First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. 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 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!
First Lines:
Cinderella has been dead for two hundred years.
I’ve been in love with Erin for the better part of three years.
And I’m about two minutes away from certain death. When the palace guards find me, and they will, I am going to die in the forest on Lille’s eastern border.
Do you recognize the lines?
Hint: It’s a new YA fantasy.
Still Unsure? Here’s another hint: The main character’s name is Sophia Grimmins.
The First Lines Friday Book Is:
Title: Cinderella is Dead
Author: Kalynn Bayron
Page Length: 400
Publication Date: July 7, 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury YA
Synopsis: It’s 200 years after Cinderella found her prince, but the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now required to appear at the Annual Ball, where the men of the kingdom select wives based on a girl’s display of finery. If a suitable match is not found, the girls not chosen are never heard from again.
Sixteen-year-old Sophia would much rather marry Erin, her childhood best friend, than parade in front of suitors. At the ball, Sophia makes the desperate decision to flee, and finds herself hiding in Cinderella’s mausoleum. There, she meets Constance, the last known descendant of Cinderella and her step sisters. Together they vow to bring down the king once and for all–and in the process, they learn that there’s more to Cinderella’s story than they ever knew . . .
This fresh take on a classic story will make readers question the tales they’ve been told, and root for girls to break down the constructs of the world around them.
LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
I just loved this dystopian fantasy! Have you read it? What do you think of the first lines? Comment below!
I haven’t read this one yet, but I’m definitely looking forward to it! So glad you loved it!!
It’s a good one! I hope you like it too!
Finally one I could guess xD The first line sort of gives it away. I’ve heard so many great thing about this one, I hope to read it soon.
I hope you enjoy it when you get to it! I’ll keep an eye out for your thoughts. 🙂
Though this book sounds really exciting, the opening lines didn’t really hook me. But, still sounds like a good book!
It’s so good! 🙂
I knew what it was and got really excited! I really really want to read it!
Yay! It’s such a great story! I hope you get to read it soon! 🙂
Won’t lie I got excited when I read those first lines!! Yess I really enjoyed this book 😍😍
It’s sooo good!! 🙂
Yay it’s been a while since I guessed a book correctly. Haven’t read this one yet but what great first lines 😀 Will definitely be bumping it up the TBR!
Yay! I hope you love it when you get to it! I’d love to hear your thoughts. 🙂
The opening lines are great! I think I need to read this book now. 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
I hope you get to read it soon. It’s a great story! 🙂