It’s time for another First Lines Friday again and this time i’m taking some advice off the lovely Susan over at Novel Lives, and choosing a book that is on my TBR. Im hoping this will help me get through my Beating the Backlist challenge, and not make me want to re-read books again, so keep your fingers crossed for me!
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!
The old spellmasters like to say that magic has a taste. Ember spells are like a spice burning the tip of your tongue. Breath magic is subtle, almost cool, like the sensation of holding a mint leaf between your lips. Sand, Silk, Blood, Iron… they each have their flavour. A true adept – the kind of mage who can cast spells even outside an oasis – knows them all.
How awesome does this sound! I’m definitely intrigued. This is from a series by a favourite author of mine, and after this first paragraph I will definitely be picking this series up sooner rather than later.
So are you ready to find out what it is?
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I’m super excited to start this series. I loved the Greatcoats, so I have high hopes for this one. Have you read this yet? Let me know what you think.
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I like that! Damn me and my advise!
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Thanks for tagging me! I did my first FLF today!!!
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Wait that is missing a line and wouldnt let me delete. Take two:
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I like that! Damn me and my advise!
… goes to library app to see if book can be placed on hold….
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Thanks for tagging me! I did my first FLF today!!!
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Haha it actually worked as well because as soon as I scheduled this I picked up the book! It’s fab, so I hope you do get round to picking it up 😊
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I have to do an interlibrary loan but I can get it. So that is the good news! Just take 2-4 weeks for it to come in but yay that I can find it without asking them to buy it because they would but it takes months.
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Ah that’s good! Be prepared for the talking squirrel… he’s bloody hilarious 😂
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Love it! Ever read heartbreaker but Claudia Dey? There is three parts and one is the point of view of the dog… in my review I dubbed him the crypt keeper because we never think of it but if anyone knows ALL our secrets? It is our freaking pets lol
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Haha I never thought of this but it’s soo true! I’ll definitely give it a look 😊
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Knowing my boys I’m so screwed lol
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I’ve been eying this book for a while now. I hear so many good things about it so I really hope you enjoy it. I hear great things about the Greatcoats too, that series is also on my TBR and I’m really hoping to get to it soon.
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Ahh! The greatcoats is an awesome series. And I’ve actually read this now and really enjoyed it 😊
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That’s great to hear! It defintely makes me want to pick them up sooner!
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