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One of those fine YA books appeal at both youth and adult levels, Poison follows the titular character on, of course, her quest. Smart, self-aware, cranky and perverse, she's Not Your Typical YA Heroine. The appropriately self-named Poison finds unlikely and unlooked-for friendships along the creepy road she sets herself to travel, is smart enough to be frightened when any marginally intelligent creature would be and remains herself as she does a bit of growing up along the way. There are no sudden amazing transformations into charm, no easy answers to her difficulties and thankfully no Sudden Romantic Interest - that last alone is a breath of fresh air in YA fantasy.

There are definitely twists and turns in this story, some foreseeable and some not; some twists you expect to materialize do not and it all adds up to a terrific book for curling up with on a quiet day.