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:
Escapology by Ren Warom
p. 220: Heng heaves forward, staring.
“Hive? You’re going in to Hive?” He seems genuinely concerned, which is a thing. Heng doesn’t much care for Shock. No one of sense does.
Shock shrugs. “For my health.”
“Flim? Or breathing?”
“Make a wild guess.”
Heng pulls a face. “Ouch. My condolences.”
BLURB: Shock Pao is the best. In the virtual world the Slip there’s nothing he can’t steal for the right price. Outside the Slip, though, he’s a Fail – no degree, no job. So when his ex offers him a job, breaking into a corporate databank, he accepts—it’s either that, or find himself a nice bench to sleep under. Amiga works for psychotic crime lord Twist Calhoun so when Shock’s war comes to her, it’s her job to bring him to Twist, dead or alive.
I’m really enjoying this sharp-edged cyberpunk adventure. Warom has woven a vivid, detailed far future where the stakes are high. Shock, who has slid from the fast-track, glowing corporate future that was mapped out for him, is trapped by his brilliance in Slip and by tangling with the wrong girl. This complicated anti-hero nevertheless has me rooting for him, along with the other damaged characters Shock intersects with. The writing is gritty and lyrical – an impressive debut novel.
Brainfluff 
This one sounds interesting – and like it may have a twist at the end.
Here’s my teaser for this week: https://collinesblog.com/2016/10/04/teaser-tuesday-the-murderers-daughter/
Yes, the plot if fairly twist already – though everyone seems headed for hell in a handcart right now… I’m hoping at least a couple of these difficult characters are spared! But it is an engrossing read. I really liked the backstory of your main character:)
Intriguing teaser and blurb, sounds good. 🙂
Yes – I think this is one you’d like, Drew:)
Your description sounds interesting. The teaser doesn’t do much for me.
Mine this week from The Girl from the Sea: https://wp.me/p3Nz8P-Wu
Quite often blurbs don’t get it quite right – they often overshare, or undersell a book. That said – it’s the hardest part of the book to write!
It sounds intriguing and intense. Interesting cover too.
My TT from Putting On The Witch
I agree, thumbs up on the cover.
Sounds fun
Oh, it’s a blast – I’m loving the prose.
I don’t think that I have ever read anything that was cyberpunk! This seems like a very interesting novel with a unique concept. I hope that you enjoy it!
It is science fiction in an urban, dystopian landscape, with compressed, punchy prose and themes to do with a virtual reality and artificial intelligence – Bladerunner, the film is an example of a cyberpunk film…
This one actually sounds tempting. Thanks for sharing…and enjoy!
Here’s mine: “COME AND FIND ME”
(I’m signing in with FB, since WP has chosen to dump several of my comments into spam..again!)
Oh how very annoying! I can’t think why THAT should happen – you have been commenting with no bother for a while now… I’m now going to find you:)
Cyberpunk, awesome! My book is an alternative history with some steampunk in it: https://booksbeforebandaids.com/2016/10/04/teaser-tuesday-october-4/
Thank you! If you are a cyberpunk fan – this one is a treat… Popping across to your site now:)
This sounds so different from what I generally read, Sarah. Interesting though! I like the teaser you shared.
She’s definitely a talented writer.
Gritty and lyrical sounds like an interesting combination. I’m glad you are enjoying it. My teaser this week comes from the latest Otherworld anthology – Otherworld Chills by Kelley Armstrong. Happy reading!
Thank you, Kathy. So far I’m very happy with this one:).
Sharp cyber punk and intriguing choice of teaser – I look forward to your review for this one.
Lynn 😀
Thank you, Lynn:). I’m really enjoying it.
Your teaser is definitely a tease. Here’s one from BEHOLD THE DREAMERS by Imbolo Mbue
spoiler alert: It’s near the end of the book. (I should post a review tonight.)
“He wanted no more of life in a roach filled apartment in a Harlem neighborhood of fried chicken joints, storefront churches and funeral homes where young men in cornrows and saggy pants perpetually lingered outside, mourning one of their own and carelessly spitting in his direction.”
(The American Dream???)
Well here’s a grim reminder of the poverty gap… I’ll pop across to read your review with interest.
Just posted the review you were interested in. Just hope you believe in better late than never. that seems to be the story of my life this month!
Thank you Rae – I’ll go and track it down:)
Sounds like a clever and intricate plot. Here’s my link: http://wp.me/p4DMf0-1jv
Yes, I’ve now finished it and really enjoyed it. The writing is very sharp and clever, which I enjoyed.
This might be a little close to home for me. I’m seeing some people around me fall out of mainstream society and finding a lot of doors closing.
It seems to be a growing ongoing problem, which makes me very sad. I grew up in an era where this sort of shutting down of opportunity was supposed to be a thing of the past:(
This one sounds cyberpunk – sure it’s right down my alley 😉 thanks for sharing.
I think you’d really like this one, Steph. Warom is certainly a great new voice in the genre.
I kept reading Heng as the Hokkien word (meaning lucky or fortunate), so the internal narration of the teaser sounded a little off :p
I can see why that would make reading the tease a problem, though he doesn’t appear all that much in the overall narrative.
A very teasing teaser. Looking forward to your review!