Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Teaser Tuesday: Campfire by Shawn Sarles and Fawkes by Nadine Brandes

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Books and a Beat. Bloggers choose two sentences out of our current read to pique others' curiosity.





Campfire
Campfire by Shawn Sarles

While camping in a remote location, Maddie Davenport gathers around the fire with her friends and family to tell scary stories. Caleb, the handsome young guide, shares the local legend of the ferocious Mountain Men who hunt unsuspecting campers and leave their mark by carving grisly antlers into their victims' foreheads.
The next day, the story comes true.

Now Maddie and her family are lost in the deep woods--with no way out--being stalked by their worst nightmares. Because there were other, more horrifying stories told that night--and Maddie's about to find out just how they end...



Teaser: 
And then a violent explosion blew the office windows out into the night. Maddie's head banged hard against the seat. Her vision went white and then black as she felt the world crashing down around her.

Jenn's:


Fawkes
Fawkes by Nadine Brandes
  

Thomas Fawkes is turning to stone, and the only cure to the Stone Plague is to join his father’s plot to assassinate the king of England.
Silent wars leave the most carnage. The wars that are never declared, but are carried out in dark alleys with masks and hidden knives. Wars where color power alters the natural rhythm of 17th century London. And when the king calls for peace, no one listens until he finally calls for death.
But what if death finds him first?
Keepers think the Igniters caused the plague. Igniters think the Keepers did. But all Thomas knows is that the Stone Plague infecting his eye is spreading. And if he doesn’t do something soon, he’ll be a lifeless statue. So when his Keeper father, Guy Fawkes, invites him to join the Gunpowder Plot—claiming it will put an end to the plague—Thomas is in.
The plan: use 36 barrels of gunpowder to blow up the Igniter King.
The problem: Doing so will destroy the family of the girl Thomas loves. But backing out of the plot will send his father and the other plotters to the gallows. To save one, Thomas will lose the other.
No matter Thomas’s choice, one thing is clear: once the decision is made and the color masks have been put on, there’s no turning back.



Teaser: 
The green sealant paste hardened and I adjusted to the stickiness. I tapped the eye patch. Nothing in my sight changed- I was half-blind already- but I breathed in the safety that came from a hidden secret.




2 comments:

  1. Ooh nice teasers!! I enjoyed Campfire! A nice twisty read!! Fawkes is a new to me one but I love its cover!! Hope you both are enjoying your read!

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  2. These both sound really good! I have been seeing Fawkes all over the place. I hope you enjoy both of these books :)

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