Sentence Sneak Peek - Quarantine: The Saints

Quarantine: The Saints by Lex Thomas

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

* Spoilers are highlighted like so :)

* ARC received from the publisher for review.

“THE OUTSIDE.”

“THIS ISN’T REAL, LUCY THOUGHT.”

“THE GRAY CANOPY THAT USUALLY HUNG OVER the quad was now stretching toward the sky.”

“BLOOD PUDDLES IN THE DIRT.”

“DAVID WAS DEAD.”

“THERE WAS A MACHETE IN LUCY’S HANDS.”

“SAM GLIDED THROUGH THE POOL WITH phenomenal speed.”

“WILL AND NINE OTHER LONERS PEERED AT the quad through the bent metal blinds of a first-floor class-room window.”

“THE WIDE HALLWAY THAT SERVED AS THE school’s market buzzed with excitement.”

“HE WAS LOSING HER.”

“I WANT TO BE A SLUT,” LUCY SAID.”

“HILARY SAT ON THE BLEACHERS IN THE gym, in the same spot she’d always sat when Sam still ran Varsity.”

“WILL SUCKED ON A MUSTARD PACKET.”

“WHY’D YOU CLOSE THE DOOR?”

“LUCY STARED AT A PILE OF BROKEN glass on the floor below her.”

“WILL OPENED HIS EYES.”

“KIDS FROM ALL GANGS LINED THE HALLS on both sides.”

“A PACK OF GEEKS PARTED FOR THE Sluts as they walked out of the market.”

“IT WAS A JOYOUS FOOD DROP.”

“THE MARKET WAS A MADHOUSE.”

“GATES SAT IN THE DARKENED BACK END of the school bus.”

“THERE WERE FOURTEEN CHOCOLATE HO-HOS on a paper plate.”

“LUCY STOCKED THE ALREADY PACKED shelves in the kitchen hall with energy drinks, sleeves of microwavable popcorn, squeeze bottles of chocolate syrup, and whatever other goodies were in the bulk boxes on the floor.”

“BOOZE WAS EVERYWHERE.”

“HILARY HAD COME TO SEE P-NUT.”

“LUCY WATCHED A NAKED GIRL DO PUSH-UPS over broken glass.”

“GATES LAY FACEDOWN ON A WHITE SAND beach.”

“WILL WOKE WITH ANOTHER CRUEL HEADACHE.”

“I’M HERE TO SEE LUCY.”

“I GOTTA GO TO THE BATHROOM,” GATES said to Will, in a hallway near Freak territory.”

“LUCY WAS ON HER BACK ON THE cafeteria floor, and Lips was on top of her, grinding hips against hips.”

“THE BLOWING WIND WAS COOL AGAINST THE spit that ran down Sam’s arms.”

“CHECK THE CLOSET!”

“I NEED A BREATHER,” SOPHIA SAID.”

“WILL STARED AT THE COPIER ROOM CEILING, it was lit by sunlight now.”

“WILL SAT AGAINST THE WALL OF THE copier room, smiling like a fool.”

“SAM WAS SO CLOSE.”

“LUCY LAY ON A GURNEY IN THE commons, the same giant room where she’d fought the Skaters alongside the Loners and Will had broken all their boards.”

“WILL AND LUCY DASHED DOWN THE HALLWAY, toward the quad, holding hands.”

“GATES PALMED SAM’S HEAD AND LIFTED IT up to gaze into its eyes.”

“HILARY’S PLIERS SCRATCHED ACROSS THE enamel of the Freak girl’s tooth.”

“COLD RAIN PELTED WILL IN THE HEAD.”