Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Teaser Tuesday (5): Days of Blood & Starlight


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!
Days of Blood & Starlight (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #2)
 
This week's teaser comes from Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor, the sequel to her  incredible book Daughter of Smoke & Bone, which I loved (see my review here).
 
From Chicago to New York, London to Beijing, from the museums' wildlife dioramas, from the frozen, snarling mouths of lions and wild dogs, the jaws of Komodo dragon specimens and ball pythons and stuffed Arctic wolves, the girl, the phantom...she was stealing teeth.

(from page 40)

Goodreads Summary:

Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a world free of bloodshed and war.

This is not that world.


Art student and monster's apprentice Karou finally has the answers she has always sought. She knows who she is—and what she is. But with this knowledge comes another truth she would give anything to undo: She loved the enemy and he betrayed her, and a world suffered for it.

In this stunning sequel to the highly acclaimed Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Karou must decide how far she'll go to avenge her people. Filled with heartbreak and beauty, secrets and impossible choices, Days of Blood & Starlight finds Karou and Akiva on opposing sides as an age-old war stirs back to life.

While Karou and her allies build a monstrous army in a land of dust and starlight, Akiva wages a different sort of battle: a battle for redemption. For hope.

But can any hope be salvaged from the ashes of their broken dream?

10 comments:

  1. Teeth? Hmmm Why would she need teeth? Interesting. Here is my TT http://newpaperadventures.blogspot.com/2012/11/teaser-tuesday-112012.html

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  2. Oooh, sounds good! The first book was strange but so well written. I'm really curious about this one. Enjoy!

    My teaser

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  3. Awesome teaser Jenny!!! I can't wait to read this book! I'm getting it for Christmas.

    My Teasers

    -Brittani :)

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  4. Loved this book so much! Such a unique idea! :D New follower via GFC. Would love it if you could return the favor. :D

    Here's my Teaser.

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  5. I'm dying to read this one! I loved the first one so much :). New follower! YOur blog is super cute <3

    Jasmine

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  6. I haven't heard of this one before. I have Daughter of Smoke And Bone, but haven't gotten to it yet.

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  7. Stealing teeth, of all things? That's definitively intriguing!
    Thanks for sharing, and for stepping by My TT

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  8. Aaaaah! I am trying to keep myself from reading this one for a couple of months since I just read (and fell in love with) the first book recently. Fabulous choice for the teaser!

    Thanks so much for visiting!
    ~Gin @ Addicted to Words

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  9. Well, if that's not intriguing I don't know what is! I haven't read the first in this series, but I've been hearing really good things about it. Thanks for stopping by my blog :)

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