Sentence Sneak Peek - Kat, Incorrigible

Kat, Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis

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

*All first sentences are from an ARC I read via Around The World ARC Tours   

*Book will be released April 05, 2011 

"I WAS TWELVE YEARS OF AGE WHEN I CHOPPED OFF my hair, dressed as a boy, and set off to save my family from impending ruin.

"IF MY PLAN HAD WORKED, I WOULD HAVE WOKEN UP the next morning in a stagecoach heading toward London, with a whole new life waiting to unfold before me"

"STEPMAMA WAS THE FIRST ONE INTO THE HOUSE."

"HE WHAT?"

"UNFAMILIAR VOICES BATTERED AGAINST MY ACHING HEAD."

"AFTER ALL I'D BEEN THROUGH, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN a relief to only see Elissa waiting for me."

"MR. GREGSON'S GAZE MET MINE."

"HOW—?"

"THERE MUST HAVE BEEN AT LEAST FIFTY PEOPLE IN THE gallery, and at first all I could take in was a confused mass of gowns and coats and far, far too much high, trilling laughter ringing in my ears."

"BURGLED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT!"

"THE FIRST PERSON I SAW WHEN I WALKED INTO THE breakfast room the next morning was Mr. Gregson."

"I STARED AT MR. GREGSON."

"YOUR SISTERS ARE MOST CONCERNED," SIR NEVILLE SAID."

"I HAD TO GRAB THE MARBLE BANISTER OF THE STAIR-case for balance."

"FOR ONCE, I DIDN'T ACTUALLY MIND BEING OVER-ruled."

"AS THE DANCERS SCATTERED IN A PANICKED RUSH, A MAN in a cloak and black half mask stood revealed in the center of the floor."

"THE WIND BLEW THROUGH MY SHORT HAIR, AND THE highwayman's cloak billowed around me."

"I LANDED ON MY BACKSIDE ON A SMOOTH, HARD FLOOR."

"THEY MARCHED US OUT OF THE CORRIDOR AND DOWN THE grand staircase."

"NO!"

"SO THERE YOU ARE," I SAID."