Happy Friday everybody! I’m here a second week in a row! Yay!
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:
đ Take a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open it to the first page
đ Copy the first few lines, but donât give anything else about the book away just yet â you need to hook the reader first
đ Finally⊠reveal the book!
Hereâs the first line:
Isla Crown watched the man she loved disappear as the world fell away.
Know the book already? If you don’t, here’s another couple of hints…
Huh. Still no idea? Here are some gorgeous photos of books to admire while you think about it a little more…
Annnd the book is… đ„đ„ Skyshade by Alex Aster!!
(Did you guess it?)
Skyshade by Alex Aster
SERIES: The Lightlark Saga #3
LENGTH: 384 pages
GENRES: Fantasy, Romance, YA, Fiction
PUBLISHER: Amulet Books
RELEASE DATE: 12 November 2024
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
The pulse-pounding third novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, The Lightlark Saga, by acclaimed author and #BookTok sensation Alex Aster
Love kills kingdomsâŠ
Back in Grimâs castle on Nightshade, Isla is reeling in the wake of a brutal battle and the devastating truths it exposed. Her futureâand the fate of the worldânow hinge on a heart split in two.
Past Isla, who fell in love with the ruler of Nightshade, fights to resist feelings she considers treasonous. The Isla of the present, who has seen the ruin her powers can cause, will do anything to save Lightlark and its king.
As the line between enemy and friend is tested, Isla is more desperate than ever to understand the oracleâs final prophecy and change her heartrending fate. But a storm is coming. And with it, a long-buried evil greater than anything the realms have faced before.
With the clock ticking on her destiny and the survival of two warring kingdoms hinging on her own shattered heart, Isla Crown will either save the worldâor destroy it.
What books have you been reading lately? Whatâs on your TBR that youâre currently the most excited about?
As always, thank you for reading, and I hope you have an amazing day/night!
See ya ~Mar