Hello everyone!
I hope you all are doing great. Let’s see which book I have picked up for this week’s First Lines Friday post.
First Lines Fridays is 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?
- 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!
So here we go…
THREE LUSCIOUS LEMON TARTS glistened up at Catherine. She reached her towel-wrapped hands into the oven, ignoring the heat that enveloped her arms and pressed against her cheeks, and lifted the tray from the hearth. The tarts’ sunshine filling quivered, as if glad to be freed from the stone chamber.
Cath held the tray with the same reverence one might reserve for the King’s crown. She refused to take her eyes from the tarts as she padded across the kitchen floor until the tray’s edge landed on the baker’s table with a satisfying thump. The tarts trembled for a moment more before falling still, flawless and gleaming.
Ready for the reveal???
Heartless by Marissa Meyer
Synopsis from Goodreads:
Long before she was the terror of Wonderland—the infamous Queen of Hearts—she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love.
Catherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland, and a favorite of the unmarried King of Hearts, but her interests lie elsewhere. A talented baker, all she wants is to open a shop with her best friend. But according to her mother, such a goal is unthinkable for the young woman who could be the next queen.
Then Cath meets Jest, the handsome and mysterious court joker. For the first time, she feels the pull of true attraction. At the risk of offending the king and infuriating her parents, she and Jest enter into an intense, secret courtship. Cath is determined to define her own destiny and fall in love on her terms. But in a land thriving with magic, madness, and monsters, fate has other plans.
Did the first lines caught your attention? Do tell me in the comments.
Have a nice weekend! 🙂
I have added this one to my summer reads
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Happy Friday!
My FLF comes from a book I will be reading shortly, Room on the Porch Swing by Amy Clipston……
Allen Lambert rolled onto his side and yawned. His eyes blinked open , and his large but dark bedroom came into clear focus. The green numerals on his battery-operated digital clock read 2: 12. What had awakened him so early?
Have a great weekend and happy reading!😊📚
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I hope you like it as much ad I did ❤
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Happy Friday to you too Susan 🙂
Your First Lines have piqued my interest. Is it a thriller?
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No not at all its Amish!😊
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Ok 🙂
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Hey!! This was just the first post I saw to leave a comment. I love the colors you chose for your blog!! They are so pretty!! And they are some of my favorites too.
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Thank you Colleen. You are so sweet and thanks for you kind words. Your comment made my day. 🤗🤗🤗 💙💜💙💜
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You are welcome! I’m glad! I just like how you keep the theme the same on here and Twitter.
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Yes and would not have guessed that was the story behind them lol
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I try 🙂 . I am also trying to somehow color coordinate my instagram also. Hopefully, I’ll get there.
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Lol. Fair enough. 😁
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Lol. Fair enough. 😁
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Good luck! 🙂
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P.S. what’s your take on adult coloring books? I figure you must like coloring books, right?
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Adult coloring books are great as stress reliever. I once had so many coloring books but now unfortunately, I don’t have any as I spend more time on reading and blogging and adulting 😀
How about you?
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Lol that’s basically me too! I have a shelf full of coloring books. I gave half away when I wasn’t coloring much. I’ve only colored like two pictures last year I think. I’ve only done one in my apartment so far. I thought I’d do more once I lived on my own but not yet. I also read, blog and do adulting too. 😉
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O wow! A shelf full of coloring books! You have some collection girl! 😉
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I’ll post a photo on Twitter tomorrow..it’s a small shelf. It’s on my parents old entertainment center.
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I would love to see your color book collection 🙂
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They are on Instagram and Twitter now. I hope I tagged the right Mystique reader lol.
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Yes, you tagged the right Mystique Reader. 🙂
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🙂 Sorry I’ve been away from my blog this weekend.
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No problem 🙂
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