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…
“It was Starship Day. That wasn’t an official holiday, but considering how long Torian Razner, aspiring engineer, current scrap, future captain, had saved for this moment, it really should be.”
Do you know this one?
This fun cozy fantasy came out at the end of last month…
The author is pretty popular in this genre…
Have you guessed?
Yes? No?
Give up?
Here it is!
Moss’d in Space
Summary from Goodreads:
Torian Razner finally bought a starship, and contrary to Amelia’s assessment, it was not “a meteoric sign of stupidity.” Sure, the alien starship may have been abandoned for a century, and it may be covered in moss now… but it’s Torian’s ticket to freedom, regardless of what her ex… ah, captain… said.
Except Torian’s first flight reveals a surprise passenger: the moss is actually an organic computer with a snarky attitude and serious abandonment issues. The target of its loathing? The immortal alien who built it (and then parked the starship, with Moss inside, and forgot about it). The same alien who just found Torian and accused her of “stealing” the ship.
It’s entirely possible that Amelia was right about this meteoric stupidity.
I really enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. I especially loved Moss the sentient organic computer. The book ended on a cliffhanger so I am really looking forward to reading the next one.
What do you think? Have you heard about this book? Is it on your TBR? Let me know in the comments.
Until next time…
Confessions of a Serial Reader 