This review is a review of the book, and not a criticism of the deceased. I am sorry for her loss, I am sure she was a wonderful person, I'm sure she was beloved by her friends and family. Half the times I wasn't sure what's going on, and the other half of the time, and for the majority of the book, I was asking myself: Why the fuck did Kyra have to kill the princess?įirst off, I know the author died of cancer. It was either her or the rest of the kingdom.That's great, but why? This book had two major problems: it was a rambling mess, and it had huge, gaping plot holes. My current secret lair resides somewhere in (shhh.) Portland, OR where I plot daring adventures with my husband and two cats. When not writing young adult masterpieces or working on world domination, I spend my time cooking, traveling, making films and taking my ball gown out for trips around town. She really wanted to write a book with pockets of warmth and happiness and hoped that her readers' copies would show the watermarks of many bath time reads. She also felt teens needed more humorous reads. As a librarian/writer she loved books with strong young women with aspirations. Perfect.'īridget wanted to make people laugh and hoped readers would enjoy spending time with the characters she created. Her last tweet was 'Sunshine and a brand new book. Bridget continued to read and write until the day she died. They christened that summer the 'summer of love' and the two celebrated with several more weddings.

They got married right before she went in for exploratory surgery which revealed she had colon cancer. She went to the county fair where she met the love of her life, Barrett Dowell. Kyra is not your typical murderer, and she’s certainly no damsel-in-distress-she’s the lovable and quick-witted hero of this romantic novel that has all the right ingredients to make teen girls swoon.īridget grew up in Wisconsin. Kyra is determined to get herself a second chance (at murder), but will she be able to find and defeat the princess before Hal and the army find her? She’s armed with her vital potions, a too-cute pig, and Fred, the charming adventurer she can’t stop thinking about. Now a fugitive instead of a hero, Kyra is caught in a game of hide-and-seek with the king’s army and her potioner ex-boyfriend, Hal. Faced with no other choice, Kyra decides to do what she does best: poison the kingdom’s future ruler, who also happens to be her former best friend.īut, for the first time ever, her poisoned dart. Sixteen-year-old Kyra, a highly-skilled potions master, is the only one who knows her kingdom is on the verge of destruction-which means she’s the only one who can save it.

Poison by bridget zinn