Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
Mara Dyer doesn’t think life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there. It can. She believes there must be more to the accident she can’t remember that killed her friends and left her mysteriously unharmed. There is. She doesn’t believe that after everything she’s been through, she can fall in love. She’s wrong.
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“I didn’t think about Noah, even though he stared at me in Algebra with the single-minded focus of a kitten playing with a ball of yarn. I didn’t look at him once as I took notes, and didn’t notice his permanently amused expression while I fidgeted in my seat.
Or the way he ran his long fingers through his hair every five seconds.
Or how he rubbed his eyebrows whenever Mr. Walsh asked me a question.
Or the way he leaned his coarse cheek into his hand and just…”
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~ p.77, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Perfect for the fans of Shatter Me who are desperately awaiting the release of Unravel Me, this novella-length digital original will bridge the gap between these two novels from the perspective of the villain we all love to hate, Warner, the ruthless leader of Sector 45. In Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me, Juliette escaped from The Reestablishment by seducing Warner—and then putting a bullet in his shoulder. But as she’ll learn in Destroy Me, Warner is not that easy to get rid of. . . Back at the base and recovering from his near-fatal wound, Warner must do everything in his power to keep his soldiers in check and suppress any mention of a rebellion in the sector. Still as obsessed with Juliette as ever, his first priority is to find her, bring her back, and dispose of Adam and Kenji, the two traitors who helped her escape. But when Warner’s father, The Supreme Commander of The Reestablishment, arrives to correct his son’s mistakes, it’s clear that he has much different plans for Juliette. Plans Warner simply cannot allow. Set after Shatter Me and before its forthcoming sequel, Unravel Me, Destroy Me is a novella told from the perspective of Warner, the ruthless leader of Sector 45.
“My mind is a warehouse of carefully organized human emotions. I can almost see my brain as it functions, filing thoughts and images away. I lock away the things that do not serve me. I focus only on what needs to be done: the basic components of survival and the myriad things I must manage throughout the day.”
~5 %, Destroy Me by Tahareh Mafi
“I’m enchanted by her pretend innocence; jealous, even, of the power she wields so unwittingly. I want so much to be a part of her world. I want to know what it’s like to be in her mind, to feel what she feels. It seems a tremendous weight to carry.”
~14 %, Destroy Me by Tahareh Mafi
“This weakness is foreign to my being. In just two days, one girl has managed to cripple me.”
~ 17%, Destroy Me by Tahareh Mafi
Ever since her sixteenth birthday, strange things keep happening to Seraphina Parrish. The Lady in Black… burns Sera’s memories. Unexplainable Premonitions… catapult her to other cities. The Grungy Gang… wants to kill her. And a beautiful, mysterious boy… stalks her. But when Sera moves to Chicago, and her aunt reveals their family connection to a centuries old, secret society, she is immediately thrust into an unbelievable fantasy world, leading her on a quest to unravel the mysteries that plague her. In the end, their meanings crash into an epic struggle of loyalty and betrayal, and she’ll be forced to choose between the boy who has stolen her heart and the thing she desires most. Wander Dust is the breathtaking fantasy that will catapult you through a story of time, adventure, and love.
“Sixteen candles sparkle in front of me. Guests around the restaurant join in singing ‘Happy Birthday’ with our waiter. As the end of the song climbs into a finale, I reposition myself in my chair, grab the table’s edge and lean in, preparing to inhale. Right before I blow, the air around me stirs, suffocating the flames. Each light sputters and then vanishes into darkness.“
~p. 1, Wander Dust by Michelle Warren
What are you reading this week?
I haven’t heard of any of these books. All the teasers are interesting, but the book that intrigues me the most is The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer.
Honestly, The Unbecoming is my favorite from this list! =)
I love the teaser of The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer! I gotta read that book sometime soon.
~Stephanie @ Bookfever
You certainly should!
Great teasers, ladies! Love them all, especially the one from The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer. I’ve heard great things about it. And I’m super excited to read Destroy Me, I love Tahereh Mafi’s writing. I haven’t heard of the last one, but I’m definitely wondering what’s going on! Thanks for sharing!
Feel free to check out my teaser here.
Yay! Thanks for returning the visit!
Awesome teasers! The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer and Destroy Me are fabulous. I need to read Wanderdust already – I’ve had it forever! Hope all of you enjoy your reads!
My TT
Have a great week!
~Gin @ Addicted to Words
I know, I need to read it too! Hoping maybe soon…maybe!
I liked the teasers for The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer. I want to read this, sounds interesting. Thanks for stopping by my blog this week!
It’s so good! =) Thanks for returning the visit!