ldquoI donrsquot want him to love me because of a potionrdquo she said Izzie loves Mark and why shouldnrsquot she As the captain of the basketball team he is kind and loving and hersquos everything shersquos ever wanted in a boyfriend Her BFF loves somebody but she wonrsquot say who So when a hot new guy Tristan shows up at school who better for Izzie to fix up her friendLL with And what better way to do it than with a love philtreBut even the best of magic has a way of going awrymdashand Izzie finds shersquos accidentally fallen in love with Tristan herself And thatrsquos a problem First of all therersquos Mark Second Tristan comes with baggagemdashlike the supernatural creatures that keep attacking whenever hersquos with Izzie and the fact that he comes from the place where Izziersquos father was killed years ago by an enormous evil serpent thatrsquos still aroundmdashand it knows Izzie is out there Like Mettie Ivie Harrisonrsquos The Princess and the Hound praised by Orson Scott Card as ldquopowerful surprising moving and deepmdasha classicrdquo Tris and Izzie rings the changes on a timeless legend this time in a contemporary high school setting.
