First Lines Friday

 

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers previously hosted by Wandering Words and now archived at Emma IRL. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author, or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?

• Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open it to the first page.
• Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first.
• Finally… reveal the book!

 

"A BROKEN MIND AND A FRACTURED SOUL. WAS THERE REDEMPTION OR RELIEF FROM THE ENDLESS DARKNESS? OR WOULD I CONTINUE TO DWELL ON THE BANE OF MY EXISTENCE?"

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Can you guess what book this is from?

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Reborn

(Shadow Beast Shifters #3)

by Jaymin Eve

I finally have the life I always dreamed of. So why does it taste like ash on my tongue?

Growing up in Torma, the strongest of the shifter packs, I wanted nothing more than to find my true mate and live my best life. Of course, that dream existed before my father betrayed the pack and turned me into their punching bag.

I’d all but given up, until a quirk of true mate genetics gifted me a true mate like no other.

It seems my childhood dreams were finally a reality. Funny how quickly dreams turn into nightmares.

I’m being lied to and missing weeks and months of time. Someone messed with me and no matter how often I’m told to forget it and move on as Torin’s mate, there’s no way I can. Whoever did this to me should have known I’d pick at it until it bled. It’s my nature after all.

As I search out random growls, flutters in my chest, and a suspicion that there’s so much more going on than I could even imagine, I sense that I’m racing against an unknown clock.

I need to get to the bottom of this mystery.

And when I figure out who stole my memories, they’re going to wish they never messed with Mera Callahan.

Game on.

Did the first lines intrigue you? Have you read Reborn or any of the other books in the Shadow Beast Shifters series? Do you have any of them on your TBR? Let me know what you think!

First Lines Friday

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers previously hosted by Wandering Words and now archived at Emma IRL. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author, or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?

• Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open it to the first page.
• Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first.
• Finally… reveal the book!

 

"IN THE MOONLIT ROOM OVERLOOKING THE CITY OF FAITH, A PRIEST KNELT BEFORE EPHYRA AND BEGGED FOR HIS LIFE."

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Can you guess what book this is from?

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There Will Come a Darkness

(The Age of Darkness #1)

by Katy Rose Pool

The Age of Darkness approaches.

Five lives stand in its way.

Who will stop it... or unleash it?

For generations, the Seven Prophets guided humanity. Using their visions of the future, they ended wars and united nations―until the day, one hundred years ago, when the Prophets disappeared.

All they left behind was one final, secret prophecy, foretelling an Age of Darkness and the birth of a new Prophet who could be the world’s salvation . . . or the cause of its destruction. As chaos takes hold, five souls are set on a collision course:

A prince exiled from his kingdom.

A ruthless killer known as the Pale Hand.

A once-faithful leader torn between his duty and his heart.

A reckless gambler with the power to find anything or anyone.

And a dying girl on the verge of giving up.

One of them―or all of them―could break the world. Will they be savior or destroyer?

Did the first line intrigue you? Have you read There Will Come a Darkness or have it on your TBR? Let me know what you think!