Poison Study

So my mom tells me that it is a sign of maturity that I can stop reading a book that I don't enjoy. Man, I must be really mature. lol I keep starting books and then not finishing them. Nothing seems to be holding my interest. I've been looking for something really gripping...you know something that I really don't want to put down. The Twilight series and Harry Potter series were definitely like that for me. So are the Pendergast books and the Alex Delaware books. I decided to look at some threads on Amazon.com to see what people were reading to fill the Twilight void and picked up a few of the books at the library.

The book I started with was Poison Study by Maria Snyder, and I must say I was very impressed. I really enjoyed this book. Poison Study is a fantasy book, but really only has a little big of magic in it. The main character Yelena is in prison for murder and is offered the chance to become the Commander's food tasters instead of being executed. I really liked the character of Yelena as well as that of Valek, who teaches her about poisons. This was definitely a book that I had a hard time putting down. I have already reserved the next two books in the series at the library, so I will keep you posted.

Reading now: Sunshine
Coming soon: Outlander, Post-mortem, Magic Study