Week 39 Reviews: Poison Study, Assassin Study, Magic Study, Fire Study, Power Study, Ice Study

From Goodreads:
Choose: A quick death…Or slow poison...

About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. She'll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace—and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia.

And so Yelena chooses to become a food taster. But the chief of security, leaving nothing to chance, deliberately feeds her Butterfly's Dust—and only by appearing for her daily antidote will she delay an agonizing death from the poison.

As Yelena tries to escape her new dilemma, disasters keep mounting. Rebels plot to seize Ixia and Yelena develops magical powers she can't control. Her life is threatened again and choices must be made. But this time the outcomes aren't so clear...

From Goodreads:
Yelena, the heroine of Maria V. Snyder's stunning debut novel Poison Study, is on her way to her ancestral homeland of Sitia to be reunited with her family and to learn more about her magical powers. An order of execution hangs over her head should she ever return to Ixia. But her true love, Valek, quickly learns that an assassin has taken it upon himself to make sure Yelena doesn't reach her destination.

As Ixia's chief of security, and a highly skilled assassin himself, can Valek track down the killer in time to save Yelena's life?

From Goodreads:
You know your life is bad when you miss your days as a poison taster...

With her greatest enemy dead, and on her way to be reunited with the family she'd been stolen from long ago, Yelena should be pleased. But though she has gained her freedom, she can't help feeling isolated in Sitia. Her Ixian background has changed her in many ways—and her newfound friends and relatives don't think it's for the better...

Despite the turmoil, she's eager to start her magic training—especially as she's been given one year to harness her power or be put to death. But her plans take a radical turn when she becomes involved with a plot to reclaim Ixia's throne for a lost prince—and gets entangled in powerful rivalries with her fellow magicians.

If that wasn't bad enough, it appears her brother would love to see her dead. Luckily, Yelena has some old friends to help her with all her new enemies...

From Goodreads:
The apprenticeship is over—now the real test has begun.

When word that Yelena is a Soulfinder—able to capture and release souls—spreads like wildfire, people grow uneasy. Already Yelena's unusual abilities and past have set her apart. As the Council debates Yelena's fate, she receives a disturbing message: a plot is rising against her homeland, led by a murderous sorcerer she has defeated before....

Honor sets Yelena on a path that will test the limits of her skills, and the hope of reuniting with her beloved spurs her onward. Her journey is fraught with allies, enemies, lovers and would-be assassins, each of questionable loyalty. Yelena will have but one chance to prove herself—and save the land she holds dear.

From Goodreads:
Ari and Janco deal with a Sandseed Story Weaver and a cocky young soldier while Valek is off helping Yelena.

From Goodreads:
This is a short story about Yelena and Valek as they race to keep the powerful Ice Moon from a rogue magician.

My first review of Poison Study, Assassin Study, Magic Study, Fire Study, Power Study, Ice Study
My second review of Poison Study, Assassin Study, Magic Study, Fire Study, Power Study, Ice Study

My third review of Poison Study, Magic Study, Fire Study
My Review:
I just love this series so much! I'll never get tired of reading these books, they're so very near and dear to my heart, because they are what they are, and that'll never change! I love Yelena and Valek and their story, and this world and just everything about this series!

Of the full length books, I enjoy Poison Study and Magic Study more. Each book, we're exploring this world, and meeting these characters. Fire Study, everything just seems to be going wrong, and I felt so bad for them, and they kept acting in ways that hurt, and I love it, but it's just a bit of a harder book to read than the others. 

I just adore these characters so much! Who they are, their relationships with one another, the romance between Yelena and Valek, the friendship group that has grown into the herd with Janco and Ari! And the banter! What's not to love about this series! 

I know that Ice Study was expanded, I know that originally it ended when Valek told Yelena basically what happened to the Ice Moon, why it was no longer a threat. But with the Soulfinder series, it was expanded a little bit, because the Moon brothers just apparently can't stop causing problems! 

And I swear, I'm going to finish rereading this whole series, from the Glass series, and the Soulfinder series, I'm finally going to reread the Soulfinder series for the first time! I can't wait! 

Author: Maria V. Snyder
Series: Poison Study #1, 1.5, 2, 3, 3.5, 3.6, Chronicles of Ixia #1, 1.5, 2, 3, 3.5, 5.5
First Read: July 22nd, 2011, July 30th, 2011, July 29th, 2011, August 9th, 2011, August 12th, 2011, August 12th, 2011
Second Read: May 21st, 22nd, 22nd, 22nd, 22nd, 22nd, 2013
Third Read: April 16th, 16th, 17th, 17th, 17th, 17th, 2020

Read: September 30th, 30th, 30th, 30th, 30th, 30th, 2021
Source: Own, Online
Reason Why: Rereading! And they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2021 Books! 
Publisher: Mira
Published: June 1st 2004, 2008, December 29th 2006, March 1st 2008, 2008, 2009

Poison Study:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Assassin Study:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Magic Study:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Fire Study:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Power Study:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Ice Study:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars