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:
The first thing you learned on the job as a Hollower was to never trust your eyes.
Nash, of course, had a different way of saying it: All sorcery is half illusion. The other half, unfortunately, was blood-soaked terror.
Do you recognize the lines?
Here’s a hint:
It’s a new fantasy release.
Still not sure? Here’s another hint:
It’s written by Alexandra Bracken.
The First Lines Friday book is:
Silver in the Bone
About the Book:
Title: Silver in the Bone
Author: Alexandra Bracken
Series: Silver in the Bone #1
Page Length: 480
Publication Date: April 4, 2023
Synopsis: Tamsin Lark didn’t ask to be a Hollower. As a mortal with no magical talent, she was never meant to break into ancient crypts, or compete with sorceresses and Cunningfolk for the treasures inside. But after her thieving foster father disappeared without so much as a goodbye, it was the only way to keep herself—and her brother, Cabell—alive.
Ten years later, rumors are swirling that her guardian vanished with a powerful ring from Arthurian legend. A run-in with her rival Emrys ignites Tamsin’s hope that the ring could free Cabell from a curse that threatens both of them. But they aren’t the only ones who covet the ring.
As word spreads, greedy Hollowers start circling, and many would kill to have it for themselves. While Emrys is the last person Tamsin would choose to partner with, she needs all the help she can get to edge out her competitors in the race for the ring. Together, they dive headfirst into a vipers’ nest of dark magic, exposing a deadly secret with the power to awaken ghosts of the past and shatter her last hope of saving her brother. . . .
Have you read Silver in the Bone? What do you think of the first lines? Comment below!
Woo, glad I was still able to recognise this line 😂
lol – I always get so excited when I guess correctly.
It sounds like it could be a graphic story.
I knew what this one was!.. and I got way too excited that I recognised it lol.
hahaha – I always do too!