Teaser Tuesday | Forget Me and Flat-Out Celeste

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!

On the three-month anniversary of her boyfriend Flynn’s death, Morgan uploads her only photo of him to FriendShare to get some closure—but she’s shocked when the facial recognition software suggests she tag him as “Evan Murphy.” She’s never heard of Evan, but a quick search tells her that he lives in a nearby town and looks exactly like Flynn. Only this boy is very much alive.

Digging through layers of secrets and lies, Morgan is left questioning everything she thought she knew about her boyfriend, her town, and even her parents’ involvement in this massive web of lies.

“I love the way you make up words by putting a ‘y’ at the end of them.”

“I love the way you avoid a conversation you don’t want to have by making an astute observation about me.”

“Don’t you mean astute-y?”

~ 7%, Forget Me by K. A. Harrington

For high-school senior Celeste Watkins, every day is a brutal test of bravery. And Celeste is scared. Alienated because she’s too smart, her speech too affected, her social skills too far outside the norm, she seems to have no choice but to retreat into isolation.

But college could set her free, right? If she can make it through this grueling senior year, then maybe. If she can just find that one person to throw her a lifeline, then maybe, just maybe.

Justin Milano, a college sophomore with his own set of quirks, could be that person to pull her from a world of solitude. To rescue her—that is, if she’ll let him.

Together, they may work. Together, they may save each other. And together they may also save another couple—two people Celeste knows are absolutely, positively flat-out in love.

Whether you were charmed by Celeste in Flat-Out Love or are meeting her for the first time, this book is a joyous celebration of differences, about battling private wars that rage in our heads and in our hearts, and—very much so— this is a story about first love.

“Ah, I see. Well, I guess this isn’t exactly what I thought you’d be like, but it’s certainly a striking statement. Really, I mean, the hair is wild.”

“I am returning from an audition,” she explained.

Matt snickered. “An audition for something legal or illegal?”

She glared at him. “Legal of course. A local band was looking for new talent, so I performed to the best of my abilities.”

~p. 73, Flat-Out Celeste by Jessica Park

“I, too, have been in therapy. It was helpful in many ways, but it did not change who I am at the core.”

“That’s a relief.” Justin jostled her shoulders and then slid one arm behind her neck. “Let’s go to dinner, and you can tell me about it.”

~p. 155, Flat-Out Celeste by Jessica Park

“Is everything ok?”

“Everything is violently perfect! Why would you ask?”

“Violently perfect? That’s an odd word choice…”

“I am in the car and about to experience a full day in a new city, , so I feel that I deserve to use whatever words strike my fancy at a moment’s notice. I am feeling whimsical and robust.”

“Whimsical? Robust? Celeste, what is going on?”

“Sexual tension levels are at an all-time high, and there are linguistic repercussions!” she shouted.

“Oh my God.”

~p. 246, Flat-Out Celeste by Jessica Park

What are you reading this week?