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!
Two young women of similar age and standing have disappeared: one found dead and the other still missing. The only clue to connect them is a small Egyptian clockwork scarab. Only Miss Stoker and Miss Holmes are well-positioned enough—similar in age and stature as they are to the victims—to investigate. An unlikely pair, the fierce Evaline Stoker and logical Mina Holmes must follow in the footsteps of their infamous families—Miss Holmes has inherited her Uncle Sherlock’s keen investigative skills, while Miss Stoker has accepted her family calling as a hunter of the undead. The partners must find a way to work together, while navigating the advances of a strange yet handsome American, a clever Scotland Yard investigator, and a cunning thief, to solve the mystery of the clockwork scarabs.
I felt him swallow hard, then he seemed to release a pent-up breath. “My apologies, Miss Holmes. I meant no insult. Perhaps– oow-mph.” He stifled a cry of surprise as my pointed copper heel landed on one of his toes.
The misstep was an accident, but I cannot say I regretted it.
p.93, The Clockwork Scarab by Colleen Gleason
A stalker ghost, misguided Seers, and spellbinding wraiths—Amelia Ashley has faced them all. Now her greatest hope is to spend the rest of her afterlife with her living boyfriend, Joshua. But the demonic forces return to give her an ultimatum: turn herself over to the darkness or watch them murder one living person per week until she does.
Amelia fears she might really be doomed, until the forces of light give her another option. She can join them in their quest to gather souls, with a catch: Once she joins them, she can never see Joshua again.
Faced with impossible choices, Amelia decides to take her afterlife into her own hands—and fight back.
I turn my attention back to the gun. Not to the person holding it, this time–just the gun itself.
“Do it,” I say, my voice quiet but urgent. “Please.”
She doesn’t reply, but I know she’s heard me. With a weird instinct, she lowers the gun until it points directly at my heart. For a split second, I think she’s chickened out.
Then I see the tiny spark of light, and my entire world rips into pain.
~p. 2, Elegy by Tara Hudson
What are you reading this week?
I only read the first in the series, but I plan to read Arise and Elegy soon.
Thanks for the post.
Andreea @ http://themoonlitbookshelf.blogspot.de/
Hope you’ll stop by.
Awesome! They are totally awesome, hope you get a chance to read them soon! =)
I’m on my way over right now! =)
Thanks for stopping by.
I will follow you now and add you to my blog roll.
Maybe you can follow me too?
Sounds like a plan! =)
Oh, both are great teasers and the books sound really intriguing as well.
I must add them to my wishlist.
Yay! Hope you love them! Thanks for stopping by!
Thank you for coming by my blog. I appreciate it.
Clockwork Scarab looks interesting.
Awesome! Hope you enjoy! Thanks for stopping by our blog as well!
Oh wow. Both the teasers make me want to pick both the books up.
The second one however sounds really intense.
*goes to stalk the books on goodreads*
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Yay! Enjoy!
Oh wow, great teasers — they make me want to read both of those books! Thanks for stopping by my teaser today, as well!
~ Melissa @ Melissa’s Bookshelf
Yay! Glad you enjoyed! =)
Great teasers! I wan’t to read these books now 😀
Your blog is really pretty as well! x
Thanks, Paulina! Glad you enjoyed the teasers, and yes, Dani does a fantastic job “prettying up” the blog. I would be totally at a loss without her! =)
Both these books look interesting…nice teasers! Thanks for visiting my blog.
Awesome, so glad you liked them!
Thanks for returning the visit.
Great teasers! I haven’t heard of The Clockwork Scarab before but it sounds very interesting. Thanks for stopping by my blog!
Yay! I hope you’ll get a chance to pick it up sometime!
Thanks for visiting our blog as well!