after reading and loving joy mccullough's enter the body, i've been itching to read another historical story from her. she has such a way with words and a way of taking stories that we think we know inside and out and making them new and exciting. she did that with enter the body and from the first impression i know that she's doing the same with everything is poison. i also love her prose and the inclusion of poems has me SO intrigued! i can't wait to read the rest of the book!