Teaser Tuesday (2)



Teaser Tuesday 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 teaser!



My Teaser:

"Around her, all traces of darkness had disappeared. The overhead sun had rid the world of shadows. Yet here she was, a child of shadows."

-Drink, Slay, Love by Sarah Beth Durst



-KWB

Comments

  1. AndreaAugust 9, 2011 at 12:40 PM

    Very poetic!

    Reading Lark's Teaser

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  2. JenniferAugust 9, 2011 at 1:48 PM

    This sounds dark and ominous, yet lovely.
    My TT: http://www.rundpinne.com/2011/08/teaser-tuesdays-adam-eve.html

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  3. SallyAugust 9, 2011 at 2:44 PM

    Great teaser. I have this book on my tbr pile.
    Sally.
    http://theelifylop.blogspot.com/2011/08/teaser-tuesday-31.html

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