BLOOD TO POISON

384 pages | Paperback/ebook. Author Mary Watson. Publisher Bloomsbury YA

- Jayne Nelson

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4/5

Teenagers are volcanic eruptions of hormones at the best of times, but emotions are even more of a problem for 17-year-old Savannah. That’s because she’s the victim of a generations-old family curse handed down from her enslaved ancestor, a curse that has two unfortunate consequences: a burning, uncontrollable rage and then an early death.

Being fully aware of this destiny, Savannah is desperate to find a cure. But her existence in this novel’s evocatively drawn Cape Town is blighted by her mother’s seriously creepy boyfriend and a peculiar market filled with evil witches – not to mention a prowling, stalking jackal spirit who haunts her every move…