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 Hind knelt before her undying masters and contemplated how it would feel to tear out their throats.”
Do you recognize the lines?
Here’s a hint:
It just released this week!
Still not sure? Here’s another hint:
It’s written by Sarah J. Maas.
The First Lines Friday book is:
House of Flame and Shadow
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Series: Crescent City #3
Page Length: 816
Publication Date: January 30, 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Synopsis: The stunning third book in the sexy, action-packed Crescent City series, following the global bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath.
Bryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that she has, all she wants is to get back. Everything she loves is in Midgard: her family, her friends, her mate. Stranded in a strange new world, she’s going to need all her wits about her to get home again. And that’s no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust.
Hunt Athalar has found himself in some deep holes in his life, but this one might be the deepest of all. After a few brief months with everything he ever wanted, he’s in the Asteri’s dungeons again, stripped of his freedom and without a clue as to Bryce’s fate. He’s desperate to help her, but until he can escape the Asteri’s leash, his hands are quite literally tied.
In this sexy, breathtaking sequel to the #1 bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath, Sarah J. Maas’s Crescent City series reaches new heights as Bryce and Hunt’s world is brought to the brink of collapse-with its future resting on their shoulders.
Do you plan on reading House of Flame and Shadow? What do you think of the first lines? Comment below!
Yesssss!! I just read this last night!! My book arrived late & I’ve been busy, so I only just finished the prologue and chapter 1, but I can’t wait to read the rest.
I can’t wait to hear what you think!!! I only have a c0uple of chapters left
This book is everywhere! lol
EVEYWHERE!!!!! lol