Tag: First Line Friday

Share the first line to the current book you are reading!

 

 The weight of their pity is like a stone tied about my neck.
— eARC edition, published version may vary
 

[amazon_image id=”0062117181″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]Defiance[/amazon_image]

[amazon_link id=”0062117181″ target=”_blank” ]Defiance[/amazon_link] by C.J. Redwine

Balzer + Bray | August 28, 2012 | 403 pages

Summary (Goodreads)

Within the walls of Baalboden, beneath the shadow of the city’s brutal leader, Rachel Adams has a secret. While other girls sew dresses and obey their male Protectors, Rachel knows how to survive in the wilderness and deftly wield a sword. When her father, Jared, fails to return from a courier mission and is declared dead, the Commander assigns Rachel a new Protector, her father’s apprentice, Logan–the same boy Rachel declared her love for two years ago, and the same one who handed her heart right back to her. Left with nothing but a fierce belief in her father’s survival, Rachel decides to escape and find him herself. But treason against the Commander carries a heavy price, and what awaits her in the Wasteland could destroy her.

At nineteen, Logan McEntire is many things. Orphan. Outcast. Inventor. As apprentice to the city’s top courier, Logan is focused on learning his trade so he can escape the tyranny of Baalboden. But his plan never included being responsible for his mentor’s impulsive daughter. Logan is determined to protect her, but when his escape plan goes wrong and Rachel pays the price, he realizes he has more at stake than disappointing Jared.

As Rachel and Logan battle their way through the Wasteland, stalked by a monster that can’t be killed and an army of assassins out for blood, they discover romance, heartbreak, and a truth that will incite a war decades in the making.

 

This weeks First Line comes from my current read, The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff, which is a very interesting book.

I don’t remember any of the true, important parts, but there’s this dream I have.

 

The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff Mackie Doyle seems like everyone else in the perfect little town of Gentry, but he is living with a fatal secret – he is a Replacement, left in the crib of a human baby sixteen years ago. Now the creatures under the hill want him back, and Mackie must decide where he really belongs and what he really wants. A month ago, Mackie might have told them to buzz off. But now, with a budding relationship with tough, wounded, beautiful Tate, Mackie has too much to lose. Will love finally make him worthy of the human world? – Goodreads 352 pages Razorbill, (2010-09-21) $17.99 (Amazon.com, Hardcover)

I’ve got about 1/8th of it left to read and I’m really looking forward to seeing how this ends. I’m a big fan of Mackie’s. If you like Tim Burton’s work you’ll love this book.

I received this ARC in the mail just this morning and I read the first line and just had to share it with everyone. 🙂

9 Years Ago

The sensation of being watched clung to me like a spider web, invisible threads bristling the back of my neck and down my spine.

Promise by Kristie Cook Alexis Ames has a life full of promise…but not all promises can be kept. When Alexis Ames is attacked by creatures that can’t be real, she decides it’s time she learns who she really is, with or without the help of her mother, who guards their family’s secrets closely. After meeting the inhumanly attractive, multi-talented Tristan Knight, however, Alexis retreats behind her façade of normalcy…until she discovers he’s not exactly normal either. Then their secrets begin to unravel. Their union brings hope and promise to her family’s secret society, the Angels’ army, and to the future of mankind. But it also incites a dangerous pursuit by the enemy – Satan’s minions and Tristan’s creators. After all, Alexis and Tristan are a match made in Heaven and in Hell. — Goodreads

The next line is cool too:

I brushed my fingers across my shoulders, as if I could drag the feeling off and flick it away.