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Poison Garden, #3
Reeks: Poison Garden
Jennifer Allis Provost
- Eli
- was
- born
- to
- be
- the
- Mistress
- of
- Seers.
- Too
- bad
- everyone
- doesn't
- feel
- that
- way.Eli's
- bid
- to
- be
- named
- the
- Mistress
- of
- Seers
- was
- a
- disaster.
- Those
- who
- are
- witchborn
- cannot
- lead
- the
- seers,
- and
- Eli's
- just
- learned
- that
- her
- mother
- was
- a
- witch.
- But
- that's
- not
- why
- the
- clan
- elders
- won't
- follow
- her—it's
- because
- of
- her
- newly
- discovered
- curse.
- Instead,
- they
- pick
- her
- rival
- and
- ex-lover,
- Amir,
- as
- their
- leader.Since
- Amir
- blew
- up
- her
- apartment
- right
- before
- he
- claimed
- her
- rightful
- position,
- Eli's
- been
- staying
- at
- Dan's
- place.
- Things
- are
- moving
- fast
- between
- them—maybe
- too
- fast—then
- Eli's
- life
- goes
- from
- bad
- to
- worse
- and
- she
- doesn't
- have
- time
- to
- give
- in
- to
- her
- insecurities.
- Dan's
- job
- is
- on
- the
- line,
- Tessa
- searches
- for
- a
- way
- to
- save
- the
- witch
- elders
- from
- Amir's
- cruel
- plans,
- and
- Eli
- struggles
- to
- understand
- where
- her
- curse
- came
- from.
- All
- of
- the
- clues
- they
- uncover
- point
- toward
- Eli's
- mother.Eli
- tries
- not
- to
- think
- about
- her
- mother
- too
- often.
- After
- all,
- the
- woman
- had
- abandoned
- Eli
- as
- a
- child,
- and
- in
- a
- psychiatric
- ward
- at
- that.
- But
- Eli
- needs
- answers,
- so
- she
- probes
- her
- family's
- history.
- Along
- the
- way
- she
- learns
- that
- she's
- more
- closely
- entwined
- with
- the
- local
- witch
- cans
- than
- she
- ever
- realized.
- Then
- Amir
- begins
- killing
- witches—some
- with
- a
- slow
- descent
- into
- madness,
- others
- publicly
- and
- messily—and
- Eli
- realizes
- she's
- out
- of
- options.
- She
- reaches
- out
- to
- her
- first
- enemy,
- someone
- who
- tried
- to
- control
- Eli's
- destiny
- before
- she
- was
- ever
- born:
- Sarah
- Allwood,
- the
- witch
- who
- started
- it
- all.But,
- what
- could
- Sarah
- have
- to
- do
- with
- Eli's
- mother?
- Eli
- hasn't
- seen
- her
- in
- twenty
- years…
- then
- Eli
- learns
- that
- the
- last
- time
- her
- mother
- visited
- her,
- she
- had
- a
- thornapple
- blossom
- in
- her
- hair.THORNAPPLE--Book
- 3
- of
- the
- Poison Garden
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