Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat.
Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• 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 TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
This is my choice of the day:
Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge by Paul Krueger
60% “The truth is that you were right to stay away from the Whelan bars. Don’t go back. Not even if-ˮ
Someone screamed.
Mona instantly headed back into the alley. Bailey whipped around and followed her. They saw the waitress standing frozen, holding a bag of garbage, cornered between the wall and the Dumpster by something squat and fleshy and evil.
BLURB: College grad Bailey Chen has a few demons: no job, no parental support, and a rocky relationship with Zane, the only friend who’s around when she moves back home. But when Zane introduces Bailey to his cadre of monster-fighting bartenders, her demons get a lot more literal. Like, soul-sucking hell-beast literal. Soon, it’s up to Bailey and the ragtag band of magical mixologists to take on whatever—or whoever—is behind the mysterious rash of gruesome deaths in Chicago, and complete the lost recipes of an ancient tome of cocktail lore.
What fun! I really like Bailey as a protagonist – she is enjoyably geeky and clever, yet also flawed and not particularly people-smart. The humour is situational, rather than a series of gags and the conceit of using cocktails to harness and focus the natural life magic running through all of us, is a nice departure from the usual paranormal, urban fantasy tropes. So long as the ending doesn’t land in a heap, this is definitely a thumbs up from me…
Brainfluff 
Sounds intriguing, be interested to read your review and see if the books worthwhile as I was lucky enough to win a copy of this book along with a copy of My Best Friends Exorcism and a dvd copy of The Exorcist in a Friday 13th retweet competition. 🙂
So far, so good:). But as you mention, it’s all about how it end, isn’t it? How are you getting on with My Best Friend’s Exorcism? That sounds an intriguing read…
I haven’t started it yet, but as you say it sounds intriguing and it looks good, one thing I did notice from my quick browse of the book is that all the chapters seem to be names of 80’s songs! 🙂
Well that sounds like fun!
This sounds like one I’d enjoy! Sort of a Veronica Mars meets Supernatural vibe?
I haven’t read Veronica Mars – but think of a geeky Buffy who mixes cocktails to summon up the magic to fight demons:). I’m thoroughly enjoying it.
Wow, great teaser. I added this in my The Book Depository cart. Thanks for sharing!
Do let me know how you get on with it:)
“Something squat and fleshy and evil”…..what a visual that brings to mind! I think I’d like this one! Thanks for sharing! My teaser this week can be found at: http://abookaddictsview.blogspot.com/2016/05/teaser-tuesday-joy-of-less.html
Yes – I really like the writing in this one.
My kind of creepy! LOL I’ve got to read this one.
My TT from Miss Mayhem
It’s great fun – not lots of creepiness, but plenty of action with a strong, likeable character and using cocktails to generate magic is a nifty twist, too.
This sounds like it would be a lot of fun. I like that in my urban fantasy. My teaser this week comes from Fan the Flames by Katie Ruggle – a romantic suspense title. Happy reading!
Sounds a bit strange but in a good way. I hope it ends well for you 🙂
Thank you! So do I:)
I am eager to read this one, especially after reading your comments about it so far. I hope it ends well. It certainly sounds promising! I’m going through an urban fantasy phase right now, and am about to start reading Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere.
Thank you for swinging by:). Yes, this one is great fun, so far. Best of luck with Neverwhere.
This definitely sounds like something I would enjoy reading as well! I will be adding it to my wishlist for sure.
Happy reading! Here’s my teaser of Housebroken by The Behrg.
I like the magic system bound up with cocktails – there’s a book that explains it all that runs through the story, giving the whole magical backdrop extra information. And the protagonist is very appealing.
It definitely sounds really good!
I’ve now completed this and really enjoyed it. I’ll be reviewing it next week.
Even though I usually wouldn’t pick up a book with demons in it, this one intrigues me. Sounds like there’s more to the plot than warding off bad guys!
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The cocktails aspect with magic gives this paranormal fantasy an extra aspect – I’m really enjoying it and thank you for swinging by:)
What an intriguing snippet – I’ll definitely look out for your review of this one.
Thanks
Lynn 😀
Hmm, interesting quotes…and I might even find myself drawn into it, even though it’s not my usual read. Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome:) Have a great reading week.
These aren’t the type of books I normally read but it does sound fun I agree.
That’s fine:). It’s nice to see what’s going on in genres we don’t normally read, isn’t it?
Well, it sounds good – another I’ll have to consider 🙂
This one sounds really intriguing . . . Will have to check it out!
Thanks for sharing and stopping by my blog earlier 🙂
Sounds interesting. Although I am a little weary of YA, Fantasy and so on right now, after overdosing on Cassandra Clare’s books recently.
A change is as good as a rest, so they say:)