• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share 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 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! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.
This week's Teaser Tuesday comes from Blood and Bile by J.C Boyd and Joshua Robertson. I've ended up reading a lot of Robertson's work in the past while, partly by accident and partly by design. Blood and Bile caught me with its mystical sounding blurb and obvious dark fantasy elements, and almost lost me with the sexist cultural depictions. But I'm still reading, and still enjoying the book.
'A grim smile touched her lips. If mercy was the domain of men, she need not show any'
“Before the world came to be, there was nary beginning nor end, nary sky-shield nor night-wheel, nary war-garb nor shield-foe, nary fate-heeder nor fate-weaver, nor any thing living or dying or dead.” Ranvir ripped meat from bone, the dew of deep wounds dribbling between his fingers. He packed the flesh into his teeth-house, chewing happily. His wife gaped at him, word-land soundless, forehead-stones devoured long ago, and wound-necklace torn from ear to ear. She had never looked more beautiful. His hands probed into her blood’s-seat for another bite, nails scraping against cartilage, fingers squeezing organ and fat, seeking a tasty morsel. Ranvir heard the rasping of his tent flap open, but did not turn from his meal. Snaer’s brisk breath briefly touched his back. and then he felt it no more. He swallowed another mouthful and pulled at his wife’s skin to gaze at the glossy remains. A voice, light and feminine, spoke. “Ranvir?” Description taken from Goodreads |