Tuesday Teasers & Tuesday Intros, First Chapter, First Paragraph 7/24

Teaser Tuesday Is a Weekly bookish Meme, Hosted by MitzB of Should Be Reading. 

Anyone can play along.  Just do the following:

·        Grab your current read

·        Open to a random page

·        Share 2 (Two) “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 ruing the book for others)

·        Share title and author too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR list if they like your teaser!

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your ‘teasers’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog) Thanks!

Guardian (Halflings Book 2) by Heather Burch ARC teaser (kindle 1689, in uncorrected ARC proof, it can change)

Publish date Oct 9, 2012

Add to Goodreads      Halflings (Book 1) here on Goodreads also there is 2 free ebooks at Amazon for a prequel and a short story set after Halflings, here they are. 11:15 Making of a Halflings Free ebook Amazon  and A Halflings Rescue FREE ebook Amazon (good way to try them out)

(Mace thinking of Nikki , hos Pov in this part)

How could standing with the girl you love feel so desperately lonely? She was right in thinking everything was on the line. Not just him, not just his eternity, but her safety. Fact was, she was still in danger, and a boat ride across the ocean didn’t change that. Breaking one rule meant breaking more. Hadn’t he learned that the hard way? And breaking the rules could only mean one thing: failure.

He’d put her in danger by trying to be too close to her. They had to watch their emotions. If they didn’t Nikki might pay for the mistakes with her life.

He might have been willing to gamble with his eternity-no matter how stupid that was-but he could never gamble with Nikki’s safety, especially now. Her fate could effect…well, the world as they all knew it.

Tease 2 Kindle location 930 as stated before uncorrected proof ARC, it could change, in fact it should, as there is lots of repeat sentences in this book , and typos)

(Nikki POV with Mace)

He scooted a fraction closer so his head tilted toward her, and all that salty scent came rushing at her. Closer and closer. Off in the distance, a door opened and closed, but Nikki barely heard it. Mace’s cerulean eyes were locked on her and she couldn’t breathe.

The warmth of his fingers intertwined with hers. A quiver ran up her arm, setting her skin ablaze.

“Well, Captain will be pleased to know you two have rearranged the cups”

That now irritating voice, thick with an Australian accent, interrupted her blissful moment. She refused to drag her eyes from Mace.

“Not sayin’ I’d have chosen the galley floor for storage, but I never claimed to understand Yanks,” Sky said, his casual tone laced with humor.

You can pre-order here at Amazon Guardian by Heather Burch

                                                

Tuesday Intros, First Chapter, First Paragraph

First Chapter First Paragraph - Tuesday Intros Hosted by Bibliophile By The Sea

Every Tuesday I will participate in the Tuesday Intro First Chapter-First Paragraph Intros.

These are books we decided to read based on the first paragraph or so. Then find another “Teaser” in the book somewhere to catch our interest. Leave me a comment with link to your post, and if your a new follower be sure to let me know. I want to be sure to follow back.

I choose The Rise of the Nine (book 3 Lorien Legacies) by Pitticus Lore Add to Goodreads | My Review Publication date August 21, 2012

Chapter One

(from Six’s POV this part)

6A Seriously? I look at the boarding pass in my hand, its large type announcing my seat assignment, and wonder if Crayton chose this seat on purpose. It could be a coincidence, but the way things have gone recently, I am not a big believer in coincidences. I wouldn’t be surprised if Marina sat down behind me in row seven, and Ella made her way back to row ten. But no, the two girls drop down beside me without saying a word, and join me in studying each person boarding the plane. Being hunted, you are constantly on guard. Whol knows when the Mogadorians might appear.

Crayton will board last, after he’s watched to see who else gets on the plane, and only once he feels the flight is absolutely secure.

I raise the window shade and watch the ground crew hustle back and forth under the plane. The city of Barcelona is a faint outline in the distance.

Marina’s knee bounces furiously up and down next to mine. The battle against an army of Mogadorians yesterday at the lake, the death of her Cepan, finding her Chest-and now, it’s the first time in almost eleven years that she’s left the town where she spent her childhood. She’s nervous.

“Everything okay?” I ask. My newly blond hair falls into my face and startles me. I forgot I dyed it this morning. It’s just one of the many changes in the last forty-eight hours.

“Everyone looks normal,” Marina whispers, keeping her eyes on the crowded aisle. “We’re safe, as far as I can tell.”

“Good, but that’s not what I meant,” I gently set my foot on hers and she stops bouncing her knew. She offers me a quick apologetic smile before returning to her close watch of each boarding passenger. A few seconds later, her knee starts bouncing again. I just shake my head.

