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Poison's Cage

#2 in series

by Breeana Shields
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An assassin becomes a spy in this heart-pounding sequel to Poison's Kiss. Readers who love the assassin angle in Throne of Glass, the lethal touch in Shatter Me, or the high stakes of The Wrath and the Dawn will want to follow this story to the end.

A single kiss could kill. A single secret could save the kingdom.
Iyla and Marinda have killed many men together: Iyla as the seductress, Marinda as the final, poisonous kiss. Now they understand who the real enemy is—the Snake King—and together they can take him down. Both girls have felt as though they were living a lie in the past, so moving into the king's palace and pretending to serve him isn't as difficult as it sounds. But when you're a spy, even secrets between friends are dangerous. And each girl has something—or someone—to lose. Does every secret, every lie, bring them closer to the truth . . . or to a trap?
In Poison's Kiss, Marinda pulled a dangerous thread. In this sequel, it unravels to a heart-pounding conclusion.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Poison's Kiss

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    January 16, 2018

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781101937884
      • File size: 2562 KB

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781101937884
      • File size: 2562 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 4.7
    • Lexile® Measure: 700
    • Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    • Text Difficulty: 3

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      November 1, 2017
      A fantasy romance influenced by Hindu cosmology concludes its quest with exhaustive thoroughness.In Sundari, a fantasy land with the flavor of the Indian subcontinent, Marinda spies on her former masters. Marinda was raised as a visha kanya, an assassin so packed with snake venom that she murders with a kiss. She's now working for the Raja to bring down the followers of the Snake King, who'd almost succeeded in sacrificing Marinda's beloved baby brother to their god. The machinations of the Naga leave her exhausted. Marinda's old friend Iyla is here as well, and she also claims to be working for the Naga. Is she double-crossing the Snake King or triple-crossing Marinda? In first-person chapters from both Marinda's and Iyla's points of view the two girls navigate their desire to do right, their love for one another, their history of betrayal, and their romances with two handsome young men outside the Naga. Marinda learns to speak with serpents, while Iyla discovers the gods made manifest in human form. Uneven worldbuilding diminishes the coherence of this mostly preindustrial, mostly desi society, and a tidy resolution sweeps away any magical messiness in favor of uncomplicated smooches.A strong thread of the importance of female friendship makes this adventure rise above Marinda's bland romance. (Fantasy. 13-15)

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    • The Horn Book

      July 1, 2018
      In Poison's Kiss, assassin Marinda saved her brother from the Snake King. Now she's committed to destroying the Snake King's secret society, the Naga, from the inside out. Her former partner, Iyla, is also spying on the Naga, but can she be trusted? The plot of this Indian folklorebased adventure twists and turns like the snakes it features right up until the satisfying conclusion.

      (Copyright 2018 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:4.7
  • Lexile® Measure:700
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:3

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