New Teaser for Shadowfever

Karen Marie Moning has just released another tiny snippet from her next book, Shadowfever, which is due January 2011.

“You killed my sister!” The dark lake in my head begins to boil. I hear rustles behind me, leathery wet sounds and I whirl. The freaks that killed my sister are taking advantage of the distraction and trying to leave.

Not a chance in hell. This is what I’ve been living for. This moment. My revenge. First the ones that killed her. Then the one who delivered her to them.

I lunge for them, screaming my sister’s name.

I slice and rip and tear.

I begin with my spear and end with my bare hands.

I fall on them like the beast-form of Barrons. My sister died in an alley with these monsters working on her and now I know it wasn’t fast. I can see her, white-lipped with pain, knowing she’s going to die, scratching a clue into the pavement. Hoping I’ll come, afraid I’ll come. Believing I could succeed where she failed. God, I miss her! Hatred consumes me. I devolve into vengeance, I embrace it, I become it.

When I finish there are no pieces larger than my fist.

I’m shaking, gasping, covered with bits of flesh and gray matter from smashing their skulls.

I double over and hit the pavement, puking. I puke until I dry-heave then I dry-heave until my ears ring and my eyes are stinging.

I don’t have to look behind me to know the street is empty. My sister’s murderer is gone.

I finally got what I came to Dublin for.

I know who killed my sister.

I curl in a tight ball on the cold pavement and cry.


Wow. Looks like it´s going to be one hell of a ride!

Teaser Tuesday

This weekly book blog meme is hosted by Misb at Should be Reading.

Here are the rules:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away. You don’t want to ruin the book for others.)
- Share the title & author too, so that other Teaser Tuesday participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers.

Title: Tempest Rising
Author: Nicole Peeler
Release: October 27th 2009
Genre: Urban Fantasy


"Do you make children disappear?" I blurted out.
He opened one eye to stare at me from upside down. "No" was his only reply. "Why?"

p. 120

The Famous First Words

Here I was yesterday, sitting next to my TBR pile, staring at it in confusion.
Maybe you know the feeling: there are so many great books and you can hardly wait to read them. But which one should you choose?
I read the blurbs on the back and tought about what I´ve heard about them in the blogsphere. Yet, I still felt indecisive. Finally, I opened one randomly and there it was:

"No matter how carefully I patted the chopped apples into place, the top crust of my apple pie always looked like I´d tried to bury a dismembered body under it."

The very first sentence of a book and it had me already captivated with is absurdity and dark humor. Needless to say that I chose this boook as my next read.
But still, that little incident kept me thinking. So I went through a few of my already read books and checked their Famous First Words. I acutally found a few ones that either had me smiling, frowning, holding my breath or just simply wondering and thus compelled me to read the book.
Maybe there are more out there who can appreciate the very beginning just as much as the end? For all those, I´ve decided to share some Famous First Words that speak to me from time to time.

Oh, just in case you were wondering, the fabulous book featuring the quote above was Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews.

Teaser Tuesday

This weekly book blog meme is hosted by Misb at Should be Reading.

Here are the rules:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away. You don’t want to ruin the book for others.)
- Share the title & author too, so that other Teaser Tuesday participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers.

Okay, heute ist nicht wirklich Dienstag, aber was soll´s! Es geht doch nichts über einen guten Teaser!



Titel: and Falling, fly
Autor: Skyler White
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Release: 02.03.2010


"Reality is whet we experience."
"There is no difference, in your brain chemistry, between reality and imagination."
"How do you know that?"
"I´m an angel, Dominic," I tell him. "Maybe I´m yours."