Description
The dead don't always stay dead in Kalynn Bayron's compelling twist on the Frankenstein origin story.
Seventeen-year-old Meka hasn't had a good night's sleep in years. Plagued by a recurring nightmare in which her father pulls her mother's mangled body from a gruesome car wreck, Meka's only solace is confiding her fears about the dream's meaning to her boyfriend, Noah.
But when Noah dies in a tragic accident, Meka's world is torn apart. Heartbroken, Meka tries to move on, but strange things begin to happen. Someone is following Meka wherever she goes. The bracelet Noah was buried with reappears on Meka's front step. And Meka's nightmares start to evolve, becoming more and more twisted.
Determined to make sense of everything, Meka must unravel a centuries-old secret and this dark truth to her family's past.
New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron twists a classic horror in this retelling of the Frankenstein origin story, perfect for fans of Wilder Girls
About the Author
Kalynn Bayron is the bestselling author of the young-adult novels Cinderella Is Dead, This Poison Heart, This Wicked Fate, You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight and Sleep Like Death as well as the middle-grade series The Vanquishers. She is the winner of the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for YA Fiction 2020 and Wordery's Children's Book of the Year 2020, and has been shortlisted for the Goodreads Choice Award for YA Fantasy 2020 and nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2021. When she's not writing, you can find her listening to Ella Fitzgerald on loop, attending the theatre, watching scary movies and spending time with her kids. She lives in Ithaca, New York, with her family.
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Reviews
A spine-tingling camp slasher with a cast of characters you can't help but root for * Ryan Douglass, New York Times bestselling author of THE TAKING OF JAKE LIVINGSTON, on YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DIE TONIGHT *
An intoxicating tale about the power of Black motherhood and daughterhood, and family bonds that can't be broken. Like the poisonous plants Briseis tends to, This Poison Heart is mesmerizing and beautiful * Tracy Deonn, New York Times bestselling author of LEGENDBORN, on THIS POISON HEART *
Book Information
ISBN 9781526680464
Author Kalynn Bayron
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Bloomsbury YA
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Bloomsbury YA |
