Teaser Tuesday: The Midnight Queen

Teaser Tuesday is hosted by MizB of Books And A Beat. To participate, simply 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!

This week's teaser is taken from The Midnight Queen by Sylvia Izzao Hunter. Enjoy!

The Midnight Queen (Noctis Magicae, 1) by Sylvia Izzao Hunter-

“I meant to learn something,” Sophie said, impatient. “Something else than embroidery or dancing, or playing pretty tunes on the pianoforte. I am not a decorative object, Father. I have an intellect, also, and I wish to make good use of it.” 

I really wanted to like this one, yet I found myself unable to get into it. If you're curious as to why I DNF'd Sylvia Izzao Hunter's The Midnight Queen, you can check out my review of it.