Teaser Tuesday is a weekly Meme hosted by The Purple Booker that wants you to add books to your TBR, or just share what you are currently reading. It is very easy to play along:

• 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 The Deftly Paradox by M. D. White. I've had a few issues with this book so far, mainly due to bad POV changes, but it's an interesting book overall.

'They were exuberant in their pride, overjoyed by their progress. There on the stage, Senator Leary stood alone, lost in a crowd that considered him nothing less than messianic'

While not actually the first book I read in a day, Harry Potter is the first book I remember reading in one sitting (food and bathroom breaks excluded).

The paperback editions had been released a month or so prior and my mom, who's enabled my book addiction for as long as I can remember, had promised to buy it as soon as the books were a bit more affordable.

I started reading as soon as I had Goblet of Fire in my hands and barely stopped until it was finished. I didn’t even notice how much I’d read until a friend of my sisters and I put his head in the room to see what I was doing. It was late afternoon, I’d almost finished the book, and I still recall his disbelief that the thick stack of pages supported in my left hand was the result of a day’s solid reading.

Do you remember the first book you read in a day?

Runa returns late one night to the home she shares with her brother and sister in law. Strange sounds greet her at the entrance: slurping, lip smacking, tearing. Nobody answers her call, but the dim light of the hearth reveals her brother gorging himself on the remains of his wife. Ranvir has gone mad. There is nothing in his gaze but hunger; he says nothing except the word ‘Stjarfi’. Only very few of the Thursar know this name, only they understand the madness gripping Ranvir and the evil it portents. The law says murder must be punished with death. Hunfirth and many other Thursar are eager to deliver this justice but the leader of their clan insists on waiting for the wise elder, Wisaric, to return so he may provide counsel on this strange crime and its cause.
 
Blood and Bile tells a compelling story of ancient magic and undying curses. The magic system is complex, but well defined. The giant-like Thursar have a rigidly patriarchal society. As offensive and outdated as this stereotypical cultural structure is, Boyd and Robertson successfully use this to frame the psychology of their characters and layer their conflicts and motives. Although Runa and Hunfirth’s individual desires set them against each other early on, they both remain relatable. There’s merit in both character’s logic, and evil in both their actions, making it impossible to label either as villain or as hero.  There are vivid depictions of cannibalism in Blood and Bile but gore is to be expected in Dark Fantasy. A tense, character driven plot propels the tale down ever more winding roads until the shocking conclusion.

Reviewed for Reader's Favorite