June 6th's Friday Post

Time for another Friday Post.  As always, I am linking up to:

Book Beginnings
First Line Friday
Friday 56
Book Blogger Hop

This week, my quotes will be coming from Throne of Threats by Sarah E. Burr.

This is the fifth book in her Court of Mysteries series, set in a fanciful kingdom.  But yes, it is still a mystery series.  I mean, this is me we're talking about.  There's also a strong romance, as you can see from the opening.

“Do you think we’re making a mistake?”
The glint in Perry’s lavender eyes revealed he was suppressing a wry smile. “What, by getting married?”

Meanwhile, at 56% into this ebook, we find this quote:

“I’m still not a fan of this idea of you riding out to meet a criminal.”

I've finished this book, and it was good.  I'll have a review up on Thursday next week, so I hope you'll come back to see what I thought of it.

Meanwhile, let's take a look at this week's Book Blogger Hop.  The question is:

How do you strike a balance between providing enough information to pique readers' interest without giving away too many spoilers in your reviews?

It's been a bit of a trial and error process over the decades I've been doing this.  When I'm working on my teaser, I give just enough to give the reader some idea what the plot is about without revealing too much.  I try super hard to not go past the first third of the book, but even less if I can avoid it.  There have been times my teaser was just about the first chapter.  Then, I try to talk in general terms about pacing and character development.  I'll mention liking how some things played out, but not saying what they were.  Hopefully, it's general enough that it will make sense to the potential reader without spoiling it as they are reading it.  It's a very fine line.  And yes, I am keeping some of my go to phrases and what they mean a secret.  Otherwise, you'll have things spoiled for you when reading one of my reviews.

That's it for me.  Have a great weekend!