didn’t realise just how many books I would like to see adapted, but apparently, there’s a lot. When I first started this series I thought it would only have a few posts, but here we are and I still have a lot of books I want to talk about.
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
Although there is a lot to unpack in this series it is only a duology so personally, I think films would work better. This is one of my favourite series that has recently been published and I would love to see it adapted.
The magic in This Poison Heart is a type you don’t see in films very often so it would be super cool to see it come to life. Plus who doesn’t want more sapphic media in their life?
Synopsis: Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron’s new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a unique and deadly power.
Briseis has a gift: she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms with a single touch.
When Briseis’s aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents decide to leave Brooklyn behind for the summer. Hopefully there, surrounded by plants and flowers, Bri will finally learn to control her gift. But their new home is sinister in ways they could never have imagined–it comes with a specific set of instructions, an old-school apothecary, and a walled garden filled with the deadliest botanicals in the world that can only be entered by those who share Bri’s unique family lineage.
When strangers begin to arrive on their doorstep, asking for tinctures and elixirs, Bri learns she has a surprising talent for creating them. One of the visitors is Marie, a mysterious young woman who Bri befriends, only to find that Marie is keeping dark secrets about the history of the estate and its surrounding community. There is more to Bri’s sudden inheritance than she could have imagined, and she is determined to uncover it . . . until a nefarious group comes after her in search of a rare and dangerous immortality elixir. Up against a centuries-old curse and the deadliest plant on earth, Bri must harness her gift to protect herself and her family.
To Kill A Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
Honestly, there aren’t enough movies about sirens and as they are one of my favourite mythological creatures I want more.
This is one of my favourite standalone books and I think it would make a great film. It has incredible world-building and is so action-packed that it would be missed opportunity to never make a film.
I can’t really think of other reasons why I think this should be film other than I just really want it to. That’s a good enough reason though right?
Synopsis: Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe most—a human. Robbed of her song, Lira has until the winter solstice to deliver Prince Elian’s heart to the Sea Queen or remain a human forever.
The ocean is the only place Prince Elian calls home, even though he is heir to the most powerful kingdom in the world. Hunting sirens is more than an unsavoury hobby—it’s his calling. When he rescues a drowning woman in the ocean, she’s more than what she appears. She promises to help him find the key to destroying all of sirenkind for good—But can he trust her? And just how many deals will Elian have to barter to eliminate mankind’s greatest enemy?
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