#Book Blitz #The Last Beekeeper by Rebecca L.Fearnley #YA Fantasy #Dystopian @Xpresso Book Tours20/4/2022
The Last Beekeeper
Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Kobo -- EXCERPT: The insect—for it can only be an insect—wanders groggily over the mound, seems to contemplate her fingertips for a moment and then clambers aboard. Its feet are so light, she can barely feel them. She holds the creature up to her face, frowning as it waggles its antennae. Its gold-and-black striped body gleams in the sun, fuzzy to the point of ridiculous, with delicate gossamer wings and antennae that twitch curiously. Solma stares. “What is it, d’you think?” It isn’t a beetle. Solma knows that much. Warren’s pulling at her fingertips, straining to see. Solma suppresses a smile and holds the creature out so he can get a better look. Warren’s eyes widen. “That’s a bee!” he whispers. Solma scoffs. “No it isn’t,” she laughs, ruffling his hair. “It can’t be, can it? There ain’t no more bees.” No one has seen one in over a century. This can’t possibly be a bee. Still. What’s the harm in letting her brother hope? She watches it wriggling on her finger. She can feel it now if she concentrates. The lightest brush of life against her skin. It buzzes its wings half-heartedly and Warren grins with delight. Solma can’t help grinning, too. It’s been such a long time since she’s seen him smile. “Why don’t it fly away?” Warren asks. “You think it’s sick?” Solma gently cups her other hand over the insect and draws it close to her chest. Could it be sick? The thought makes her sick, too. The summer skies have been empty of flying things for such a long time that suddenly she can’t bear the thought of this one falling ill. It buzzes against her again, shuffling down her finger and into her palm, as if accepting the safety she’s offering. Its little body thrums, begging protection. “Maybe it is sick,” Solma concedes, then balks at the stricken look on Warren’s face. “We’ll save it,” she says without thinking. It’s a daft thought. She doubts they can save it. If it really is a bee, it’s the only one she’s ever seen. Where can it possibly have come from?
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