Sentence Sneak Peek - Desires of the Dead

Desires of the Dead by Kimberly Derting

The first sentence from each chapter of Desires of the Dead, it's a mini summary of what you can expect to read.

*All first sentences are from an ARC I read via Star Book Tours.
*Spoilers are highlighted

PROLOGUE: "VIOLET LEANED FORWARD ON HER HANDS AND knees over the frozen landscape."

"January, Five Weeks Earlier
CHELSEA LEANED DOWN TO VIOLET LIKE SHE HAD a secret to tell, something she didn't want anyone else to hear."

"VIOLET WAS SITTING AT THE KITCHEN TABLE WHEN her dad came down, already dressed for work."

"THE BLACKNESS WAS STIFLING, OVERWHELMING.

"IT WAS STILL EARLY AS VIOLET PASSED THE TURN to her house, but she kept on driving."

"VIOLET STOOD OUTSIDE THE CAFETERIA, WISHING Jay would hurry up."

"SHE STOOD AT HER LOCKER, ONLY PRETENDING TO sift through its contents, when really she kept her focus on the stu-dents hustling through the busy hallway behind her, not wanting to miss him amid the after-school activity."

"EXACTLY SIX DAYS FROM WHEN VIOLET HAD placed her anonymous phone call, the boy was taken home and buried by his family."

"BY THE TIME JAY FINALLY SHOWED UP, VIOLET couldn't wait to get out of her house."

"VIOLET WAS UNLOCKING HER CAR WHEN THE woman in the crisp white suit appeared."

"VIOLET ROLLED OVER, CLUTCHING HER PILLOW tightly and wishing that whatever had dragged her awake would simply vanish again, like an unanswered whisper."

"THE GIRL STOOD THERE, HIDDEN AMONG THE trees, watching Violet."

"SO WHY DO YOU THINK HE HASN'T ASKED ME out?"

"THE REAL SHOW OF THE NIGHT HAPPEND WHEN they stopped at Java Hut to kill some time before the movie."

"VIOLET APPROACHED THE POLICE STATION HESI-tantly."

"VIOLET'S STOMACH WAS TWISTED IN KNOTS AS SHE got on the elevator in the parking garage."

"VIOLET DUG THROUGH THE REFRIGERATOR looking for something to eat as she tried to forget about what had happened at the FBI offices that afternoon."

"SHE HATED THE CLINKING SOUND OF A BOTTLE."

"VIOLET WASN'T SURE WHAT SHE WAS DOING OUT here; she only knew that she didn't want to be at home, alone with her thoughts."

"YOU LOOK LIKE A HOT MESS," CHELSEA TOLD Violet as she slipped into a space beside her in the hallway."

"IT WAS THE STRANGEST THING, SEEING VIOLET GET up from her lunch table and walk right toward her."

"WHEN VIOLET AND JAY WALKED TOGETHER TO the parking lot after school, Violet couldn't help inspecting everyone around her."

"THE EXHAUSTION HAD FINALLY CAUGHT UP WITH her, and that night Violet slept like the dead."

"WHEN VIOLET AWOKE, THE POWER WAS BACK ON."

"VIOLET STUDIED HERSELF IN THE MIRROR AND understood why her mom hadn't given her a hard time about staying home from school."

"WHEN VIOLET WALKED THROUGH THE FRONT door, the house was filled with the smells of food."

"SILENCE GATHERED, HERALDING HER FAVORITE time of night."

"VIOLET WENT BACK TO SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY, mostly because she knew staying home again wouldn't make her return any easier."

"VIOLET DIDN'T TELL HER PARENTS, OR EVEN her uncle, right away."

"VIOLET HAD DRIVEN HOME IN COMPLETE silence, without even the radio to replace the buzzing that filled her head."

"SHE STOOD NEAR THE EDGE OF THE CAFETERIA, hiding."

"AFTER SCHOOL, VIOLET THUMBED THROUGH THE files that Rafe had given her when she'd gone to the FBI offices."

"VIOLET POURED HERSELF A CUP OF COFFEE AS she waited for Jay to pick her up for school."

"THE NEXT MORNING CAME QUICKLY, AND, AS usual, Chelsea had been right."

"VIOLET'S BREATH CAUGHT IN HER THROAT AS she felt herself being hauled up from behind and lifted into the air."

"WHEN VIOLET OPENED HER EYES, SHE WAS INSIDE the cabin."

"THE RAIN WOKE HER, BUT IT WAS THE DULL ache that kept Violet from falling back to sleep."

"MEGAN LISTENDED IN THE DARK AS DOORS opened and then closed again."

"VIOLET CRINGED AS THE AX STRUCK THE FRO-zen earth, sending a tingling sensation up her arms."

"JAY ROLLED OVER IN HIS SLEEPING BAG AND stretched his arm out to Violet."

"ARE YOU SAYING SHE DIDN'T LEAVE US?"

"FOR VIOLET, THE REST OF THE NIGHT WAS DREAM-like and disjointed."

EPILOGUE: "VIOLET STOOD ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLASS and studied the men before her."