Teaser Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by Purple Princess of The Purple Booker.
Here are the rules:
1. Grab your current read
2. Open to a page
3. Pick out 2 lines that are SPOILER FREE
4. Name the title, author, etc.
"Ione didn't move. Her entire posture had gone rigid, those hazel eyes widening at his please. Almost as if she'd expected him to force her hand open." p 83
TITLE: Two Twisted Crowns
AUTHOR: Rachel Gillig
PUBLISHER: Orbit
GENRE: Fantasy
RELEASE DATE: October 17, 2023
This week's topic is: Top Ten Books That Surprised Me
*in no particular order
10. THE ETERNITY CURE by Julie Kagawa--I remember this one surprising me with Jackal's character! He came off as villainous in the first book and this one was a game changer!
9. INTERTWINED by Gena Showalter--definitely my first heartbreak too since it was cancelled at the last book. But I remember this one surprising me with how much I LOVED it due to the male protagonist! It was really one of my first male MC outside of the MG books and oh how I LOVED it!
8. BEAST by Lisa Jensen--this one surprised me with just how beautiful the book was! I love a good TB&TB retelling and this one was different but wonderful!
9. INTERTWINED by Gena Showalter--definitely my first heartbreak too since it was cancelled at the last book. But I remember this one surprising me with how much I LOVED it due to the male protagonist! It was really one of my first male MC outside of the MG books and oh how I LOVED it!
8. BEAST by Lisa Jensen--this one surprised me with just how beautiful the book was! I love a good TB&TB retelling and this one was different but wonderful!
7. TEN by Gretchen McNeil--yeah that twist...didn't see it coming! It was one of my first thrillers and I have since learned my lesson. Lol.
6. CRUSH by Tracy Wolff--so many shocking reveals in this one I was pretty much surprised throughout the book!
5. WICKED RESURRECTION by Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie--this one really just surprised me by existing! I thought the series forever cancelled but it was revived 6 years after the "last" installment. It's why I always held out hope for my other series, but those have long past that 6 year mark.
6. CRUSH by Tracy Wolff--so many shocking reveals in this one I was pretty much surprised throughout the book!
5. WICKED RESURRECTION by Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie--this one really just surprised me by existing! I thought the series forever cancelled but it was revived 6 years after the "last" installment. It's why I always held out hope for my other series, but those have long past that 6 year mark.
4. REMEMBRANCE by Meg Cabot--this one surprised me simply by existing as well! I LOVED The Mediator series and for Meg to return to her YA series and make it "adult" was a delight!
3. SUCCUBUS BLUES by Richelle Mead--I remember discussion board friends telling me to read this one! I had thought it would have too much romance in it given that the heroine's a succubus, but it definitely surprised me by having the romance as a side element!
2. VAMPIRE ACADEMY by Richelle Mead--the book that brought me back to YA! Those same discussion board friends told me to read this one as they thought I would like it and assured me it didn't have that teenage drama or angst I was experiencing in the last round of YA contemporaries I was "forced" to read when there wasn't any paranormal ones to read and it was basically a match made in heaven!
3. SUCCUBUS BLUES by Richelle Mead--I remember discussion board friends telling me to read this one! I had thought it would have too much romance in it given that the heroine's a succubus, but it definitely surprised me by having the romance as a side element!
2. VAMPIRE ACADEMY by Richelle Mead--the book that brought me back to YA! Those same discussion board friends told me to read this one as they thought I would like it and assured me it didn't have that teenage drama or angst I was experiencing in the last round of YA contemporaries I was "forced" to read when there wasn't any paranormal ones to read and it was basically a match made in heaven!
1. LEGENDARY by Stephanie Garber--naturally a Caraval book is here! Lol! I think I was pretty surprised with this one given the reveals! Granted I started speculating at some point in the story, but confirmation always comes a nice surprise too!
