First Line Friday 56 || Assassins and Stabbyness

Posted October 11, 2019 by Sammie in #amreading, chat with me, First Line Friday, Friday 56 / 49 Comments

It’s time to play “guess that book” and also watch our TBRs weep.

“First Line Fridays” is by Hoarding Books and is all about the first line of a current/upcoming read. Friday 56 is a meme hosted by Freda’s Voice, where you turn to page 56 (or 56%) in what you’re reading a find a snippet that jumps out at you. The idea to combine the two came from Nicole @ BookWyrmKnits.

First Lines



Eight years of poison and murder and shit.
Eight years of blood and sweat and death.
Eight years.


Page 56 Snippet



If she was angry, she didn’t need to think.
If she was angry, she could simply act.
Hunt.
Stab.
Kill.

Book Reveal



Click To Reveal The Book
Darkdawn
SPOILER ALERT: The summary below contains spoilers for Nevernight and Godsgrave.

A ruthless young assassin’s journey for revenge comes to a stunning end in the conclusion of this acclaimed epic fantasy trilogy.

The Republic of Itreya is in chaos. Mia Corvere has assassinated Cardinal Duomo and rumors of Consul Scaeva’s death ripple through the street of Godsgrave like wildfire. But buried beneath those same streets, deep in the ancient city’s bones, lies a secret that will change the Republic forever.

Mia and her brother Jonnen must journey through the depths of the ancient metropolis. Their quest will take them through the Godsgrave underdark, across the Sea of Swords, back to the library of the Quiet Mountain and the poisoned blades of Mia’s old mentors, and at last the fabled Crown of the Moon. There, Mia will at last discover the origins of the darkin, and learn the destiny that lies in store for her and her world. But with the three suns now in descent, and Truedark on the horizon, will she survive?

Reasons to Read



✿ Who doesn’t read book three of a trilogy?!
✿ Holy cliffhanger, Batman!
✿ Did you not see the part about assassins and stabbyness?
✿ This author is fantastic. You should read everything of his.
✿ Action! Death! Bloodshed! Surprises around every corner.
✿ An honest-to-goodness reason to be afraid of the dark.
✿ Do you know how many people have waited forever to read this? Consider your good fortune.
✿ Because I said so?

Chat With Me

What are your first lines from what you’re reading this week?

49 responses to “First Line Friday 56 || Assassins and Stabbyness

    • READ BOTH, WOMAN. There’s no limit saying you can only read *one* Kristoff book. Obviously, you should read them all. Duh. Because Kristoff. 😛

        • Muahaha look at you, being all rebellious. Well, like I said before, I did like Illuminae more, I think, just because I fell in love with all the characters. But if Nevernight speaks more to you, go with that. You can’t really go wrong either way. Nevernight is just more adult, and yeah, Illuminae has some more upper YA leanings, but it still feels very YA. If that helps you make your choice any. 😛

          • Ummm … that feels like a trick question.

            Nevernight is definitely darker, in general, but it also contains some pretty graphic smut scenes, which is romance.

            Illuminae has a higher death toll, but it’s more YA, so it’s a bit lighter but tackles more important dark issues and actually has the characters work through and overcome them (versus Nevernight, it’s just cool to be a horrible person) and it’s got teen romance.

          • Teen Romance is flowery and triggers. Sex smut is smut I can pretty much see coming and skip over? Or are they screening each other all over the place. American horror story has smut but when they are having sex with a mutilated body over them… that’s sick and hardly gonna trigger my broken heart … cause gross. Lol

          • This isn’t the sort of contemporary teen romance that’s all flowery and sugary sweet. This is more like … camaraderie formed during war, almost? Like these teens are warriors.

            The smut is obvious when it starts, and so far, I’ve only read, like, one smut scene that was actually love. xD The others were just smut for smut because assassins lol. But also, if you skip the smut scenes, I don’t think you’ll miss anything.

          • That’s the kind of smut and/or romance I like… and how I can tell its forced. When I can skim/skip it.. it doesnt add anything? It didnt belong there in the first place… well except a lot of readers like it so I can skip it so everyone can get their swoon on 😽

          • I mean, they were part of character development. So the important thing is she had sex with these people and the impact of that. Not the actual sex part lol.

          • Well I mean we could but the boys get more action than i do and they are neutered. So i mean he is wasted on me. But for you and the book? Sure.

      • And you know at this point I’m gonna just kick Kristoff’s ass- unless I run into Dave Grohl- or Kristoff and think its Dave Grohl and am nice to him because I love the foo fighters… in which case Kristoff gets lucky.

        • Easy way to tell if you see them in person (other than the accent): Jay Kristoff is forever tall. Just saying. xD He would pretty well stand out in a crowd.

    • To be fair, Darkdawn *just* came out recently-ish. So you’re excused. 😉 I’m just starting it now, but I’m so glad I waited because OMFG the way book two ends. o.0

    • I’ve just started it, and this pretty much sets up the mood nicely. xD Definitely recommend this series, if you’re interested in it.

  1. This book / series isn’t one that I plan to read, I’m not sure why but the blurbs have never appealed to me.

    However, to answer your question, I don’t always read book three of a trilogy. I never read The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials #3) or Allegiant (Divergent #3), and there are probably other trilogies where I have stopped after book two. 😉

    • Whaaat? Really? I mean, that’s fair, though. It’s a pretty freaking dark series lol. I love dark fantasy, though.

      I probably should’ve worded it better, though. Like who doesn’t read book three of a trilogy they love? I’m certain I’m guilty of stopping at book two if I felt lukewarm about a trilogy and just wasn’t interested in picking up the third book. xD

    • OMG YOU REALLY DO! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? I actually just started Darkdawn. So I haven’t finished it yet. But OMFG. I can’t. I just … so many emotions … I don’t even know anymore.

  2. lelandandbecky

    Happy Friday! My first line is from “Sara’s Gift (Small-Town Christmas Wishes Series Book 4) by Kimberly Rose Johnson:

    “I have no idea who or what should get Charity’s fifteen hundred dollars.”

  3. Happy Friday! I’m sharing from two Carrie Anne Noble books on my blog this week. Here is the second line from The Gold-Son:

    “The forest was a forbidden place, spoken of only in warnings and whispers.”

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