Teaser Tuesday #80: These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner

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!

Here's what I'm teasing this week:

Title: These Broken Stars
Author: Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
Series: Starbound, book #1
Publisher: Disney Hyperion
Publication Date: December 10, 2013
Source: ARC from publisher via The Midnight Garden
Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble

It's a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive. And they seem to be alone.

Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a young war hero who learned long ago that girls like Lilac are more trouble than they’re worth. But with only each other to rely on, Lilac and Tarver must work together, making a tortuous journey across the eerie, deserted terrain to seek help.

Then, against all odds, Lilac and Tarver find a strange blessing in the tragedy that has thrown them into each other’s arms. Without the hope of a future together in their own world, they begin to wonder—would they be better off staying here forever?

Everything changes when they uncover the truth behind the chilling whispers that haunt their every step. Lilac and Tarver may find a way off this planet. But they won’t be the same people who landed on it.

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A timeless love story, THESE BROKEN STARS sets into motion a sweeping science fiction series of companion novels. The Starbound Trilogy: Three worlds. Three love stories. One enemy.

My teaser:

"Lilac's moving, stirring as I shift away from her, and she rolls over with a little protesting noise, reaching sleepily after me.  Then she begins to register the raindrops as they connect with her skin, and she sits up straight with a gasp.  I'm busy sitting up too, because when you go to sleep wrapped around a pretty girl, there are some things going on first thing in the morning that you don't exactly want making headline news."

- p. 143 of ARC

Heh...I've heard tons of great things about Tarver, and so far, he's living up to my expectations.  A good sense of humor is always a plus in my book.  =)

What are you teasing this week?  Share it in the comments or leave a link so I can visit!