Teaser Tuesday #22: The Diviners by Libba Bray

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. 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 week's teaser comes from the following book:

Title:  The Diviners
Author:  Libba Bray
Series:  Diviners, book 1
Publisher:  Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication Date:  September 18, 2012
Source:  ARC won from author Claire LeGrand
Purchase:  Amazon | Barnes & Noble

Evie O'Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City--and she is pos-i-toot-ly thrilled. New York is the city of speakeasies, shopping, and movie palaces! Soon enough, Evie is running with glamorous Ziegfield girls and rakish pickpockets. The only catch is Evie has to live with her Uncle Will, curator of The Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult--also known as "The Museum of the Creepy Crawlies." When a rash of occult-based murders comes to light, Evie and her uncle are right in the thick of the investigation. And through it all, Evie has a secret: a mysterious power that could help catch the killer--if he doesn't catch her first.

My teaser:

"So I shot the man in the back," Jericho said, testing Evie's attention.
"Interesting," Evie said without looking up.
"And then I took his head, which I keep under my bed."
"Of course," Evie muttered.
"Evie. Evie!"
Evie looked up and smiled weekly.  "Yes?"
"You're not listening."
"Oh, I pos-i-tute-ly am, Jericho!"
"What did I just say?"
Evie gave him a blank stare.  "Well, whatever it was, I'm sure it was very, very smart."  -- p. 342 of ARC

Okay, so I cheated a bit.  Sue me.  But I just KNEW I was going to love this book as I much as I did Libba Bray's Gemma Doyle trilogy, and I was RIGHT!  The banter, the intrigue, the chemistry...it all equals WIN as far as I'm concerned.  And I adore the history of the 1920's, so it's like this book was written with someone like me in mind.  I will seriously be singing Libba Bray's praises forever and ever and ever.  Woman can do no wrong in my book.  :D

Also, in case you weren't aware, Barnes & Noble is offering a sneak peak of The Diviners for Nook users.

Labels: diviners, hachette, historical fiction, libba bray, teaser tuesday