First Lines Friday 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 Line:
“Getting cursed out by a teenage ghost in a curly mullet and a sweater that looked like the eighties threw up on it was, unbelievably, not the worst thing to happen to Miles today.”
Do you recognize the lines?
Here’s a hint:
It’s a new release.
Still not sure? Here’s another hint:
It’s written by Camilla Raines.
The First Lines Friday book is:
The Forsaken and the Fated
Author: Camilla Raines
Series: The Hollow and the Haunted #2
Page Length: 432
Publisher: Titan Books
Synopsis: In this thrilling sequel to The Hollow and the Haunted, Miles and Gabriel find themselves ensnared in a web of dark magic beyond their wildest imaginings. Time is running out to change their future, and the dead are hungry…
Perfect for fans of atmospheric queer fantasy romance, including The Raven Cycle, Cemetery Boys and Sixteen Souls.
With Gabriel missing and the death premonition still unbroken, Miles and Charlee race to work out where he is. Armed with the grimoire, they might stand a chance of breaking the curse on Gabriel’s family and preventing his death—but only if they can find him.
Miles’s parents are furious to learn he’s been helping Gabriel—and they don’t even know the half of it. Miles is sure understanding the feud between their families is key to lifting the curse. Plus, he’d like them to get to know the boy he’s hoping he’s maybe, sort-of dating.
With new premonitions changing everything they thought they knew and the dark power of the grimoire whispering in their ears, Miles and Gabriel are running out of time. Both their lives are on the line, and danger might be closer to home than they realize…
That line definitely made me laugh out loud, Julie.