Teaser Tuesdays #1

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.
Here's how you can participate. Join us, won't you?!


- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on the page
- Be careful NOT to include spoilers!
- Share the title and author so other participants can check out the book for themselves.

"This is a man who killed one beloved wife with studied cruelty; the second that he adored he executed with a French sword; and the third, who had given him a son, he left to die of poor nursing. What might he do to me?"   

- page 162 (ebook copy), The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory

LEAVE A COMMENT with the link to your Teaser Tuesday post, or your own "teaser" from your current read.  Thank you and Happy reading! 

Advance Review: Abdication by Juliet Nicolson

Title: Abdication 

Author: Juliet Nicolson 

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication date: May 22, 2012

Genre: Historical Fiction

My Source: Publisher through NetGalley

Learn more about it on Goodreads

Synopsis: In 1936, while another war threatens world peace and unemployment is rampant in England, the nation has yet another secret to keep from its people; the new King's affair with a married American woman.

In the midst of all this, a young woman, May, is starting a new life away from home. Working as a chauffeur for a kind and very busy government official, May is learning about life, secrets, and love.  

There's also Evangeline Nettlefold, a friend of the family May works for, and Wallis Simpson's old classmate and occasional confidante. But Evangeline's building resentment towards Mrs. Simpson may prove to be destructive for her.

Abdication is novel about trust, intrigue, and love. It explores the different meanings of love, whether it's passionate, all encompassing love or the love for one's country.

My Review: Overall, this wasn't exactly a page turner. Although it is well written and full of detailed descriptions. I started to read this thinking that the plot was intriguing and I was eager to see how the characters' lives were influenced by this particular event in British history.