Two weeks in a row! Of First Line Fridays!
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!
Hereās the first line:
The sky was strewn with pepper-pot stars, re- flected in the pond below. On the water’s surface, the mirror image of Ying Yue’s face floated, pale and moonlike, distorted by ripples.
No idea? Here’s another hint or so if you need it…
Still need time to think about it? Here are some lovely photos of books to look at while you do so…
Annnd the book is… š„š„ The Girl With No Reflection by Keshe Chow!!
(Did you get it right?)
The Girl With No Reflection by Keshe Chow
LENGTH: 496 pages
GENRES: Fantasy, YA, Fiction
PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press
RELEASE DATE: 6 August 2024
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
A young woman chosen as the crown princeās bride must travel to the royal palace to meet her new husbandābut her world is shaken when she discovers the dark truth the royal family has been hiding for centuriesāin this lush fantasy debut perfect for fans ofĀ Song of Silver, Flame Like NightĀ andĀ Violet Made of Thorns.
Princess Ying Yue believed in loveā¦ once upon a time.
Yet when sheās chosen to wed the crown prince, Yingās dreams of a fairy tale marriage quickly fall apart. Her husband-to-be is cold and indifferent, confining Ying to her room for reasons he wonāt explain. Worse still are the rumors that swirl around the imperial palace: whispers of seven other royal brides who, after their own weddings, mysteriously disappeared.
Left alone with only her own reflection for company, Ying begins to see things. Strange things. Movements in the corners of her mirror. Colorful lights upon its surface. And when, on the eve of her wedding, she unwittingly tears open a gateway, she is pulled into a mirror world.
This realm is full of sentient reflections, including the enigmatic Mirror Prince. Unlike his real-world counterpart, the Mirror Prince is kind and compassionate, and before long Ying falls in loveāthe kind of love she always dreamed of.
But there is darkness in this new world, too.
It turns out the two worlds have a long and blood-soaked history, and Ying has a part to play in the future of them both. And the brides who came before Ying? By the time they discovered what their role was, it was already too late.
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
