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? If you want to make your
own post, feel free to use or edit the banner above, and follow the
rules below:
- 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!
"If I were not such a coward, I would hurl myself from Nuna's back and plummet to the Underneath below."
The Book:
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, created by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
This week I'm waiting on:
Orphan Black meets Lord of the Flies in this riveting new thriller from the co-author of the Virals series.
It’s
been happening since Min was eight. Every two years, on her birthday, a
strange man finds her and murders her in cold blood. But hours later,
she wakes up in a clearing just outside her tiny Idaho hometown—alone,
unhurt, and with all evidence of the horrifying crime erased.
Across
the valley, Noah just wants to be like everyone else. But he’s not.
Nightmares of murder and death plague him, though he does his best to
hide the signs. But when the world around him begins to spiral toward
panic and destruction, Noah discovers that people have been lying to him
his whole life. Everything changes in an eye blink.
For the
planet has a bigger problem. The Anvil, an enormous asteroid threatening
all life on Earth, leaves little room for two troubled teens. Yet on
her sixteenth birthday, as she cowers in her bedroom, hoping not to die
for the fifth time, Min has had enough. She vows to discover what is
happening in Fire Lake and uncovers a lifetime of lies: a vast
conspiracy involving the sixty-four students of her sophomore class, one
that may be even more sinister than the murders.
(Blurb via Goodreads)
Expected publication: March 21, 2017
What are you waiting on?
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, created by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
This week I'm waiting on:
The princess didn't expect to fall in love--with her nemesis.
Princess
Sepora of Serubel is the last Forger in all the five kingdoms. The
spectorium she creates provides energy for all, but now her father has
found a way to weaponize it, and his intentions to incite war force her
to flee from his grasp. She escapes across enemy lines into the kingdom
of Theoria, but her plans to hide are thwarted when she is captured and
placed in the young king's servitude.
Tarik has just taken over
rulership of Theoria, and must now face a new plague sweeping through
his kingdom and killing his citizens. The last thing he needs is a
troublesome servant vying for his attention. But mistress Sepora will
not be ignored. When the two finally meet face-to-face, they form an
unlikely bond that complicates life in ways neither of them could have
imagined.
Sepora's gift could save Tarik's kingdom from the Quiet
Plague. But should she trust her growing feelings for her nemesis, or
should she hide her gifts at all costs?
(Blurb via Goodreads)
Expected publication: October 4, 2016
