Title: The Antidote
Author: Shelley Sackier
Pages: 368
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date: 5th February 2019
Blurb from Goodreads:
In the
world of healers, there is no room for magic.
Fee knows this, just as certainly as she knows that her magic must
be kept secret.
But the crown prince Xavi, Fee’s best friend and only source of
comfort, is sick. So sick, that Fee can barely contain the magic
lying dormant inside her. She could use it, just a little, to heal
him. But magic comes at a deadly cost—and attracts those who would
seek to snuff it out forever.
A wisp of a spell later, Fee finds herself caught in a whirl of
secret motivations and dark pasts, where no one is who—or what—they
appear to be. And saving her best friend means delving deeper into
the tempting and treacherous world whose call she’s long
resisted—uncovering a secret that will change everything.
My Review:
*I received an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Thanks to HarperTeen/HarperCollins and NetGalley*
DNF @17%
Ten years ago, Fee's
homeland was struck by a devastating plague that killed many people,
and resulted in a quarantine.
Now, it is nearly
time for the quarantine to end and for Fee's best friend, Prince
Xavi, to become king and marry a princess from a foreign land.
Fee has magic that
must be kept secret, but when Xavi falls ill, Fee wants to use her
magic to help him. But using her magic attracts unwanted attention.
Can Fee save Xavi
and hide her magic?
The blurb intrigued
me, but unfortunately this wasn't for me.
From the very first
page I struggled with the writing style.
I couldn't get into
the plot and found it hard to connect with the characters who said
things that didn't sound or feel natural to me.
The Antidote had an
interesting concept, but it didn't reach its potential for me.
I'm disappointed
that I didn't end up enjoying this.
Overall, this wasn't
for me.
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