On My Wishlist #8

On My Wishlist is a meme from Cosy Books where we showcase the books which are currently top of our wishlists. Old, new or yet to be released titles are all welcome.

Poison Study
by Maria V. Snyder

Published March 1st 2007 by Mira Books

Choose: A quick death…Or slow poison…
About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. She'll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace—and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia.
And so Yelena chooses to become a food taster. But the chief of security, leaving nothing to chance, 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 choices must be made. But this time the outcomes aren't so clear…
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Oh, the Study series. I have been hearing about it for YEARS. I have read other books by this awesome author, but for some reason I didn't get to this one. But I really want to. And I shall. :)