#FirstLinesFriday: 10 May 2024

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 first time I killed a man with a pie, it was an accident.
But only the first.”

Do you recognise the book these first lines come from?

*drumroll please!*

Magic, Lies and Deadly Pies by Misha Popp

Daisy Ellery’s pies have a secret The magical ability to avenge women done wrong by men. But Daisy finds herself on the receiving end in Misha Popp’s cozy series debut, a sweet-as-buttercream treat for fans of Ellery Adams and Mary Maxwell.

📖 KEEP READING…

The first time Daisy Ellery killed a man with a pie, it was an accident. Now, it’s her calling. Daisy bakes sweet vengeance into her pastries, which she and her dog Zoe deliver to the men who’ve done dirty deeds to the town’s women. But if she can’t solve the one crime that’s not of her own baking, she’ll be out of the pie pan and into the oven. Parking her Pies Before Guys mobile bakery van outside the local diner, Daisy is informed by Frank, the crusty diner owner, that someone’s been prowling around the van—and not just to inhale the delectable aroma. Already on thin icing with Frank, she finds a letter on her door, threatening to reveal her unsavory secret sideline of pie a la murder. Blackmail? But who whipped up this half-baked plot to cut a slice out of Daisy’s business? Purple-haired campus do-gooder Melly? Noel, the tender—if flaky—farm boy? Or one of the abusive men who prefer their pie without a deadly scoop of payback? The upcoming statewide pie contest could be Daisy’s big chance to help wronged women everywhere…if she doesn’t meet a sticky end first. Because Daisy knows the blackmailer won’t stop until her business is in crumbles. 

Have you read Magic, Lies and Deadly Pies or is it on your TBR?

5 thoughts on “#FirstLinesFriday: 10 May 2024

  1. Such an interesting book! I’m also reading a book where the FMC is out for revenge (though much darker). Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies sounds so much lighter though, and I’m curious to see how the author mixes humor and revenge (if that is the book’s vibe). 😄

    💖 aimee @ aimee can read

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    • It was fun! One of the side characters felt like a thorn in my side but overall, it was an enjoyable read 🙂 What were you reading when you commented? I love a good FMC out for revenge! My current read is about that too but make it ✨fantasy!✨

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