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!
This week Dani and I both chose teasers from Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare, because it just that good!
Tessa Gray should be happy – aren’t all brides happy?
Yet as she prepares for her wedding, a net of shadows begins to tighten around the Shadowhunters of the London Institute.
A new demon appears, one linked by blood and secrecy to Mortmain, the man who plans to use his army of pitiless automatons, the Infernal Devices, to destroy the Shadowhunters. Mortmain needs only one last item to complete his plan. He needs Tessa. And Jem and Will, the boys who lay equal claim to Tessa’s heart, will do anything to save her.
“A forty-foot worm?” Will muttered to Jem as they moved through the Italian garden, their boots— thanks to a pair of Soundless runes— making no noise on the gravel. “Think of the size of the fish we could catch.”
Jem’s lips twitched. “It’s not funny, you know.”
“It is a bit.”
“You cannot reduce the situation to worm jokes, Will. This is Gabriel and Gideon’s father we’re discussing.”
“We’re not just discussing him; we’re chasing him through an ornamental sculpture garden because he’s turned into a worm.”
~7%, Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
“You know that feeling,” she said, “when you are reading a book, and you know that it is going to be a tragedy; you can feel the cold and darkness coming, see the net drawing close around the characters who live and breathe on the pages. But you are tied to the story as if being dragged behind a carriage, and you cannot let go or turn the course aside.” His blue eyes were dark with understanding–of course Will would understand–and she hurried on. “I feel now as if the same is happening, only not to characters on a page but to my own beloved friends and companions. I do not want to sit by while tragedy comes for us. I would turn it aside, only I struggle to discover how that might be done.”
~p. 68, Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
His finger traced the outline of her mouth. “For this I would have been damned forever. For this, I would have given up everything.”
~p. 418, Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
What are you reading this week?
Wow. Great teasers. I haven’t even read any books from the Infernal Devices series, but I’ve read all the Mortal Instruments books and these snippets just feel familiar. You’ve actually, probably, convinced me that I want to read these. Good job, ladies. 😀
Oh yes, Kelley you have to read them! They are so awesome! LOVE THEM!!!
Oh Kelley. You *must* read The Infernal Devices. [insert Jedi mind trick here] lol TMI was my favorite until TID came along. Both series are good, but Infernal Devices is better. 😀
Wow, really? Gosh, okay, maybe I’m missing out by not reading these books. I must rectify the situation!
I totally agree with, Dani…they are absolutely awesome and better than TMI.
I read the first book in this series but haven’t gotten back to it. I really need to get back to them! I love Cassandra Clare’s books — great teaser!
Here’s my TEASER TUESDAYS post.
You totally should! Clockwork Angel was good but CP and CP2 were AMAZING!!!