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.

"She ignored everything else. Ignored these wretched warriors. Ignored her imminent death. None of that mattered." p 15

TITLE: A Scar in the Bone
AUTHOR: Sophie Jordan
PUBLISHER: Avon Books
GENRE: Fantasy Romance
RELEASE DATE: October 14, 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: Top Ten Cozy/Atmospheric Reads

Cozy Reads:

10. THE VAMPIRE'S MAIL ORDER BRIDE by Kristen Painter--a very cozy paranormal romance involving fake dating!
9. WHAT'S A GHOUL TO DO? by Victoria Laurie--a cozy paranormal mystery series that I LOVE!
8. ABBY COOPER: PSYCHIC EYE by Victoria Laurie--another cozy mystery series with a touch of paranormal as Abby is obviously a psychic!

7. THE SPELLSHOP by Sarah Beth Durst--this book was so cozy and sweet and magical that it was just a breath of fresh air!

6. SECONDHAND SPIRITS by Juliet Blackwell--witches, magic, ghosts, a gobgoyle that takes on the form of a pig...you really can't get much cozier than that!

ATMOSPHERIC READS:

5. MEXICAN GOTHIC by Silvia Moreno-Garcia--I loved the spooky setting of this one. The book evoked chills!
4. THE LANGUAGE OF THORNS by Leigh Bardugo--a book of fairy tales from the Grishaverse is the epitome of atmospheric!
3. HOUSE OF HOLLOW by Krystal Sutherland--another lush setting with creepy gothic mansions and secrets!

2. THE HOUSE SAPHIR by Marissa Meyer--haunted houses, creepy mansion, ghosts and spooks and a curse? They set the perfect spooky vibe!
1. THE BALLAD OF NEVER AFTER by Stephanie Garber--because of course a Stephanie Garber book makes the list! I positively LOVED the locations of this entire series but there was something extra magical about this one!