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:
“So.
I’m not in an ideal situation right now.
I’ve got ten percent of air left in this portable tank. Ship’s been decompressed, which…not great. Have to rely on the tank. Okay. Okay. I’ve got maybe an hour left.”
Do you recognize the lines?
Here’s a hint:
It’s written by Beth Revis.
Still not sure? Here’s another hint:
It’s a new sci-fi novella.
The First Lines Friday book is:
Full Speed to a Crash Landing
Title: Full Speed to a Crash Landing
Author: Beth Revis
Series: Chaotic Orbits #1
Page Length: 192
Publication Date: Aug. 6, 2024
Synopsis: A high octane sexy space heist from New York Times-bestselling author Beth Revis, the first in a novella trilogy.
Ada Lamarr may have gotten to the spaceship wreck first, but looter’s rights won’t get her far when she’s got a hole in the side of her ship and her spacesuit is almost out of air. Fortunately for her, help arrives in the form of a government salvage crew—and while they reluctantly rescue her from certain death, they are not pleased to have an unexpected passenger along on their classified mission.
But Ada doesn’t care—all that matters to her is enjoying their fine food and sweet, sweet oxygen—until Rian White, the government agent in charge, starts to suspect that there’s more to Ada than meets the eye. He’s not wrong—but he’s so pretty that Ada is perfectly happy to keep him paying attention to her—at least until she can complete the job she was sent to pull off. But as quick as Ada is, Rian might be quicker—and she may not be entirely sure who’s manipulating who until it’s too late…
A phenomenally fun novella that kicks off a trilogy of sexy space heists and romantic tension, Full Speed to a Crash Landing is packed with great characters and full of twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the end.
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I have this one on my tbr! It sounds really good.
It’s a lot of fun! I hope you enjoy iy!
What a great start to a story. Sure grabbed my attention.
It;s a really fun read!
I knew this one! It’s such a fun read, can’t wait to pick up the second novella 😊
I liked the 2nd, but not as much as the first. It’s definitely a good set up for the next one, though!