I have a thing for video book trailers. I admit it. I just put up the book trailer for Amanda Quick’s newest release, The Perfect Poison. Although I loved the trailers for Running Hot and Dark Light and this one was also a neat little trailer, I wasn’t quite as impressed with this one. Don’t get me wrong, I thought the images seemed fitting, but the music seemed off somehow.
Plagued by rumors that she poisoned her fiancé, Lucinda Bromley manages to live on the fringes of polite society, tending her beloved plants—and occasionally consulting on a murder investigation. For the notorious botanist possesses a unique talent: She can detect almost any type of poison, especially ones that have their origins in the botanical kingdom.
But the death of a lord has shaken Lucinda to her core. At the murder scene, she picks up traces of a poison containing a very rare species of fern. So rare, in fact, that only one specimen exists in all of England—and it was stolen from her conservatory just last month.
To keep her name out of the inquest and to find the murderer, Lucinda hires fellow Arcane Society member Caleb Jones who runs a psychical investigation agency. A descendant of the founder of the Society, Jones is very skillful at protecting its secrets—and frighteningly good getting at the truth. Immediately, Lucinda senses both a raw power and an undeniable intensity in the imposing man.
But as a nearly overwhelming desire blooms between Caleb and Lucinda, they are drawn into the dark heart of a deadly conspiracy that can be traced to the early days of the Arcane Society—and to a legacy of madness that could plunge Caleb into the depths of his own tortured soul….
What did you think about the trailer? Am I being too critical because of the success of the previous videos in making me excited about the books and the characters? Or do you agree that this one just doesn’t have the flair the other book trailers possess?