Friday 56 || Smugglers and Forbidden Magic

Posted March 13, 2020 by Sammie in #amreading, Book Beginnings, chat with me, First Line Friday, Friday 56 / 18 Comments

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

Book Beginnings is hosted by Rose City Reader 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.

First Lines (Prologue)



It didn’t take a seer to know what was coming, but Beata warned her sisters all the same. The fires of the Spanish Inquisition were coming for them, and all their kind:

Mages. Wielders of magic.


First Lines (Chapter 1)



He knew he was dying. And it was all his fault. Even now, he reached for excuses instead of a way to break his fall.


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56% Snippet



“How did you know that would work?” I whispered into his neck.

“I didn’t,” he replied. In that moment I knew he was nuts.


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Book Reveal



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A Smuggler's Path

In Canto, magic is a commodity, outlawed by the elites after losing a devastating war and brokered by smugglers on the hidden market. But some know it’s more—a weapon for change.

Inez Garza moves through two worlds. She’s a member of the noble class who works as a magical arms dealer—a fact either group would gladly use against her. Neither know her true purpose—funding Birthright, an underground group determined to return magic to all at any cost.

But the discovery of a powerful relic from before the Rending threatens her delicate balance.

Inez’s inherent magic, which lies dormant in all the Canti, has been awakened. Now the Duchess’s daughter, radical and smuggler must assume another forbidden title—mage, a capital crime. This will bring her to the attention of factions at home—fanatical rebels bent on revolution, a royal family determined to avoid another magical war, her mercenary colleagues at the hidden market willing to sell her abilities to the highest bidder—and in Mythos, victors of the war and architects of the Rending.

Evasion has become Inez’s specialty, but even she isn’t skilled enough to hide from everyone—and deny the powers drawing her down a new path.



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Reasons to Read



✿ Spanish-inspired fantasy world.
✿ Latina protagonist who doesn’t need a man, thank you.
✿ Lots of strong female characters.
✿ Forbidden magic.
✿ Murder mystery and family secrets.
✿ There’s even a cute doggo!
✿ And it talks.

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