Happy Friday everybody! Managed another two weeks in a row!
First Line Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers (formerly) hosted by Wandering Words, but I saw it over at One Book More.
What if instead of judging a book by the cover, author or most everything else, we judged it by its content? Its first lines?
If you want to join in, all you gotta do is:
š Take a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open it to the first page
š Copy the first few lines, but donāt give anything else about the book away just yet ā you need to hook the reader first
š Finallyā¦ reveal the book!
Here are the first lines:
The boy stands alone on the roof of the tallest skyscraper in the city, a thin slice of darkness against the glowing lights. He could be eighteen, twenty-eight, or anywhere in between.
Know it? If you don’t, here’s a couple hints if you need them…
Still no ideas? Look at these pretty photos of books while you try to think about it…
Annnd the book is… š„š„ Darker by Four by June C.L. Tan!!
(Did you guess it?)
Darker by Four by June C.L. Tan
SERIES: Darker by Four Duology #1
LENGTH: 425 pages
GENRES: Fantasy, YA, LGBT+, Fiction
PUBLISHER: HarperTeen
RELEASE DATE: 2 April 2024
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
The Shadowhunter Chronicles meets Chinese diaspora folklore inĀ Darker by Four,Ā the first in an epic contemporary fantasy duology fromĀ Jade Fire GoldĀ author June Tan.
A vengeful girl. A hollow boy. A missing god.
Rui has one goal in mindāhoning her magic to avenge her motherās death.
Yiran is the black sheep of an illustrious family. The world would be at his feetāhad he been born with magic.
Nikai is a Reaper, serving the Fourth King of Hell. When his master disappears, the underworld begins to crumbleā¦and the human world will be next if the King is not found.
When an accident causes Ruiās power to transfer to Yiran, everything turns upside down. Without her magic, Rui has no tool for vengeance. With it, Yiran finally feels like he belongs. That is, until Rui discovers she might hold the key to the missing death god and strikes a dangerous bargain with another King.
As darkness takes over, three paths intersect in the shadows. And three lives bound by fate must rise against destiny before the barrier between worlds falls and all Hell breaks looseāliterally.
Perfect for fans of This Savage Song and Only a Monster, Darker by Four will pull readers into a world of love and desperation and revengeāa world where every deal has a catch, no secret stays buried, and no one is exactly who they say they are.
What books have you been reading lately? Whatās on your TBR that youāre currently the most excited about?
As always, thank you for reading, and I hope you have an amazing day/night!
See ya ~Mar