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Under the influence of the evil Oleander, Prince of Poisons, Jessamine (The Poison Diaries) commits murder and then flees. She is searching for Weed (who's also looking for her), but as she travels she begins to forget both Weed and who she once was. The prose is elegant, though too little happens--the opening killings excepted--to keep readers engaged throughout.