Teaser Tuesdays: City of Ashes

"He'd felt like a jack-o'-lantern for the past few days, as if his guts had been yanked out with a fork and dumped in a heap while a grinning smile stayed plastered on his face.  He often wondered if anything he'd believed about his life, or himself, had ever been true."

 p.g 18, City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare.

City of Ashes is the second book in The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare.  When I read these lines I knew immediately that I wanted this for my TT.  The imagery is vivid and visceral. 

So my questions this week is:  Have you ever felt like a holiday item?

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 (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 and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!