''The Poison Throne' is a great book because the descriptions are fascinating and the characters are very well prepared. You don't know everything about them or their feelings (except Winter) and that is what gives the book a touch of mystery and attraction'
Celia
Celia
' Kiernan will stun you with her debut novel, as her extraordinarily drawn characters invite themselves into your head for a nice visit. With deep societal intrigue and political machinations at the fore, her investment in the "what if" of medieval Europe is sure to captivate. You won't put this book down before it is through with you.'
RT Books Review
'Told with great assurance and attention to detail, this is an exciting fast-paced story - very much anchored in the fears, loyalties and vulnerabilities of its sympathetically drawn characters. It makes for an absorbing read - Kiernan's plotting keeps the pages turning nicely. In quieter moments, she shows an acute sense of how to build tension, and when to twist the knife.'
SFX Magazine
'Atmospheric, complex, and intense'
Publisher's Weekly
'The beginning of what promises to be a powerful trilogy with YA crossover appeal, this epic starts strong and doesn't falter one iota, ending with a cliffhanger that will leave readers demanding more.'
Publisher's Weekly
'engages her readers in a carefully-realised semi-fantastical adventure fraught with familial and political tensions and a graphic violence that is never gratuitous but more a release of the emotional tensions generated by the novel’s main themes'
Sunday Independent
‘I was amazed to find such excellence of style and plot from a debut author. I couldn’t stop reading the story until I was finished, and was left dying for more’
Antonena Gall, AST, Russia’s largest publisher
‘Do you remember that sensation of growing incredulity as you read on through a manuscript? I mean that feeling of absolute happiness that an editor experiences when she realises she is not reading a few rough pages from a would-be writer, but the polished work of a narrator with a strong voice. A writer who has reached her destination. That was what I felt as I entered Celine Kiernan’s universe’
Claudia Casanova, Grupo Planeta, Spain
‘a spectacular fantasy by a prolific, creative and multi-talented artist and author’
The Anglo Celt
'The narrator’s voice is strong and the writing stylish. An excellent story from a debut Irish author'
CBI’s Bookfest, Recommended Reading Guide
