Teaser Tuesday: Impostors by Scott Westerfeld

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Ambrosia of The Purple Booker.
To play along just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Impostors by Scott Westerfeld.

Impostors – Scholastic Press

And what matters is: I’ve saved my sister. I let the ecstasy of that flood into me.
Nothing will ever feel this good again.
— Chapter 2

I smile. “It’s decided, then. We’re allies.”
He holds out his hand. “Not pawns for our families.”
We shake on it. But it feels like a promise I can’t keep.
I was born to be a pawn.
— Chapter 11

There isn’t a time in my life when I haven’t been reading in some sort of way. Or have been read to, if you want to get picky. That leads to slightly amusing, slightly startling situations like with this unexpected sequel in terms of “It has been how long since the publication of the previously last book?!” – Yes, that’s 12 years. On the upside to me feeling suddenly ancient there’s a whole new generation of readers who can either start into a series with substantial reading material or just pick up from here because you don’t necessarily need the background to appreciate this continuation.
If you’ve read the original books, it’s equal parts interesting and horrifying to realise how the world was saved and yet humans managed to completely screw it up again, only this time under opposite preconditions. It certainly drives the message home that the saving cannot be one single event or act but has to be maintained and checked in order to have a lasting, wholesome effect.
The sibling dynamic between the two sisters is so unique and interesting. The whole heir and the spare concept driven to its extreme but not considering that the heir and the spare might be each other’s best and most loyal ally. And the psychological aspects of this forced but still genuinely loving alliance at least on Frey’s side (because she literally has no other option of genuine contact) are so fascinating. Her journey to becoming more than just a double is so nuanced and clever that it almost seems painful in its snail’s pace at first. But once she’s cluing in the learning curve is breathtaking. Especially in terms of interaction and building trust.
And all that becoming her own person and a functioning social human on top of preventing a complete catastrophe of course. Here's why there are so many teenage heroines: Boys wouldn’t be able to handle so many plot aspects (only mostly kidding).

I didn’t particularly want a sequel to the Uglies-Series, but now that it’s there I realise that maybe I secretly needed it to return to this fantastic world. Do you have instances of surprise sequels that turned out to be exactly what you didn’t know you were waiting for? Share your thoughts and teasers in the comments!