The Poison Season

Hardcover - New 

The Poison Season by Mara Rutherford is a YA fantasy novel about Leelo, a young woman from an isolated island community that coexists with a dangerous, magical forest and a poisonous lake. When her younger brother faces exile for lacking magic, Leelo breaks tradition by saving an outsider, Jaren, from the lake, forcing her to question her society's harsh rules and her own beliefs as their forbidden relationship develops, with high stakes for both of them. The book explores themes of forbidden love, family, duty, and self-discovery, set in a dark, fairytale-like world.