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…
“Ask anyone who’s ever been stuck on a ride at Disneyland when the lights go on or discovered Santa’s not the one filling their stockings on Christmas Eve, and they’ll tell you this truth: nothing good happens when fantasy collides with reality.”
Do you know this one?
It is a holiday romance…
It takes place mostly in LA…
Have you guessed?
Yes? No?
Give up?
Here it is!
Fa-La-La-La Land by Brittany Larsen
Summary from Goodreads:
She’s got a list to finish. He’s got a song to escape. Neither planned on falling in love this Christmas.
Stella Sparks has no time for love—not when her 30 Before 30 list is calling and her new job depends on reviving rockstar Rhys James’s image before he headlines Winter Lights Live.
The trouble? Rhys isn’t interested in playing America’s perfect popstar anymore, especially when his label insists he sing the cheesy Christmas hit he’s grown to hate. And Stella, who once had his poster taped to her teenage bedroom wall, is no longer swooning—she’s determined to keep things professional.
But when a snowstorm strands them in Stella’s hometown, Rhys discovers small-town magic, a chance to write his own story, and the one woman who sees him for who he really is. Too bad falling for him could cost Stella the career she’s fought for.
A witty, cozy holiday romcom with banter,small-town charm, and swoony slow-burn romance.
I’m about halfway through this and I am enjoying it. It is a little on the slow moving side, but that might also just be on me. I keep getting interrupted whenever I sit down to read it. But I am enjoying the slow burn romance, and I like the characters.
Until next time…
Confessions of a Serial Reader 