Phoebe Pope and the Year of Four and Express Yourself Meme

Today I share an excerpt from Phoebe Pope and the Year of Four as part of the Xpresso Book Tour for this novel. Check out full tour listing here.

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One

            Phoebe was too far away to sense whether the boy had one heart or two. Through the maze of trees with clattering leaves, she could see him moving with purposeful speed. He was headed toward her destination—a brownstone chapel perched at the top of a small hill. Not knowing the boy’s nature made Phoebe hesitate. Then came the sound of tower bells. Eight o’clock. There was no time to think of an alternate route. She was officially late for the Conversion.    

            A loud, echoing crack quickened Phoebe’s pace as lightning slashed the indigo sky above her. She had barely reached the base of the hill when rain began pounding down. Clutching the camera that hung from the strap around her neck, she sprinted the final stretch, arriving breathless.

            Phoebe wiped the rain from her face, and then entered the chapel. Inside, light from moon-facing windows cast a misty glow across the sanctuary, the air redolent with the smoke of a blazing fireplace. She glanced around the heart of the nondenominational Green Lane Academy. It seemed so ordinary, so quiet, even peaceful. Rows of pews with velvet cushions ran the width of the room. She moved between them, taking care to remain in the shadows. An irregular shape in a dark corner caught her eye and Phoebe could just barely make out the outline of the boy. He knelt with his head between his hands, his body huddled against a pew. Praying.

            Phoebe paused several feet away and waited. After a moment she felt energy seeping from the boy’s skin, raising the hairs on hers. Cold and electric, it meant one thing: the boy had only one heart. She couldn’t risk him seeing what she had come there to do. That meant waiting. Just then, something stirred behind her.

Express Yourself Meme: Favourite Couples

Who are my favourite couples? Read on and be amazed. 

Four and Tris from Divergent - When Tris decided to change factions who knew she'd find a cool and dangerous yet sensitive guy like Four? I will tell you, no one!

Bob Marley and Rita Marley - They were truly married 'til death do you part with Bob passing away in 1981. Among the children they had together, Ziggy Marley is one of the best known and inherited his parents musical talent.

Tonks and Remus from Harry Potter series- This couple from the book (and movies) are often forgotten because they're adults in a young adult centered universe. But their love shone in the series and I loved them both.

Edward and Bella from Twilight - Yes I picked them. Forget you haters, they'll live on forever.

Cathy and Chris Dollanganger from Flowers in the Attic - I know that they're brother and sister but V.C. Andrews knew how to make something so wrong seem so right. Also after all the crap they went through....yeah something abnormal had to take place.