I feel sorry for Marina. She was locked up in an isolated orphanage with a Cepan who refused to train her. Her Cepan had lost sight of why we were here on Earth in the first place. I’m doing my best to help her, to fill in the gaps. I can train her to learn how to control her strength and when to use her developing Legacies. But first I’m trying to show her that it’s okay to trust me.

The Mogadorians will pay for what they’ve done. For taking so many who we’ve loved, here on Earth and on Lorien. It’s my personal mission to destroy every last one of them, and I’ll be sure Marina gets her revenge too. Not only did she just lose her best friend, Hector, back at the lake, but, like me, her Cepan was killed right in front of her. We will both carry that with us forever.

“How is it down there, Six?” Ella asks, leaning over Marina.

I turn back towards the window. The men below the plane begin to clear away their equipment, conducting a few last-minute checks. “So far, so good.”

My seat is directly over the wing, which is comforting to me. On more than one occasion I’ve had to use my Legacies to help a pilot out of a jam. Once, over southern Mexico, I used my telekinesis to push the plane a dozen degrees to the right, only seconds before crashing into the side of a mountain. Last year I got 124 passengers safely through a vicious thunderstorm over Kansas by surrounding the plane with an impervious cloud of cool air. We shot through the storm like a bullet through a balloon.

(I will end there, that’s part of chapter one. Now for a good teaser)

Kindle Location 1554 from uncorrected advance copy, it could change.

(from Marina number 7’s POV)

“Look what I found, Eight!”

Eight disappears from the grass and reappears up in the air next to the Chest. He wraps his arms around it and hugs it. Slime and all. Then he teleports back to the edge of the lake, the Chest still in his hands. “I can’t believe it,” Eight finally says. “All this time, it was right here.” He looks stunned.

“It was inside a Mog ship at the bottom of the lake,” I say, walking out of the water.

Eight disappears again and teleports directly in front of me, our noses practically touching. Before I can register how nice his warm breath feels on my face, he picks me up and kisses me hard on the mouth as he twirls me around. My body stiffens and I suddenly have no idea what to do with my hands. I don’t know what to do at all, so I just let it happen. He tastes salty and sweet at the same time. The whole world disappears and I feel as if I’m floating in darkness.

You can preorder at Amazon if you like.

                                                

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The Rise Of Nine (Lorien Legacies #3) By Pitticus Lore Book Review

Title: Rise Of The Nine

Author: Pitticus Lore

Series: Lorien Legacies

Publisher:  Harper Collins

Publication Date: August 21, 2012

Links: Goodreads |Amazon

We had started this story with number four, as number one , two, and three were killed by the Mogadorians. There used to be 9 Lorien kids that were sent to earth to spread out, and develop their Legacies (their individual powers) (number 10 was a baby on a 2nd ship, we learned of her in last book)

(bewared there are some small teaser spoilers, not enough to ruin the book, just for your enjoyment)
So with this book we start where I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Six's Legacy left off, with Nine (he has an anti-gravity legacy, and other skills) and Four teamed up, after escaping the underground facility where Nine was held prisoner for a year. Sam was left behind. Meanwhile Marina (who can heal with her hands), Ella (can change to a younger version and back up to her real age), her Cepan, and Six have fled Spain where number 7 was found (Marina) Ella is number 10 (she was on the 2nd ship that left Lorien) They head to the Himalayans’ to find who they think may be number 8 or 5 (its 8) so they have some battles to win on the way, and some weird tests they have to past before meeting Eight. Eight has a great power, well many, but one of them is teleporting, which is quite cool. I only mention this, as you will wonder how the heck they get where they go so quick.

In the meantime Four and Nine are fighting their own battles, including the FBI who teamed up with the Mogs, as the Mogs promised them all kinds of stuff for their help, dumb FBI choose the wrong side on this one, as the Mogs will destroy Earth. Anyhow, they do their thing and escape (by the way, I really dig Nine, think I want him for myself, lol) Nine tells Four that they have a safehouse set up. And boy do they! (His Cepan is dead, but it was all set up before that and the capture)

So they go to this safe “house” I will leave that part a mystery for you, but lets just say its NICE, and lots of technology, and they finally can use that white tablet they got from Sam’s dad’s stuff, and it actually locates all the other Lorien kids. They see something strange, now there is 4 dots in Himalayans and then right as they are looking they disappear, and show up a few seconds later, but one dot ends up in New Mexico (where a Lorien ship is) and the other 3 in the ocean somewhere, then those 3 disappear to Ireland. (Those are all places with large blue Lorien stones that enhance Eights teleporting powers, but somehow Six got dropped in the desert) He cant control which Lorien stone it takes them, so they have to keep hopping till they get to Six.

