First Lines Friday – October 23

This is a weekly meme hosted by Wandering Words, where you give the first few lines of a book to hook your readers before introducing the book.

Here are my first lines:

“I hate first Friday. It makes the village crowded, and now, in the heat of high summer, that’s the last thing anyone wants.”

Do you recognize these first lines?

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And the book is… Red Queen (Red Queen #1) by Victoria Aveyard.

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Goodreads synopsis:

This is a world divided by blood—red or silver. The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change. That is until she finds herself working in the Silver Palace. Here, surrounded by the people she hates the most, Mare discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy the balance of power. Fearful of Mare’s potential, the Silvers hide her in plain view, declaring her a long-lost Silver princess, now engaged to a Silver prince. Despite knowing that one misstep would mean her death, Mare works silently to help the Red Guard, a militant resistance group, and bring down the Silver regime. But this is a world of betrayal and lies, and Mare has entered a dangerous dance—Reds against Silvers, prince against prince, and Mare against her own heart.

You can find my review for Red Queen here.

Have you read Red Queen? What did you think of it?

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2 thoughts on “First Lines Friday – October 23”

I finished this book for the first time a few months ago. At first it seemed like it was full of stereotypes and run of the mill character arcs, but lots of those were turned around in a surprising way by the end of the book.

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