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?
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:
“It should have been more difficult to assassinate her father.”
If this doesn’t wake you up and get you interested in finding out more, I’m not sure if we can be blog buddies anymore.
Do you recognize the lines?
Here’s a hint:
It’s an upcoming queer fantasy featuring blood magic, and it’s got trans rep!
Still not sure? Here’s another hint:
It’s written by debut author K.M. Enright.
The First Lines Friday book is:
Mistress of Lies.
About the Book:
- Title: Mistress of Lies
- Author: K.M. Enright
- Series: The Age of Blood #1
- Page Length: 432 pages
- Publication Date: August 13, 2024
- Publisher: Orbit
Synopsis:
FATE IS A CRUEL MISTRESS
The daughter of a powerful but disgraced Blood Worker, Shan LeClaire has spent her entire life perfecting her blood magic, building her network of spies, and gathering every scrap of power she could. Now, to protect her brother, she assassinates their father and takes her place at the head of the family. And that is only the start of her revenge.
Samuel Hutchinson is a bastard with a terrible gift. When he stumbles upon the first victim of a magical serial killer, he’s drawn into the world of magic and intrigue he’s worked so hard to avoid – and is pulled deeply into the ravenous and bloodthirsty court of the vampire king.
Tasked by the Eternal King to discover the identity of the killer cutting a bloody swath through the city, Samuel, Shan and mysterious Royal Bloodworker Isaac find themselves growing ever closer to each other. But Shan’s plans are treacherous, and as she lures Samuel into her complicated web of desire, treason and vengeance, he must decide if the good of their nation is worth the cost of his soul.
Links: Goodreads
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Categories: First Lines Friday
Leah's Books 
Whew, well, that’s a line to hook you! I believe I’ll get a copy of this through one of my book subs, so I haven’t request an ARC of it…but it looks good!
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Doesn’t it? I can’t help but love when an author goes really bold with a first line! I really hope you get a copy.
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