Happy Friday book lovers! We’re back with another First Lines Friday, 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:
“Raithe’s first impulse was to pray. Curse, cry, scream, pray–people did such things in their last minutes of life. But praying struck Raithe as absurd given that his problem was the angry god twenty feet away.”
Do you recognize the book these first lines come from?
*drumroll please!*
Since time immemorial, humans have worshipped the gods they call Fhrey, truly a race apart: invincible in battle, masters of magic, and seemingly immortal. But when a god falls to a human blade, the balance of power between humans and those they thought were gods changes forever.
Now only a few stand between humankind and annihilation: Raithe, reluctant to embrace his destiny as the God Killer; Suri, a young seer burdened by signs of impending doom; and Persephone, who must overcome personal tragedy to lead her people. The Age of Myth is over. The time of rebellion has begun.
I loved the Riyria Chronicles when I read it ages ago and these lines have definitely caught my attention!
Have you read Age of Myth or is it on your TBR?
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I haven’t read this one but it looks good!
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I’m excited to give it a try 😀
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Ooh this one sounds good! I haven’t read this series but I’ll definitely be adding it to my TBR 😊
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I’m really liking these first lines 😂 I’m excited to read more by this author! I enjoyed the first series I read by him.
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Haha I love this! 😀
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It’s good, right?! 😂
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Loved your choice of gifs xD The synopsis sounds so interesting! Age of Myth, I welcome thee to my TBR pile.
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Haha these gifs are literally acting out what’s in my head whenever I read first lines and think of this weekly meme 🤣
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Couldn’t guess it, it sounds very interesting! 😀
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I’m excited to give it a go 😀 I really enjoyed his other series that I tried!
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I haven’t read any of his books but I added this one to my TBR. 😊
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Hope you enjoy it if/when you read it 😍
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Oooh, I hadn’t heard of this one, but boy does that opening grab your attention! Definitely gonna have to add this one to my TBR. I’m a sucker for books with gods.
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Right!? I’ve read one of his series and was surprised by how quickly I got sucked in and how much I enjoyed it so I’m keen to check this out. Hope you enjoy it whenever you read it 😀
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