Wow. This week has been an absolute doozy. If I wasn’t busy doing something for the holiday, I was stressed about the holiday. Either way I was busy Ruth something. So the blog was unfortunately a bit neglected.
But I managed to make time to participate in First Line Fridays this week. 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!
Here’s the first line:
It was an ordinary day when Evie met The Villain.
Know what it is? If you don’t, here’s another couple of hints for you.
Still not know the book? Here are some lovely photos of books to admire while you consider it a bit more…
Annnd the book is⊠đ„đ„ Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer!!
(Did you guess it?)
Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
SERIES: Assistant to the Villain #1
LENGTH: 340 pages
GENRES: Fantasy, Romance, Fiction
PUBLISHER: Entangled: Red Tower Books
RELEASE DATE: 29 August 2023
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
Once Upon a Time meets The Office in Hannah Maehrerâs laugh-out-loud viral TikTok series turned novel, about the sunshine assistant to an Evil Villain⊠and their unexpected romance.
ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem, terror, and other Dark Things In General. Discretion a must. Excellent benefits.
With ailing family to support, Evie Sage’s employment status isn’t just important, it’s vital. So when a mishap with Rennedawnâs most infamous Villain results in a job offerânaturally, she says yes. No job is perfect, of course, but even less so when you develop a teeny crush on your terrifying, temperamental, and undeniably hot boss. Donât find evil so attractive, Evie.
But just when sheâs getting used to severed heads suspended from the ceiling and the odd squish of an errant eyeball beneath her heel, Evie suspects this dungeon has a huge ratâŠand not just the literal kind. Because something rotten is growing in the kingdom of Rennedawn, and someone wants to take the Villainâand his entire nefarious empireâout.
Now Evie must not only resist drooling over her boss but also figure out exactly who is sabotaging his workâŠand ensure he makes them pay.
After all, a good job is hard to find.
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