes with a specific set of instructions, an old-school apothecary, and a walled garden filled with the deadliest botanicals in the world that can only be entered by those who share Bri’s unique family lineage.

When strangers begin to arrive on their doorstep, asking for tinctures and elixirs, Bri learns she has a surprising talent for creating them. One of the visitors is Marie, a mysterious young woman who Bri befriends, only to find that Marie is keeping dark secrets about the history of the estate and its surrounding community. There is more to Bri’s sudden inheritance than she could have imagined, and she is determined to uncover it . . . until a nefarious group comes after her in search of a rare and dangerous immortality elixir. Up against a centuries-old curse and the deadliest plant on earth, Bri must harness her gift to protect herself and her family.

From the bestselling author of Cinderella Is Dead comes another inspiring and deeply compelling story about a young woman with the power to conquer the dark forces descending around her.

Why do I want to read it: I keep seeing this book everywhere, which is probably unsurprising because the cover is amazing!! The magic in This Poison Heart sounds very intriguing, and I’ve heard people online say that it’s meant to have aspects of The Secret Garden and Greek mythology in it, which sounds fantastic. Also, one of the things I really loved about Cinderella is Dead is how the author didn’t really do a retelling as such, it was more using the fairy tale as a leaping off point and kinda continuing it, which is something I don’t see all that often, so I’m curious to see where this book will take us. And finally, there’s also some confirmed LGBTQ+ rep, which is always great to see.

What books are you wishing for this week? Join the discussion by leaving a message in the comment section down below <3