Teaser Tuesdays (35) Outpost

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. 

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read

2. Open to a random page

3. Share teaser sentences from somewhere on that page

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! 

Share the title and author so that others can add the book to their TBR Lists!

I already did a teaser from Outpost, but in that post I had just started reading the book. Now that I've finished I wanted to share some other favorite teasers! 
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Outpost by Ann Aguirre
Razorland Series #2

"I'd just managed to drift off when something roused me. A sound, a smell? I drifted, half wakeful, eyes blurring the dark sky with their slow blinking. Movement nearby reassured me. It should be the guards on watch shifting positions to stay alert, but instead, I had the impression of a dark figure. Shining eyes flickered past, sunken in the ravaged face." Kindle Location 2189

and

"The Huntress in me respected his choice, but the girl wept endlessly inside, mourning the man who died a hero." Kindle Location 3762

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Goodreads Info:

Deuce’s whole world has changed. Down below, she was considered an adult. Now, topside in a town called Salvation, she’s a brat in need of training in the eyes of the townsfolk. She doesn’t fit in with the other girls: Deuce only knows how to fight.To make matters worse, her Hunter partner, Fade, keeps Deuce at a distance. Her feelings for Fade haven’t changed, but he seems not to want her around anymore. Confused and lonely, she starts looking for a way out.

Deuce signs up to serve in the summer patrols—those who make sure the planters can work the fields without danger. It should be routine, but things have been changing on the surface, just as they did below ground. The Freaks have grown smarter. They’re watching. Waiting. Planning. The monsters don’t intend to let Salvation survive, and it may take a girl like Deuce to turn back the tide.

Share your teasers!

Teaser Tuesday (32) Outpost

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. 

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read

2. Open to a random page

3. Share two teaser sentences from somewhere on that page

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! 

Share the title and author so that others can add the book to their TBR Lists!

Last week I decided to continue with the Razorland series by Ann Aguirre, Endurance. This week I'm going to book #2, Outpost. Enjoy the teaser, read up, and video!

Outpost by Ann Aguirre

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"I woke to the cold kiss of steel on my throat. Though I'd grown accustomed to sleeping safely since our arrival in Salvation two months ago, I'd lost none of my edge. Before my attacker realized I was awake, I knocked the knife away and tumbled him over my head." pg.1

and

"Momma Oaks would skin us both if she caught him in my room. People took reputations seriously, and mine was already bruised, due to my insistence on being myself." pg.1

Goodreads Info:

Deuce’s whole world has changed. Down below, she was considered an adult. Now, topside in a town called Salvation, she’s a brat in need of training in the eyes of the townsfolk. She doesn’t fit in with the other girls: Deuce only knows how to fight.

To make matters worse, her Hunter partner, Fade, keeps Deuce at a distance. Her feelings for Fade haven’t changed, but he seems not to want her around anymore. Confused and lonely, she starts looking for a way out.

Deuce signs up to serve in the summer patrols—those who make sure the planters can work the fields without danger. It should be routine, but things have been changing on the surface, just as they did below ground. The Freaks have grown smarter. They’re watching. Waiting. Planning. The monsters don’t intend to let Salvation survive, and it may take a girl like Deuce to turn back the tide.

What are your teaser tuesdays? Drop me a comment!

Teaser Tuesday (31) Endurance

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. 

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read

2. Open to a random page

3. Share two teaser sentences from somewhere on that page

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! 

Share the title and author so that others can add the book to their TBR Lists!

This week I decided to continue with the Razorland series by Ann Aguirre. This book is the in-between short story from Enclave to Outpost #1.5. We actually get to see what happened to Thimble and Stone, Deuce's friends she left behind! Enjoy!

Endurance by Ann Aguirre

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"The enclave was quiet the day normalcy died." pg. 1

and

"He would've said anything to keep his brat safe, and he had. Turned his back on his best friend and left her to die. The guilt of that moment would always haunt him. But maybe his moments were numbered, and it didn't matter anymore." Kindle Location 141 (11%)

Goodreads Info:

When rebellion destroys the underground world in which Thimble and Stone have grown up, they take Stone’s son and try to escape the chaos. Along the way, they must evade the Freaks, beings who feed on human flesh. Leaving behind the roles of Builder and Breeder which they were assigned at birth, they wander the underground tunnels, looking for safety yet afraid to go “topside” where legend has it that the light and water will burn their skin from their bones.

Their journey takes them upward to an unimagined world of tinned food, comfortable furniture, and books. Away from their regimented society for the first time, and still facing imminent danger, Thimble and Stone acknowledge the forbidden attraction which both have denied for years.

Teaser Tuesday (30) Enclave

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. 

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read

2. Open to a random page

3. Share two teaser sentences from somewhere on that page

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! 

Share the title and author so that others can add the book to their TBR Lists!

Enclave by Ann Aguirre

                         

                      "Fade said I could trust you. He said you're one of us. Was he wrong?"

"One of who?" I whispered." Kindle location pg. 94

Goodreads Info:

WELCOME TO THE APOCALYPSE

In Deuce’s world, people earn the right to a name only if they survive their first fifteen years. By that point, each unnamed ‘brat’ has trained into one of three groups–Breeders, Builders, or Hunters, identifiable by the number of scars they bear on their arms. Deuce has wanted to be a Huntress for as long as she can remember.

As a Huntress, her purpose is clear—to brave the dangerous tunnels outside the enclave and bring back meat to feed the group while evading ferocious monsters known as Freaks. She’s worked toward this goal her whole life, and nothing’s going to stop her, not even a beautiful, brooding Hunter named Fade. When the mysterious boy becomes her partner, Deuce’s troubles are just beginning.

Down below, deviation from the rules is punished swiftly and harshly, and Fade doesn’t like following orders. At first Deuce thinks he’s crazy, but as death stalks their sanctuary, and it becomes clear the elders don’t always know best, Deuce wonders if Fade might be telling the truth. Her partner confuses her; she’s never known a boy like him before, as prone to touching her gently as using his knives with feral grace.

As Deuce’s perception shifts, so does the balance in the constant battle for survival. The mindless Freaks, once considered a threat only due to their sheer numbers, show signs of cunning and strategy… but the elders refuse to heed any warnings. Despite imminent disaster, the enclave puts their faith in strictures and sacrifice instead. No matter how she tries, Deuce cannot stem the dark tide that carries her far from the only world she’s ever known.