Teaser Tuesday: The Diabolical Miss Hyde, The Fifth Vertex, & Challenger Deep

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly feature, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm.

On New Oxford Street, the traffic closed in around her. Clanking metal and whirring gears, brass wheels turning and blue sparks showering. Hansom cabs pulled like rickshaws by frantic two-legged clockwork runners careered madly between top-hatted gents and ladies in crinolines and corsets. Black was the predominant color. Mad Queen Victoria had put on mourning for her beloved Prince Consort (murdered by sorcerers, indeed; more likely the poor man died of typhoid fever, but hunt for witches and witches are what you'll find), and fashionable ladies liked to follow suit.

~ The Diabolical Miss Hyde by Viola Carr, pg. 22

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Urus stood up to look at the slab, but his eye was immediately drawn to a shelf carved into the stone wall at the back of the chamber, a shelf filled with thick, leather-bound books. Urus stood up to look at the slab, but his eye was immediately drawn to a shelf carved into the stone wall at the back of the chamber, a shelf filled with thick, leather-bound books. “Books,” Urus gasped and ran for the shelf, plucking the first book off like ripe fruit dangling from a low tree branch. He held it in his hands and turned it over, taking in that wonderful musky smell of old hide.

~ The Fifth Vertex by Kevin Hoffman, Kindle Location 956

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The crow's nest is a small circular tub, high up on the mainmast. It's only large enough to hold one, maybe two crewmen on lookout. I conclude it would be a good place to be alone with my thoughts, but I should already know that my thoughts are never alone.

~ Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman, Kindle Location 456 (ARC)

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