Teaser Tuesday[249]: Once and For All by Sarah Dessen

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!

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Once and For All by Sarah Dessen

Genre: YA Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Viking (Penguin)

Release Date: June 6, 2017

Buy it here: Amazon. Barnes and Noble. Book Depository.

Goodreads Synopsis:

As bubbly as champagne and delectable as wedding cake, Once and for All, Sarah Dessen's thirteenth novel, is set in the world of wedding planning, where crises are routine.

Louna, daughter of famed wedding planner Natalie Barrett, has seen every sort of wedding: on the beach, at historic mansions, in fancy hotels and clubs. Perhaps that's why she's cynical about happily-ever-after endings, especially since her own first love ended tragically. When Louna meets charming, happy-go-lucky serial dater Ambrose, she holds him at arm's length. But Ambrose isn't about to be discouraged, now that he's met the one girl he really wants.

Sarah Dessen’s many, many fans will adore her latest, a richly satisfying, enormously entertaining story that has everything—humor, romance, and an ending both happy and imperfect, just like life itself.

Excerpt:

“ 'I protest,' Ambrose said. 'The rule about the dating bet is you don't talk to dates about the bet.'” (Hardback, pg. 175)

What are you reading?

Wishlist Thursday[116]: Pretending to Be Erica by Michelle Painchaud

Pretending to Be Erica by Michelle Painchaud

Genre: YA Contemporary, Mystery, Thriller

Publisher: Viking Books

Release Date: July 21, 2015

Buy it here: Amazon. Barnes and Noble. Book Depository. Powells.

Goodreads Synopsis:

We Were Liars meets Heist Society in a riveting debut!

Seventeen-year-old Violet’s entire life has revolved around one thing: becoming Erica Silverman, an heiress kidnapped at age five and never seen again.

Violet’s father, the best con man in Las Vegas, has a plan, chilling in its very specific precision. Violet shares a blood type with Erica; soon, thanks to surgery and blackmail, she has the same face, body, and DNA. She knows every detail of the Silvermans’ lives, as well as the PTSD she will have to fake around them. And then, when the time is right, she “reappears”—Erica Silverman, brought home by some kind of miracle.

But she is also Violet, and she has a job: Stay long enough to steal the Silverman Painting, an Old Master legendary in the Vegas crime world. Walking a razor’s edge, calculating every decision, not sure sometimes who she is or what she is doing it for, Violet is an unforgettable heroine, and Pretending to be Erica is a killer debut.

Why?:

I am so intrigued by this book. Having to pretend to be an heiress, the conflict from a parent, lying and spying and acting. Figuring out who you are along the way. This sounds like a really good book, and I feel like I’m going to enjoy it. I’m hoping to get my hands on a copy soon.

What’s caught your eye?

Wishlist Thursday[23]: All the Truth That's In Me by Julie Berry

All the Truth That’s In Me by Julie Berry

Genre: YA Contemporary, Suspense?

Publisher: Viking Juvenile

Publish Date: September 26^th, 2013

Buy it here: Amazon. Barnes and Noble. Book Depository. Powells.

Goodreads Synopsis:

Four years ago, Judith and her best friend disappeared from their small town of Roswell Station. Two years ago, only Judith returned, permanently mutilated, reviled and ignored by those who were once her friends and family. Unable to speak, Judith lives like a ghost in her own home, silently pouring out her thoughts to the boy who’s owned her heart as long as she can remember—even if he doesn’t know it—her childhood friend, Lucas. But when Roswell Station is attacked, long-buried secrets come to light, and Judith is forced to choose: continue to live in silence, or recover her voice, even if it means changing her world, and the lives around her, forever. This startlingly original novel will shock and disturb you; it will fill you with Judith’s passion and longing; and its mysteries will keep you feverishly turning the pages until the very last.

Why?:

I’ve never read anything by Julie Berry, but I have seen this book several times online. I don’t think I’ve heard much about it, review-wise, but it sounds really good. It sounds like it’s right up my alley, and I hope to get my hands on it some time soon.

Also, that cover? I'm a big fan.