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:

“In the city of Talum, the winds were strong, the magic thick, and everyone knew each other’s business.

My floormate, Leah, nudged me as we crossed campus.”

I was really intrigued by the first line, but I couldn’t resist adding the second line which features my name! How cool it is to find my name in a book when it’s not a common name.

Do you recognize the lines?

Here’s a hint:

This is a romantasy novel.

Still not sure? Here’s another hint:

It is written by Hannah Reynolds.

The First Lines Friday book is:

A Practical Guide to Dating a Demon by Hannah Reynolds.

About the Book:

• Title: A Practical Guide to Dating a Demon
• Author: Hannah Reynolds
• Page Length: 352 pages
• Publication Date: February 3, 2026
• Publisher: Run For It

Synopsis:

As a scholarship student at the magical Lyceum, Naomi would rather focus on deciphering ancient scrolls than dating. Especially when the only boys asking her out are less interested in a night in Naomi’s company than an introduction to her influential aunt.

So, Naomi devises an excuse to turn down her persistent suitors: She claims to be betrothed to a demon.

Her story works perfectly. Until she arrives home one night and finds the demon Daziel lounging in her rooms, insisting he’s her betrothed. Naomi knows he’s lying—after all, the betrothal was never real—but the gorgeous and infuriating demon is surprisingly resistant to her banishing spells. And with his penchant for baking and home decor, it’s not so bad having him around.

Besides, she has other worries—like the scroll she’s trying to translate and the way the city’s magic has suddenly become unstable. But the more Naomi learns about the scroll, and the more she gets to know Daziel, the more it seems like she might be at the center of something bigger than she could have imagined.

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