Teaser Tuesday: Awaken

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading and here's how it works:

Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share a snippet from somewhere on that page but be careful not to include spoilers

My teaser today is from Awaken by Katie Kacvinsky:

"Have you ever kissed anybody?" he asked, and took a sip.

I smirked. "There aren't a whole lot of opportunities in the digital world. I did practice on my hand once. It didn't do anything for me."

Justin coughed on the water he was swallowing and I slapped my hand over my mouth.

"Did I just say that out loud? I mumbled.

He was half coughing, half laughing. "Yes, you did," he managed to say.

"Delete, delete, delete," I said, and pushed an imaginary button in the air. "I really miss that feature."


AWAKEN (from Goodreads)

Maddie lives in a world where everything is done on the computer. Whether it’s to go to school or on a date, people don’t venture out of their home. There’s really no need. For the most part, Maddie’s okay with the solitary, digital life—until she meets Justin. Justin likes being with people. He enjoys the physical closeness of face-to-face interactions. People aren’t meant to be alone, he tells her.

Suddenly, Maddie feels something awakening inside her—a feeling that maybe there is a different, better way to live. But with society and her parents telling her otherwise, Maddie is going to have to learn to stand up for herself if she wants to change the path her life is taking.

In this not-so-brave new world, two young people struggle to carve out their own space.