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 moment I hear the palace messenger is looking for me, I hide in the closet. It’s completely childish. I know it is. It’s just that any time someone has a message of ‘grave urgency’ to give me, it means something terrible has happened.”
Do you recognize the lines?
Here’s a hint:
It’s written by Ruby Dixon.
Still not sure? Here’s another hint:
It’s a romantasy!
The First Lines Friday book is:
Bound to the Shadow Prince
Title: Bound to the Shadow Prince
Author: Ruby Dixon
Page Length: 536
Publication Date: July 2, 2024
Publisher: Wattpad Books
Synopsis: A steamy new monster romance from the bestselling author of Ice Planet Barbarians!
He is a hulking winged beast, complete with claws and fangs, and she is trapped alone with him in a dark tower. She should be terrified of him, so why does he turn her on?
Princess Candra must remain locked inside a tower for seven long years in order to protect her people from their goddess’s wrath. Seven years without a friend—or a lover—by her side. And locked inside the tower with her? A fearsome winged Fellian warrior, Nemeth.
He’s terrifying, cruel, and disturbingly magnetic . . . and the only other living being in the tower. Candra is torn between wanting to kill him for his supplies or having her way with him. After all, seven years is a long time to be alone.
LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble
Did you guess Bound to the Shadow Prince? What do you think of the first lines? Comment below!
I haven’t heard of this one! But I have heard of this author.
Have you read this one? I heard it starts out amazing but really falls apart at the climax. Curious what you think! Trying to figure out if I need to put it on my TBR or not.
I did read it. It’s a little slower than I expected, but overall, I enjoyed it.