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 was not my intention to cause mischief immediately upon arriving back at the Fount, despite what anyone else may tell you. And yet, by the time the night was over, I was drunk, my nose was bleeding, and Sebastian Grimm was furious with me.”

I don’t know about you, but I absolutely want to hear more about what happened and how his night went.

Do you recognize the lines?

Here’s a hint:

This is an upcoming fantasy.

Still not sure? Here’s another hint:

It’s written by debut author, Maiga Doocy.

The First Lines Friday book is:

Sorcery and Small Magics.

About the Book:

• Title: Sorcery and Small Magics
• Author: Maiga Doocy
• Series: The Wildersongs Trilogy #1
• Page Length: 369 pages
• Publication Date: October 15, 2024
• Publisher: Orbit

Synopsis:

When two rival sorcerers are bound together by a curse and forced on a quest deep into the perilous forest to find a counter spell, they may find that magic is not the only thing pulling them together, in this enchanting tale from debut author Maiga Doocy.

Leovander Loveage is a master of small magics. He can summon butterflies with a song or turn someone’s hair pink by snapping his fingers. Anything more elaborate always blows up in his face, and so Leo vowed long ago never to use powerful magic again.

That is, until a mishap with a forbidden spell binds Leo to obey the commands of his longtime rival, Sebastian Grimm. The only thing they can agree on is that they need a counterspell, and fast.

Chasing rumors of a powerful sorcerer with a knack for undoing curses, Leo and Grimm enter the Unquiet Wood, a forest infested with murderous monsters and dangerous outlaws alike. To break the curse, they will have to uncover the true depths of Leo’s magic, set aside their rivalry, and—much to their horror—work together.

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