First Lines Friday is a weekly feature (or when I feel like it) hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover we judge it by its opening lines?
Can you figure out this week’s book just from the first line?
Category: Fantasy
ARC Book Review: Mystery
A review for the first book in a new series by Robert Jackson Bennett, The Tainted Cup, coming out in early February. This engaging mystery is set in an amazing world unlike anything I have read before with likable characters and a series of murders that uncovers a scheme that encompasses the whole Empire.
Little Confessions: Two 2023 Books
I have been catching up on some of the books that I wanted to read in 2023 but didn’t get around to for various reasons. Last week I managed to get two of them done, The Seven Year Slip by Ashley poston and The Witchwood Knot by Olivia Atwater. These are two very different stories, but both have fantasy elements. I liked both of them, but was a bit surprised that I didn’t fall in love with either of them.
ARC Review: A Dark Novella
A review for the new novella by Premee Mohamed, The Butcher of the Forest. This is a dark fairy tale with an older protagonist who has to go into a dangerous forest to rescue the children of a Tyrant.
Audiobook Review:
A review for the audiobook version of Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare. A thrilling high stakes epic fantasy with wonderful characters and a twisty plot. The audiobook is fantastic and well done and one I highly recommend.
Little Confessions: Two Book Reviews
Two shortish reviews for two very different books. One is an urban fantasy that centers around a supernatural newspaper and the other is a slow burn mystery thriller with a scientist/psychic helping to solve cold cases. Both are books that I highly recommend you take a look at.
Confessions of a Serial Reader 
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