
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!
Got it? Okay let’s go! Here is the quote…
“Look, I didn’t want to be a high school senior.”
Do you know this one?

Not much to go on I know….

But the book just came out last week and is by a really well known author…

Have you guessed?

Yes? No?

Give up?

Here it is!

The Chalice of the Gods
By Rick Riordan

Here is the whole quote as I didn’t want to give to much away:
“Look, I didn’t want to be a high school senior.
I was hoping my dad could write me a note:
Dear Whoever,
Please excuse Percy Jackson from school forever and just give him the diploma.
Thanks,
Poseidon“
I am hoping that I can start this one this weekend as I am almost done with my current book. I am so looking forward to this!