A review by effingunicorns
The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste

Did not finish book. Stopped at 28%.

I genuinely wanted to like this book as a counter to all the shenanigans, but... well, some things just aren't meant to be. The vocabulary feels like it was only recently divorced from those lists that convince innocent young writers that "emerald orbs" is a suitable replacement for "green eyes", the narration is clunky and repetitive, and I've read and watched too many stories about witches to buy into the conceit of potion-brewing being a uniquely dangerous form of magic. I wish Ms. Baptiste nothing but the best and hope she finds many loving readers, but this book is just not for me.