I decided to combine the Teaser Tuesday, hosted by MizB from A Daily Rhythm, with the First Chapter ~ First Paragraph Tuesday Intros, hosted by Bibliophile By the Sea.
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Is it bad, that I’m in possession of this book since the end of December … 2012…? Still haven’t read it, but the teaser and opening makes me want to. I don’t know what’s stopping me. I love books by Ilona Andrews. Maybe I don’t want to read it, since it is the last book in the series…?
Opening:
Prologue
“My lady?”
Charlotte looked up from her cup of tea at Laisa. The young girl held an evelope of thick, heavy paper.
“This came for you.”
The Edge lies between worlds, on the border between the Broken, where people shop at Wal-Mart and magic is a fairy tale—and the Weird, where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam, and the strength of your magic can change your destiny…
Charlotte de Ney is as noble as they come, a blueblood straight out of the Weird. But even though she possesses rare magical healing abilities, her life has brought her nothing but pain. After her marriage crumbles, she flees to the Edge to build a new home for herself. Until Richard Mar is brought to her for treatment, and Charlotte’s life is turned upside down once again.
Richard is a swordsman without peer, future head of his large and rambunctious Edger clan—and he’s on a clandestine quest to wipe out slavers trafficking humans in the Weird. So when his presence leads his very dangerous enemies to Charlotte, she vows to help Richard destroy them. The slavers’ operation, however, goes deeper than Richard knows, and even working together, Charlotte and Richard may not survive…
I still have books on my stack that have been unread since 2008. 2012 doesn’t seem that long ago to me. I enjoyed this whole series and hope you do too. This week my teaser comes from Dark Turns by Cate Holahan. Happy reading!
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I haven’t read this one yet, but I want to so very much! I don’t even think I own it which is a crime. I love Ilona Andrews books.
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I don’t think this one is for me — hope you like it
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Don’t feel bad, I’ve had this book for awhile too and it is still unread.
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The opener itself doesn’t necessarily convince me, but the description is interesting.
My First Chapter post is here if you’re interested: http://www.bookpunks.com/so-it-begins-timebomb-by-scott-k-andrews/
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