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 donโt give anything else about the book away just yet โ you need to hook the reader first
- Finallyโฆ reveal the book!
First lines:
“King Sref of Cavanos watches me with the deadened eyes of a raven circling a corpseโpatient, waiting to devour me the second I let my guard down. I briefly debate telling him that humans don’t taste all that good, until I remember normal girls don’t eat people. Or fake their way into royal courts.”
Do you recognise the book these first lines come from?
*drumroll please!*
Bring Me Their Hearts by Sara Wolf
Zera is a Heartless โ the immortal, unageing soldier of a witch. Bound to the witch Nightsinger ever since she saved her from the bandits who murdered her family, Zera longs for freedom from the woods they hide in.
๐ KEEP READING…
With her heart in a jar under Nightsingerโs control, she serves the witch unquestioningly.
Until Nightsinger asks Zera for a Princeโs heart in exchange for her own, with one addendum; if sheโs discovered infiltrating the court, Nightsinger will destroy her heart rather than see her tortured by the witch-hating nobles.
Crown Prince Lucien dโMalvane hates the royal court as much as it loves him โ every tutor too afraid to correct him and every girl jockeying for a place at his darkly handsome side. No one can challenge him โ until the arrival of Lady Zera. Sheโs inelegant, smart-mouthed, carefree, and out for his blood. The Princeโs honor has him quickly aiming for her throat.
So begins a game of cat and mouse between a girl with nothing to lose and a boy who has it all.
Winner takes the loserโs heart.
Literally.
Have you read Bring Me Their Hearts or is it on your TBR?
dinipandareads 
Those first lines were super intriguing! I’ll look into it. Have a great weekend!
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Thanks! I hope you have a great weekend too ๐
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This one wasn’t on my radar, but it sounds good! Great first lines! ๐คฃ
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It does sound great, doesn’t it? I’m glad this FLF put this back on my radar ๐
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These were some great first lines. My interest is definitely piqued. I’ll have to check it out.
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I love these lines too! I hope you enjoy it if you check it out ๐
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Ooooo, great first lines! I’m definitely adding this one to my TBR!
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Right? I forgot I had this on my Kindle sample but I saw it when I was looking for a FLF book and I’m glad that it came back on my radar ๐
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Oooh I didnโt know this one, but thatโs a great first line!
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I thought these were great lines too! I don’t know how this book came on my radar in the first place but it’s not one that I’ve seen mentioned often or at all. It sounds/looks good though ๐
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