Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Teaser Tuesday: Eromenos

Teaser Tuesdays 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 "teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! Share the title & author, too, so that others can add the book to their TBR Lists!


This week my teaser comes from Eromenos by Melanie McDonald, a novel of the Roman Emperor Hadrian and his lover Antinous. I was very impressed with this lyrical novel from small press Seriously Good Books. If you like my teaser, click the link below to read my review and enter the international giveaway. This is from page 84:

Eromenos     Hadrian's love has deformed me, because both his nature and his office demand he must always, always win. This in turn demands that I must always, always lose.
     Not enough for Hadrian to have the upper hand--he must raze the field, break the spine, crack open the opponent and devour his entrails. Yet his arrogance masks depths of insecurity, and fear of emotion, whether his own or anyone else's.




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17 comments:

  1. That's quite a description of Hadrian! Here's My tease

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  2. Hadrian sounds intense!

    Here's mine:

    http://50yearproject.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/teaser-tuesday-aug-23/

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  3. That sounds a bit different. Thanks for stopping by my teaser :)

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  4. Very intense! I think I'd try to stay away from Hadrian. Thanks for sharing. If you get a chance, my teaser is here.

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  5. awww, that sounds a little sad!! i hope you are enjoying the book!

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  6. An intriguing teaser. Thanks for stopping by mine!

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  7. Great teaser -- you picked a perfect snippet from the story!

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  8. That doesn't sound too healthy. Fab teaser! Thanks for stopping by my TT.

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  9. Very complex relationship. Someone only a mother could love? Perhaps Antinous should hit the road. ;)

    Thanks for stopping by!

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  10. Interesting teaser! I love reading historical fiction. Here's my TT: http://www.2readornot2read.com/2011/08/teaser-tuesday-august-23-2011.html

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  11. Doesn't sound like a safe relationship to be in!

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  12. Great teaser!! I haven't heard of this until now. It sounds good!

    Here's mine:
    http://www.bookmarkyourthoughts.com/2011/08/teaser-tuesday-august-23rd-2011.html

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  13. Hadrian! One of Rome's "five good emperors". Talk about a stressful job...

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  14. Wow. Descriptive teaser there. New book for me.

    http://alaskanbookcafe.blogspot.com/

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  15. Don't think I'd like Hadrian very much.
    Nice Teaser!
    This is mine http://www.katekrake.com/teaser-tuesday-perdido-street-station-by-china-mieville/

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