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In the sprawling landscape of early 2010s young adult fiction, dystopian trilogies and supernatural romances were king. It is into this crowded arena that Marilyn Singer, an author more known for her inventive picture books and verse novels, slipped Venom (originally published 2011). Having just finished a PDF copy of this standalone sci-fi thriller, I find myself wrestling with a strange, lingering sensation—much like the book’s titular poison. Venom is flawed, occasionally frustrating, but undeniably original and gripping in a way that much of its polished, formulaic YA contemporaries are not.

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The antagonist, a rogue military scientist named Dr. Arliss, is disappointingly one-dimensional. She has the standard “power for power’s sake” motivation and a habit of monologuing. For a book so clever about identity, the villain’s lack of complexity is a letdown. You never fear her as much as you fear the situation itself. In the sprawling landscape of early 2010s young

The story follows , a cynical, sharp-tongued high school senior living in suburban Long Island. His life is unremarkable until he wakes up in a stranger’s body—specifically, that of Dylan , the town’s golden-boy athlete. Worse, the real Dylan is now unconscious in Spence’s original body. This “Freaky Friday” meets The Bourne Identity setup quickly escalates. Spence discovers he is a victim of a covert military project experimenting with a neurotoxin called "Venom" that allows consciousness transfer. He is on the run from government agents, aided by Dylan’s brilliant but awkward sister, Lily , and haunted by the fact that someone out there—the real villain—wants to keep him permanently displaced. Arliss, is disappointingly one-dimensional