Teaser Tuesday: 31st July

Teaser Tuesday is a meme hosted by Miz of Should Be Reading. This is managed by Brittany every week. All you have to do to join in is: 
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share a few 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!

The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg

On Goodreads

Dying of a broken heart is just the beginning.... Welcome to forever. 

BRIE'S LIFE ENDS AT SIXTEEN: Her boyfriend tells her he doesn't love her, and the news breaks her heart—literally. 

But now that she's D&G (dead and gone), Brie is about to discover that love is way more complicated than she ever imagined. Back in Half Moon Bay, her family has begun to unravel. Her best friend has been keeping a secret about Jacob, the boy she loved and lost—and the truth behind his shattering betrayal. And then there's Patrick, Brie's mysterious new guide and resident Lost Soul . . . who just might hold the key to her forever after. 

With Patrick's help, Brie will have to pass through the five stages of grief before she's ready to move on. But how do you begin again, when your heart is still in pieces?

From pg 62:

"He gave me a funny look. 'Who said she was in charge?'

I didn't get it. We were all just a bunch of kids. Somebody had to be in charge. Didn't they?

'But if she's not,' I said slowly, 'then who?'

He leaned in real close and smiled like he had a secret he couldn't wait to spill.

'You are, Cheeto,' Patrick said. 'You are'"

Teaser Tuesday: 24th July

Teaser Tuesday is a meme hosted by Miz of Should Be Reading. This is managed by Brittany every week (starting from today). All you have to do to join in is: 
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share a few 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!

The Forsaken (The Forsaken #1) by Lisa M. Stasse

On Goodreads

A thought-provoking and exciting start to a riveting new dystopian trilogy.

As an obedient orphan of the U.N.A. (the super-country that was once Mexico, the U.S., and Canada), Alenna learned at an early age to blend in and be quiet—having your parents taken by the police will do that to a girl. But Alenna can’t help but stand out when she fails a test that all sixteen-year-olds have to take: The test says she has a high capacity for brutal violence, and so she is sent to The Wheel, an island where all would-be criminals end up.

The life expectancy of prisoners on The Wheel is just two years, but with dirty, violent, and chaotic conditions, the time seems a lot longer as Alenna is forced to deal with civil wars for land ownership and machines that snatch kids out of their makeshift homes. Desperate, she and the other prisoners concoct a potentially fatal plan to flee the island. Survival may seem impossible, but Alenna is determined to achieve it anyway.

From pg 22 (this could differ on different copies, e-readers and what-not):

"Someone with a shaved head and blackened teeth, with curved talons for fingers. Carrying a blood splattered weapon. Instead, I see a remarkably good-looking teenage boy staring defiantly into the camera lens."