Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by The Purple Booker. If you want to join in grab your current read, flick to a random page, select two sentences (without spoilers) and share them in a blog post or in the comments of The Purple Booker.
This week my teaser comes from Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare. I bought the special edition of this a while back but am only now getting around to reading. I loved The Mortal Instruments but was a little less awed by The Infernal Devices so I was a bit wary going into this. I’m currently around a third of the way through and enjoying but not wowed the way other readers seem to have been. It just feels a bit long and slow and I’m not sure I like any of the characters.
My Teaser
Emma looked at the ocean and felt what she always felt: a mixture of yearning and terror, a desire to throw herself into the green cold that was like the desire to drive too fast, jump too high, leap into battle unarmed.
Thanatos, Arthur would have called it. The heart’s desire for death.
~ pg63 Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
Blurb
In a kingdom by the sea…
In a secret world where half-angel warriors are sworn to fight demons, parabatai is a sacred word.
A parabatai is your partner in battle. A parabatai is your best friend. Parabatai can be everything to each other—but they can never fall in love.
Emma Carstairs is a warrior, a Shadowhunter, and the best in her generation. She lives for battle. Shoulder to shoulder with her parabatai, Julian Blackthorn, she patrols the streets of Los Angeles, where vampires party on the Sunset Strip, and faeries—the most powerful of supernatural creatures—teeter on the edge of open war with Shadowhunters. When the bodies of humans and faeries turn up murdered in the same way Emma’s parents were when she was a child, an uneasy alliance is formed. This is Emma’s chance for revenge—and Julian’s chance to get back his brother Mark, who is being held prisoner by the faerie Courts. All Emma, Mark, and Julian have to do is solve the murders within two weeks…and before the murderer targets them.
Their search takes Emma from sea caves full of sorcery to a dark lottery where death is dispensed. And each clue she unravels uncovers more secrets. What has Julian been hiding from her all these years? Why does Shadowhunter Law forbid parabatai to fall in love? Who really killed her parents—and can she bear to know the truth?
The darkly magical world of Shadowhunters has captured the imaginations of millions of readers across the globe. Join the adventure in Lady Midnight, the long-awaited first volume of a new trilogy from Cassandra Clare.
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I read one book by Cassandra Clare years ago and liked it enough to add more to TBR mountain where they remain — unread. One day I hope to get back to them. My teaser is from Indigo by Charlaine Harris and a host of others. Happy reading!
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I haven’t yet read this author, but I’ve been very curious. I like the sound of this one. Thanks for sharing, and here’s mine: “ALL THE BEST PEOPLE”
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I really liked The Mortal Instruments series but was less enamoured with her other books. They’re definitely worth a try.
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Another author I keep meaning to get back to. This one sounds interesting:)
My TT from Passport To Murder
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Interesting teaser! I actually wasn’t a fan of TMI series (stopped after book two), but I’ve heard these are better so I might give them a go at some point. (especially since I did enjoy the TID trilogy)
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I didn’t like the historical/steampunk elements in TID and still haven’t read the final book. I do like that this has the more modern setting but haven’t connected to it yet.
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I haven’t read any of Cassandra Clare’s books – but she is definitely on my radar. I hope you enjoy this one, Ali. My TT this week – https://sjhigbee.wordpress.com/2017/06/13/teaser-tuesday-13th-june-2017/
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Thanks. I’m not finding it the easiest but I always find long books a bit off putting. I’m sure I’ll get into it.
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She seems to be very popular – I look forward to hearing how you get on with this one, Ali.
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I really enjoyed this book. I hope you do too. Thank you for sharing!!
My teaser is from: King’s Cage by Victoria Aveyard
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