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.

Yes, I am sharing a teaser from the book I just finished. By the time I finished it and was gearing up to write my posts for the week, I didn't have time to dive into my current read, so there you have it!

"Without warning, a hand clamped over her mouth; her body was yanked back against the hard panes of a chest. A second arm wrapped around her stomach, pinning her arms to her sides like a steel band. Silla's eyes widened, her heart hammering against her chest.

'Don't scream,' rasped a voice in her ear." p 378

TITLE: The Road of Bones
AUTHOR: Demi Winters
PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press
GENRE: Fantasy
RELEASE DATE: June 27, 2023

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 Ten Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2026

*in no particular order; because my brain got seriously fried last week from work and I couldn't bring myself to get these in release date order from when I wrote them all down! Lol.

10. CARNIVAL FANTASTICO by Angela Montoya--the Caraval vibes run strong with this one! Okay, it's the carnival vibes but still, it calls to me!
9. THE KILLING RULES by Bree Despain--haven't read a book from her in ages and am super excited for this one!
8. THE ALCHEMARY by Rachel Vincent--also haven't read a book from her in ages...even though there are at least 4...5...I think on my TBR pile! AND I just learned she's coming HERE on tour!!

7. HALF CITY by Kate Golden--I still need to finish her fantasy series that I started but this one sounds amazing!
6. DIRE BOUND by Sable Sorensen--yes, yes, the paperback is out now, it's out in the UK in various forms, but I decided to go with the US deluxe edition because B&N sale and gift cards! So my wait is still ongoing!
5. TO CAGE A WILD BIRD by Brooke Fast--another already released UK book but again waiting for the US book because I can tell myself, I have to wait anyway so read one of my 9 majillion other romantasy books! Lol.

4. THE WICKED SEA by Jordan Stephanie Gray--another one I cannot wait to read! Yes, I believe it was up early on Netgalley, but I've been trying to limit my ARC requests these last few years and feel like I'm on the right track. I slip sometimes and request or have free ARCs at events, but trying to stay strong! Lol.
3. IT CAME FROM NEVER LAND by Cynthia Pelayo--how can you not read that title and get chills?! Omigosh this sounds soooo good!
2. BROKEN DOVE by Dani Francis--loving that dystopians are coming back and for adults too! Lol.

1. SILVER & BLOOD by Jessie Mihalik--this cover is just GORGEOUS! And it sounds soooo good! I read one of her Sci-Fi trilogies and loved it! Still need to read the other one but definitely adding this to the stacks too!