Welcome to my Friday Fun post. This is where I share with two different book parties that post on Fridays: Book Beginnings on Friday and the Friday 56.
I am currently participating in the summer reading program for adults at my library, so I have quite a few books out of the library. However, I only have one book I'd like to share today. I have been quite obsessed with the Keeper of the Lost Cities books I took out a few weeks ago, and have been having a very hard time putting them down. I finished Everblaze yesterday, and started right in with Neverseen.
Keeper of the Lost Cities: Neverseen by Shannon Messenger is book four of the Keeper of the Lost Cities series that I was recently introduced to.
It is a wonderful fantasy series about a girl who finds out the family she was living with wasn't really her family, and she isn't even really human. She goes to live with her people and finds out many strange truths about her life, getting herself into lots of disasters along the way, but also making some very close friends as she goes about trying to figure out just what her part is in this world and what nefarious secrets are being kept by those who should be trusted.
Book Beginnings on Fridays
(Please join Gilion Dumas for Book Beginnings every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author's name.)
Here is my book beginnings for Keeper of the Lost Cities: Neverseen by Shannon Messenger
"Sophie stumbled backward, scrambling closer to her friends as a cage of neon yellow flames erupted all around them. Heat licked across her skin and smoke choked her lungs while the Neverseen moved forward, their black cloaks gone, disguises abandoned."
Another nerve-wracking scene in the preface of this fourth book of the series.
As that is really the preface, which is sharing a scene from later in the book, I decided to share the beginning of chapter one as well.
"'We have to go,' Fitz said, bursting through the doors of Everglen's upstairs guest room. He found Sophie sitting alone on the edge of the giant canopy bed, already dressed in some of her old human clothes."
Seems the book is starting right where the previous book left off. From the last book we know they have to run away, and now we get to find out what is going to happen.
As that is really the preface, which is sharing a scene from later in the book, I decided to share the beginning of chapter one as well.
"'We have to go,' Fitz said, bursting through the doors of Everglen's upstairs guest room. He found Sophie sitting alone on the edge of the giant canopy bed, already dressed in some of her old human clothes."
Seems the book is starting right where the previous book left off. From the last book we know they have to run away, and now we get to find out what is going to happen.
Now for:
The Friday 56
The Friday 56 is hosted over at Freda's Voice.
Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader
(If you have to improvise, that's ok.)
*Find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it) that grab you.
*Post it.
*Add your (url) post below in Linky. Add the post url, not your blog url. It's that simple.
Here is my Friday 56 selection.
Keeper of the Lost Cities: Neverseen by Shannon Messenger
"'She blinked out of sight, reappearing a second later knee-deep in the river. Sophie wasn't sure what was crazier, how fast Della had moved, or how she hadn't caused ripples in the water."
I'm so intrigued. It sounds like a fast-paced read! Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fun series, and what an exciting beginning!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the opening on BBOF!