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.

"But my breath hitches, and she breaks off with a sigh. She hugs me back, pressing her face into my shoulder for longer than I expect.

Eventually she whispers, 'It's your monthly time, hmm?'" p 114

TITLE: Carving Shadows Into Gold
AUTHOR: Brigid Kemmerer
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury YA
GENRE: YA Fantasy
RELEASE DATE: January 28, 2025

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: GENRE FREEBIE: Top 10 Fantasy Books with Rose in the Title

*in no particular order
**not sure how I came up with this topic, but I wanted to do something other than just favorite reads from X genre!

10. A FORGERY OF ROSES by Jessica S. Olson--this is in my TBR pile somewhere...I think it was an Owl Crate choice in 2022? Really can't remember how I obtained it but it sounds amazing!
9. SIX SCORCHED ROSES by Carissa Broadbent--this one I read! A nice novella set in The Crowns of Nyaxia series!
8. BRIAR ROSE by Jana Oliver--a long ago YA title I read and loved that's a twist on The Sleeping Beauty tale!

7. THE ROSE BRIDE by Nancy Holder--a very dusty TBR book that's a retelling of The White Bride and the Black Bride. Definitely need to read that fairy tale again as I so don't remember it!
6. A REIGN OF ROSE by Kate Golden--I keep meaning to cycle back to this trilogy that I need to finish, but I'm still caught up in event books and I need to get going on review books too! Of course, this is the third book of the trilogy, so don't start here!
5. ROSE IN CHAINS by Julie Soto--there's been some controversy over this one lately, but the storyline still intrigues me and I'd really like to give it a try!

4. THE ROSE & THE DAGGER by Renee Ahdieh--the second in a duology that's a retelling of 1000 and 1 Nights tale. Another, don't start with this title one! Still a fun retelling that I loved!
3. THE ROSE SOCIETY by Marie Lu--another classic and another book 2/3! Lol. This was a tale of villainy and I loved it!
2. ROSE & THORN by Sarah Prineas--another one I haven't read yet and it was a book 2, but I don't know if it's a duology two or two connected stories. So yeah, maybe don't start with this one either! Lol.

1. ROSEBLOOD by A.G. Howard--this is a Phantom of the Opera inspired story! Standalone, so you're good here! Lol.