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:
“The journalists arrived before the coffin did. They gathered at the gate overnight and by dawn they were a crowd. By nine o’clock they were a swarm.”
Do you recognize the book these first lines come from?
*drumroll please!*
Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she’s blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks–and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday.
But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears. Chased by black-smoke hounds and shadowy hunters on horseback, he whisks her away into the safety of a secret, magical city called Nevermoor.
It’s then that Morrigan discovers Jupiter has chosen her to contend for a place in the city’s most prestigious organization: the Wundrous Society. In order to join, she must compete in four difficult and dangerous trials against hundreds of other children, each boasting an extraordinary talent that sets them apart–an extraordinary talent that Morrigan insists she does not have. To stay in the safety of Nevermoor for good, Morrigan will need to find a way to pass the tests–or she’ll have to leave the city to confront her deadly fate.
I finished Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow yesterday and it was such a fabulous read! I was so annoyed I didn’t buy the sequel ahead of time 😂 This gave me major OG Harry Potter reading vibes!
Have you read The Trials of Morrigan Crow or is it on your TBR?
dinipandareads 
I’m so glad you liked this book! Sounds like a good one!
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It was so much better than I expected! Can’t wait to continue the series 🙂
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This is one of my favorite middle grade series.. The second book is just as good as the first.
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I think this is definitely a contender for my favourite MG series. I’ve only read book on but it was so good I don’t doubt I’ll continue to love it 😍
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Oh, gosh. That sounds like it fits in with things right now.
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Hahaha well it’s certainly a bit of a mood 😅
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OMG 😀 I read this line and was like “this is very familiar… what thriller did it come from…” and then I saw the cover. OFC! Duuuuuuh 😀
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HAHA I loved this one so much 😀
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Oh dang I feel like that first line describes media workers(?) very well! Or at least the ones that add to the stereotype.
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Right?! They can certainly be like vultures… It’s very fitting to the stereotype!
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I have not but I want to!
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It’s so good Joanna! Would defo rec 🙂
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So glad you enjoyed it! It’s on my TBR.
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I’m upset with myself for waiting so long to read it but I’m glad I finally have. It’s so good 😀
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I KNEW THIS ONE. Of course I knew this one. :3 Woot woot! I’m so excited that you loved this. 😀
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Woot! I absolutely loved it, Sammie ❤ So so good and made me so heart happy!
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What a great first line, I need to read this series. Great pick, Dini. 💙
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I read this line and I was like yep, I know what I’m going to be using for my next First Lines Friday! It was perfect 😀
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Great first line, it really grabs you and pulls you in.
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It really did! I was like woah, that’s great and I also knew I had to use it for this weekly meme right away 😂
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