Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme currently being hosted by Ambrosia @ The Purple Booker. All are welcome to participate!
Rules:
- Grab your current read.
- Open to a random page.
- Share two ‘teaser’ sentences from somewhere on that page.
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! You don’t want to give too much away so as to not ruin the book for others!
- Share the title and author so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers.
“At the audition I sat alone, apart from the other girls, and snarfed down the cheese from my bag. Then I stood up and shook out my limbs and cracked my neck and cracked my knuckles and tried not to think of her, didn’t let myself think of her, got my number called, took my spot, didn’t think of her, did the combination, did it spot-on, did it with every step precise, didn’t think of her. Didn’t think of anything.”
-page 84
I’ve only got about 100 pages left in this book and I still have no idea how I feel about it. The writing is wonderful and the story is interesting, but I just feel meh when I read it. I’m not really connecting with any of the characters and really just wish it was over with so I can move on to Revenge and the Wild. But maybe the ending will blow me away? Fingers crossed!
On the outside, there’s Violet, an eighteen-year-old dancer days away from the life of her dreams when something threatens to expose the shocking truth of her achievement.
On the inside, within the walls of the Aurora Hills juvenile detention center, there’s Amber, locked up for so long she can’t imagine freedom.
Tying their two worlds together is Orianna, who holds the key to unlocking all the girls’ darkest mysteries…
What really happened on the night Orianna stepped between Violet and her tormentors? What really happened on two strange nights at Aurora Hills? Will Amber and Violet and Orianna ever get the justice they deserve—in this life or in another one?
In prose that sings from line to line, Nova Ren Suma tells a supernatural tale of guilt and of innocence, and of what happens when one is mistaken for the other.
Have you read The Walls Around Us? What did you think of the story? Leave a link to your own Teaser Tuesday post in the comments below!
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I haven’t heard of this before but it sounds pretty interesting. Sorry to hear you’re not quite enjoying it.
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That’s alright! It’s not terrible, but I’m just having trouble connecting with the characters. I know that a lot of people like it though so I’d give it a try if you’re interested!
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I like the teaser and the blurb sounds good so it’s a shame you’re not enjoying it more. Maybe there will be a big finish that’ll turn it all around
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Yeah, I think it could be that I’ve just read a lot of great books lately that this one just isn’t meeting the high expectations. I’m hoping for a big finish though, so we shall see!
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There are a lot of ‘and’s in that paragraph wow.
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Hahaha yeah! It’s one of those books with the “hip” writing lol. 😂
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I don’t think I’d be able to get through a book like that tbh
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It hasn’t been too bad so far. I’m having more trouble connecting with the characters really.
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I hate it when I like a book but don’t feel for the characters
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Me too! I was also expecting this one to have more action or edge of your seat mystery but…. it doesn’t. 😢
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Being unable to connect or relate to the characters on some level – any level – is one of the biggest reasons I pass on a book. I hope you figure out how you feel about this one.
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Thanks! Im hoping the ending blows me away and makes it all worth it!
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