Meanwhile Four and Nine head to New Mexico to find Six (or a dot, they do not know which one it is, or how they have moved so fast) And Ella finally develops a very useful Legacy, she can do telepathy with the other Lorien kids, so this helps them alot in meeting up)

Here is a teaser from John's Point of View, when looking at the tablet they got working (they do not know where the others are, and who, they are just dots on the screen)

All of a sudden, Nine's at the edge of his seat. “Holy shit! Four! Check it out. They’ve moved.”

“Who moved?” I take the tablet out of his hand. The blue dots that identify us have changed position. At least, some of them have. There is still one blue dot in Jamaica and two in Chicago. But there are now three off the coast of Africa, and one in New Mexico. My chest relaxes when I see there are still seven dots, but I’m confused by how they moved to these other places so quickly. “How did they do that?”

“I have no idea,” Nine says. “It’s like they teleported or jumped through space. Maybe they found a stargate, or something?”

“Henri said stargates don’t exist,” I said, 

shaking my head.

“Yeah, well, neither do aliens from another planet, according to some people. In fact, many people.”

He’s right. Maybe Henri was wrong. “One Garde is in New Mexico, Nine. Near what you think might be our ship. That can’t be a coincidence. Do you think they’re going after it?”

I will leave you with that Six almost dies in the dessert, and she finds a fence, that happens to be a secret facility (the government has their ship) and she is captured. Lots of stuff happens at this point.

The story is told well, we hop back and forth from Four, Marina (7) and Six’s Point of views. Its pretty easy to follow. I recommend anyone who liked the other books to pick this one up. Its packed with more fun and action and suspense than any of the others. We get to see many battles, and loses, its on the edge of your seat excitement.

I look forward to the next book, can’t wait.

I do not want to add any real spoilers, most I said has much more going on, just gave you a few highlights without details.

If you have not read any of these, I suggest you do, start with I Am Number Four (not just watch the movie, its good, but missed lots of stuff, and the powers are not all right in the movie, book is better)

Here is a little teaser for you John (four) and Nine, from John's point of view:

“You found me in that cell because I made a mistake. It was my mistake, not Sandor’s. And you know what? Where’s your Cêpan? You think yours was so much better than mine? Wake up, idiot! They’re both dead, so I really doubt one was so much better than the other.”

I feel bad for what I said, but I’m sick of Nine trying to bully me. I push him away. “Back off, Nine. I mean it. Just. Back. Off. And stop talking to me like I’m your little brother.”

I received an ARC (advanced review copy) copy of this book from edelweiss for my honest review.

Summary:

Until the day I met John Smith, Number Four, I'd been on the run alone, hiding and fighting to stay alive.

Together, we are much more powerful. But it could only last so long before we had to separate to find the others. . . .

I went to Spain to find Seven, and I found even more, including a tenth member of the Garde who escaped from Lorien alive. Ella is younger than the rest of us, but just as brave. Now we're looking for the others—including John.

But so are they.

They caught Number One in Malaysia.
Number Two in England.
And Number Three in Kenya.
They caught me in New York—but I escaped.
I am Number Six. 
They want to finish what they started.

But they'll have to fight us first.

If you liked my review, I would really appreciate you "Liking" it at Amazon and Goodreads, click them, will take you to my review. Appreciate it.

If you want to read more teasers, and the first part of Chapter 1, go here to this Teaser Tuesday post. I have some long teasers in it of this book Teasers for Rise of the Nine

To read the first 5 chapters of Rise of the Nine, go here>> First 5 Chapters, Rise of the Nine
                                               

Here is an expert meeting number 8. Enjoy!
Level8 Unlock - Fallen Legacies Excerpt  
Here is another peek of before the first bookLevel1 Unlock - Fallen Legacies Excerpt Level2 Unlock - Fallen Legacies Excerpt Eight’s Origin

*Disclosure of Material Connection: I received a copy of this book from Edelweiss of the above mentioned book/books for free in the hope that I would review and mention it on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend books I personally read and enjoy, and you as my readers may also enjoy. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

*Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in above post (only the Amazon Widget of book) are “affiliate links” This means if you click the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. Regardless, I only recommend books that I personally read and believe my readers would also enjoy. . I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”