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!
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What if you were mankind’s last chance at survival?
Sixteen-year-old Tess lives in a compound in what was once the Western United States, now decimated after a devastating fourth World War. But long before that, life as we knew it had been irrevocably changed, as women mysteriously lost the ability to bring forth life. Faced with the extinction of the human race, the government began the Council of Creators, meant to search out alternative methods of creating life. The resulting artificial human beings, or Chosen Ones, were extraordinarily beautiful, unbelievably strong, and unabashedly deadly.
Life is bleak, but uncomplicated for Tess as she follows the rigid rules of her dystopian society, until the day she begins work at Templeton, the training facility for newly created Chosen Ones. There, she meets James, a Chosen One whose odd love of music and reading rivals only her own. The attraction between the two is immediate in its intensity—and overwhelming in its danger.
But there is more to the goings-on at Templeton than Tess ever knew, and as the veil is lifted from her eyes, she uncovers a dark underground movement bent not on taking down the Chosen Ones, but the Council itself. Will Tess be able to stand up to those who would oppress her, even if it means giving up the only happiness in her life?[/box]
“The absence of hope was the worst plague that ever ravaged my people.”
~ 16%, Chosen Ones by Tiffany Truitt
“When the clergy finished, we both reached for a handful of dirt, waiting to see who would drop it onto her grave first. Who would bury her? I refused. He had killed her, not me. You can wrap it up in a pretty package and call it love, but it was still murder.”
~ 20%, Chosen Ones by Tiffany Truitt
What are you reading this week?
Awesome teaser. Chosen ones sounds really interesting. Adding it to my goodreads. =]
Here is My Teaser Tuesday
It’s fantastic! Hope you get a chance to read it!
Great teaser. This book is intriguing
Thank you. It certainly is that
Ooh I can’t wait to start this one! Sounds so cool!
Can’t wait to hear what you think!
Cool teaser. I hope your enjoying the book. Here’s my TT!
http://paigebradish1996.blogspot.com/2012/02/teaser-tuesday_28.html
~Paige @ Comfort Books
O_O
Those teasers . . .
-brain explodes-
I really, really need to read this book. It sounds ridiculously incredible, and I’ve heard nothing but good. Those teasers just make me more determined to get a copy.
My Teaser Tuesday
Giveaway: Paperback copy of Terrier
Awesome, huh? I thought that it was indeed ridiculously incredible
Yes! This one is on my list now. Thanks for the tease and the heads up on this one!!!
My teaser: http://sosimplesara.blogspot.com/2012/02/teaser-tuesday-7.html
Yay!
I hope you get a chance to read it soon… it’s amazing! Thanks for stopping by!
Wow. Those are some haungingly beautiful passages.
This book was full of incredibly profound statements and beautiful, quotable passages. It’s just a lovely novel!
Awesome teaser picks! I can’t wait to read this book. It’s been on my to-read list for a while, but I’m dying to get my hands on it after reading those lines. Thanks for sharing!
It’s a simply gorgeous book. By the way, I’ve added both of your books to my TBR pile
Looking forward to them!