Showing posts with label Teaser. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Teaser. Show all posts
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Teaser: Unleashed by Sophie Jordan
""I'm sorry. Just go away. Leave me alone. Please leave me alone." The mantra trips from my lips, picking up speed.
His guttural, barely-there voice reaches me. I lock up, all of me freezing tight as I search his shadow, straining to hear the hoarse stretch of a single word. "Never."
The solitary word tears through me like a rusty wire. Of course he's never going away. I killed him." ― p. 28
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Teaser: The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski
She paused, nursing that glow of a laugh that remained inside her, the question she had posed to herself unanswered.
Someone ― a man ― came up behind her and snaked an arm around her waist.
Not flirtation. Aggression.
Kestrel sidestepped and spun, pulling her dagger from its sheath.
Irex. His dagger was drawn, too.
― p. 75
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Teaser: Infinite by Jodi Meadows
Infinite by Jodi Meadows
"But we weren't alone. Our people rushed through the passageway, firing pistols. Horses screamed, and the odor of burning wood filled the area. Both sides collided, all wild and chaotic.
"Ana!" Sam's voice rang above cacophony. "Ana!"
I squeezed through the fighting, searching for Sam, but when I found my way back into the guard station, another group of Deborl's people surged into the main chamber. Blue targeting lights lit the room. Glass exploded in one of the vehicles, and screams crescendoed.
I shouldn't have left my post. Stef had put me by the door, and I'd left.
"There you are." Deborl's voice pierced the noise as he appeared in front of me, his laser aimed at my forehead." ― p. 69
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Teaser: The Book of Broken Hearts by Sarah Ockler
The Book of Broken Hearts by Sarah Ockler
"We left the barn and walked toward his motorcycle, parked next to Papi's old truck, and Emilio grinned. "You'll be seein' a lot of this pretty face around here."
"How is that good news?"
He took a step closer and stared me down, unblinking, and my stomach flip-flopped.
"Jude, I never thought I'd feel this way, but..." He held his hand over his heart. "I think I'm in love..."
His eyes drilled right through me, and my breath hitched as he licked his lips and leaned in close...
"With empanadas," he whispered. "
― p. 51 - 52
"We left the barn and walked toward his motorcycle, parked next to Papi's old truck, and Emilio grinned. "You'll be seein' a lot of this pretty face around here."
"How is that good news?"
He took a step closer and stared me down, unblinking, and my stomach flip-flopped.
"Jude, I never thought I'd feel this way, but..." He held his hand over his heart. "I think I'm in love..."
His eyes drilled right through me, and my breath hitched as he licked his lips and leaned in close...
"With empanadas," he whispered. "
― p. 51 - 52
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Teaser: This Is So Not Happening by Kieran Scott
This Is So Not Happening by Kieran Scott
"She had sex with my best friend!" he said, lifting his head. His skin was mottled as he pushed his hands into his blond hair, freshly shorn for the first day of school. " I mean... are you still in love with him?"
And that, right there, was the worst moment of my night. Even with the punching and the shoving and the horriying revelations. Because in that moment, I didn't have an answer."
- approx. p. 12 (Kindle edition)
Monday, January 7, 2013
Teaser: Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick
Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick
"He's trying," she called above the whine of the engine. "He's trying really hard to make this work."
I had a snide retort on the tip of my tongue, but decided to go for more impact. I'd worry about the repercussions later.
"What about you? Are you trying to make it work? Because I'll be up front. If he stays, I go. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to figure out how to live my life again. "
- p. 73
"He's trying," she called above the whine of the engine. "He's trying really hard to make this work."
I had a snide retort on the tip of my tongue, but decided to go for more impact. I'd worry about the repercussions later.
"What about you? Are you trying to make it work? Because I'll be up front. If he stays, I go. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to figure out how to live my life again. "
- p. 73
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Teaser: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
"I looked back over my shoulder, searching the crowd. Mal was arguing with the captain from the sandskiff. As if he felt my eyes on him, he looked up and met my gaze. I could see my own panic and confusion mirrored in his white face. I wanted to cry out to him, to run to him, but the next moment he was gone, swallowed up by the crowd."
-p. 53
"I looked back over my shoulder, searching the crowd. Mal was arguing with the captain from the sandskiff. As if he felt my eyes on him, he looked up and met my gaze. I could see my own panic and confusion mirrored in his white face. I wanted to cry out to him, to run to him, but the next moment he was gone, swallowed up by the crowd."
-p. 53
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Teaser: Forgotten by Cat Patrick
Forgotten by Cat Patrick
" It's not Luke.
And yet, when I flip through my spiral-bound substitute for a proper memory again, one truth becomes clear: the darkest memory showed up when he did.
Exhausted from the day and the weight of what's coming, I gather the photos and cards before me into a neat stack and ease them back inside the manila envelope. I fold down the clasp to hold it shut, replace it inside the desk drawer, and set my notes on my nightstand.
After scooting under the covers, I reread the note I left myself, just to make sure everything's there.
I add a few details about the memory, and a question: How is Luke involved? "
- p. 115
Friday, October 5, 2012
Teaser: Defiance by C.J. Redwine
Defiance by C.J. Redwine
" My hands shake as I rehearse my plan. Run out the doorway. Grab the edge of the Wall. Vault over. Slam my hands against the steel ribbing as I fall. Slide down and escape into the vast, treacherous darkness of the Wasteland with nothing but my wits and my knife.
It can work. It has to work.
I take a deep breath and sprint out the door.
I haven't gone more than three yards before I slam into a hard, unyielding obstacle. Strong fingers reach out to grab my arms, and I look up.
Commander Chase.
Terror rips a white-hot path through my body, and I can barely breathe.
I'm dead. "
-p. 55-56
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