Poison Tree (novel)

Poison Tree is a 2012 young adult fiction novel by American author Amelia Atwater-Rhodes and is her thirteenth novel. The book was published on July 10, 2012 and is the eighth novel in the Den of Shadows series. The novel's title is derived from a poem by William Blake entitled "A Poison Tree", which is featured at the beginning of the novel. Atwater-Rhodes stated that Poison Tree was originally titled Tiger Rise, that she had initially filmed it as a movie with her friends, and that the book took her a long time to write.[1]

This article is about the Atwater-Rhodes novel. For other topics, see Poison Tree (disambiguation).
Poison Tree
AuthorAmelia Atwater-Rhodes
Cover artistMiranda Adria
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDen of Shadows
GenreGothic, Horror, Teen, Vampire
PublisherDelacorte Press, a division of Random House
Publication date
July 10, 2012
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages219 pp (first edition hardcover)
ISBN978-0-385-73754-8
Preceded byAll Just Glass 
Followed byPromises to Keep 

Summary

Sarik and Alysia both have pasts that they want to escape and ties to the supernatural world. Sarik is capable of shapeshifting into a tiger, while Alysia once worked as an Onyx mercenary- a profession that causes trouble to follow her wherever she goes. Upon her arrival at SingleEarth Haven Number Four, Sarik's vampiric lover Jason is attacked by a suspicious Onyx bounty hunter and the Haven is dragged into the middle of a disaster. With a bounty on her head for anyone that can capture her, both Sarik and Alysia must decide what price they will pay to save Haven Number Four even as it turns into a warfield around them.

Reception

Reception for Poison Tree has been mostly positive, with the book garnering positive reviews from Publishers Weekly and Teenreads.[2][3] Kirkus Reviews cited that the book was "Complicated, but suspenseful".[4]

References
  1. "Hit The Books! If You Like Twilight …". Perez Hilton. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  2. "Children's Review: Poison Tree". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  3. Alessio, Amy. "Review: Poison Tree". Teenreads. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  4. "Review: Poison Tree". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
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