Teaser & Top Ten Tuesdays

 

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.

"When I get home from the station, the snow flurries that have been falling all day turn to sleet. Ice pelts the roof, frigid and gray, and my only consolation is that no one in Concord will be leaving home tonight. I'm not the only one whose life has been halted." p 308*

*Quote comes from the ARC, therefore it and its page number are not final.

TITLE: Beth is Dead
AUTHOR: Katie Bernet
PUBLISHER: Sarah Barley Books
GENRE: Mystery
RELEASE DATE: January 6, 2026

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and The Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

This week's topic is: Top 10 Best Books I Read in 2025

*in no particular order

10. THE HOUSE SAPHIR by Marissa Meyer--one of the most intriguing Bluebeard stories I've read in a long time!
9. THAT'S NOT MY NAME by Megan Lally--I still can't get over that shocking ending!
8. THE ROBIN ON THE OAK THRONE by K.A. Linde--this series is shaping out to be sooo good!

7. THE MONSTER AND THE LAST BLOOD MATCH by K.A. Linde--need to read the second book to this one still as well and it's also just amazing! Love me a good vampire story!
6. GUILLOTINE by Delilah S. Dawson--I love me a good revenge story! This one was bloody and extreme but oh so good!
5. SHIELD OF SPARROWS by Devney Perry--one that I was sent unsolicited and was completely blown away by it! Cannot wait for the second one!

4. SILVER ELITE by Dani Francis--happy to see the dystopian genre on the rise again!
3. BITTEN by Jordan Stephanie Gray--a superb YA werewolf novel and I am itching for the next one!
2. WITCH OF THE WOLVES by Kaylee Archer--more werewolves, more awesomeness!

Y'all know what this one's going to be...!

1. ALCHEMY OF SECRETS by Stephanie Garber--this was such an intriguing mystery and I am salivating for more!