Yayaya, HAPPY FRIYAY, book lovers and friends 😍We’re back with another First Lines Friday! This 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? Here are THE RULES:
- 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!
First lines:
Candlelight reflected off the silver anchor etched onto my sister’s necklace. It was an ugly piece of jewelry and something Eulalie would never have picked out for herself. She loved simple strands of gold, extravagant collars of diamonds. Not…that.
Do you recognize the book these first lines come from?
Okay, okay, calm yourself Loki, mate...
*drumroll please!*
The book is: House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor, a manor by the sea, with her sisters, their father, and stepmother. Once they were twelve, but loneliness fills the grand halls now that four of the girls’ lives have been cut short. Each death was more tragic than the last—the plague, a plummeting fall, a drowning, a slippery plunge—and there are whispers throughout the surrounding villages that the family is cursed by the gods.
Disturbed by a series of ghostly visions, Annaleigh becomes increasingly suspicious that the deaths were no accidents. Her sisters have been sneaking out every night to attend glittering balls, dancing until dawn in silk gowns and shimmering slippers, and Annaleigh isn’t sure whether to try to stop them or to join their forbidden trysts. Because who—or what—are they really dancing with?
When Annaleigh’s involvement with a mysterious stranger who has secrets of his own intensifies, it’s a race to unravel the darkness that has fallen over her family—before it claims her next.
Have you read House of Salt and Sorrows or is it on your TBR?
Leave me a comment and let’s chat 🙂
dinipandareads 
I haven’t read the book, so no wonder I didn’t recognize the first lines 😂 Loved your suspense building gifs👍🤩 I heard so many good things about this book that I should really add it to my tbr. Thanks!
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Haha thanks! I’m surprised a few people who commented said they recognized it without having read the book yet 😂 But I was also told that many people have used it before lol I’m reading this one right now and it’s really good–so easy to get sucked into the story/world! Hope you enjoy if/when you get to it 🙂
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I now know the first line of this book by heart and I haven’t read it but have severe FOMO over it. And no less the a dozen blogs have reviewed and used it for FLF😝
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Hahaha I’m surprised I actually haven’t seen many FLF using these first lines?! At least, not the ones I follow/read 😅 I’m reading right now and it’s really good although a lot creepier than I expected LOL
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See that’s what I hear… goth… dark… creepy… and I didnt think it would be either… but apparently. And I’m here for it. Itll be the first backlist book I actually buy after im done moving.
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This post had me laughing 😂😂 loved the gifs you used!! Still need to read HOSAS.
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Haha thanks Jen! I’m still reading it right now but I’m really enjoying it although it’s heaps creepier than I thought? But I’m the biggest chicken out there probs 😅
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Yay this is the first time I’ve ever guessed a First Line Fridays! Am happy about that, lol. Really liked House of Salt.
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YAY! It’s always so satisfying when you can work out what the book is, huh 😏I’m really enjoying it but it’s a lot creepier than I thought it’d be. I’m also proving that I’m probs more chicken than I admit haha
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Ugh, I loved this one so much!
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I’m still reading it right now — I stopped because I am now alone at home AND I’M SO CHICKEN hahaha
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I GUESSED THIS WITHOUT HAVING READ THE BOOK!!! I feel strangely proud lol! :)))))
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I’M IMPRESSED!!!! 😱👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😍Are you planning to read it?
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I bought a copy a few weeks ago… But as you and I know that doesn’t necessarily mean I’ll get to it soon lol!!! But the intentions are there Dini :))))))
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