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!
Sixteen-year-old Graceland Holloway doesn’t believe in perfect love, or love at all thanks to her mother. But she does believe in perfect memories.
And she gets them.
The perfect first crush, the perfect recital, the perfect summer with her best friend, the perfect first kiss…
When her oldest brother leaves the Holloway farm, Gracie meets the gorgeous new farm hand, eighteen-year-old Bentley McKinna.
Thinking he’ll be easy, like all boys are, Gracie plans his role in her next perfect memory…
The perfect first time.
~
Bentley knows it’s all a game he can’t afford to play.
But there’s only so much a guy can take… especially from someone like Gracie.
There’s something about a sleeping person that shows you who they really are. Like the body is so in need of rest that it peels away all the layers we build around ourselves to work on strengthening who we are instead of who we pretend to be. The way Gracie curls herself as small as she can, hides her face in her arms, and clutches the hem of my T-shirt as she sleeps, shows me more about what she’s hiding from than anything she could ever say.
~ 57%, Under the Dusty Sky by Allie Brennan
Sybella arrives at the convent’s doorstep half mad with grief and despair. Those that serve Death are only too happy to offer her refuge—but at a price. The convent views Sybella, naturally skilled in the arts of both death and seduction, as one of their most dangerous weapons. But those assassin’s skills are little comfort when the convent returns her to a life that nearly drove her mad. And while Sybella is a weapon of justice wrought by the god of Death himself, He must give her a reason to live. When she discovers an unexpected ally imprisoned in the dungeons, will a daughter of Death find something other than vengeance to live for?
“I’ve never met a lady who enjoys her work as much as I enjoy mine.”
“My work?”
“Killing. Assassin-ing.”
“What are you implying?”
He looks puzzled at the anger in my voice. “That you are very good at what you do. It was a compliment, nothing more.”
~p. 141, Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers
“I will not let them take you alive.”
Of all the things he could have said, that is the one thing that comforts me the most. “Nor I you,” I say around a strange lump that has formed in my throat.
~p. 164, Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers
What are you reading this week?
LOVE that teaser from Under the Dusty Sky! I’ve always had similar thoughts about sleeping people. It seems so intimate, watching someone sleep, doesn’t it?
It really does.
Such a cute teaser for Under the Dusty Sky! I also love the teasers for Dark Triumph. Thanks for stopping by my blog! New follower!
Catherine @ This Is How It’s Supposed To Be
Yay! glad you enjoyed! Welcome to our blog! =)
Great teasers! I’ve got two this week, you can find them here.
Tasha @ A Trillian Books
Glad you liked them! Thanks for stopping by! Off to check out your teasers! =)