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:
“Holy Pemberley.”
The words escape my lips like a breath as I stare up at the Victorian manor with its arched windows and pointy towers.
Do you recognize the line?
Here’s a hint:
It’s a new paranormal romance.
Still not sure? Here’s another hint:
It’s written by Romina Garber.
The First Lines Friday book is:
The Last Vampire
Title: The Last Vampire
Author: Romina Garber
Page Length: 400
Pub. Date: Dec. 2, 2025
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Synopsis: Pride comes before the fall.
When a boarding school opens in a once-condemned Victorian manor buried in the woods of New Hampshire, Austen-loving Lorena Navarro enrolls in hopes of finding her own Mr. Darcy. Instead, she stumbles across a coffin and accidentally awakens the world’s last vampire.
After hibernating for nearly three centuries, William Pride is desperate to find his family—and clueless about the modern world. Relying on Lorena for more than just blood, he enrolls at the school to catch up on all he’s missed.
Soon, William uncovers a chilling truth: He is the last hope for his kind’s return to power. Torn between protecting the humans around him and fulfilling his fate, William must make a choice that could change everything. Will he sacrifice his species for love . . . or will he embrace his dark destiny at last?
It doesn’t sound like a book for me, but I do love the opening line!