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.
The monster slouched down by the iron bars of Kihrin’s jail cell. She set a small, plain stone down on the ground between them and pushed it forward.
And if I wasn’t naked, I amended.
And shackled.
“So? I tried to get someone killed a couple years ago. Unlike you, I just sucked at it. And I would have gleefully killed Darzin if I thought I could get away with it. And I’ve done worse. People I love are dead because of me.” I closed my eyes and choked back on a full confession.
“oh goddess. Shut up.”
I opened my eyes again.
Tyentso glared at me. “This is’t a fucking contest, you ass. I’m not going to drag out my sins to see who’s graded higher on the awful-person test.”
Kihrin is a bastard orphan who grew up on storybook tales of long-lost princes and grand quests. When he is claimed against his will as the long-lost son of a treasonous prince, Kihrin finds that being a long-lost prince isn’t what the storybooks promised.
Far from living the dream, Kihrin finds himself practically a prisoner, at the mercy of his new family’s power plays and ambitions. He also discovers that the storybooks have lied about a lot of other things too: dragons, demons, gods, prophecies, true love, and how the hero always wins.
Then again, maybe he’s not the hero, for Kihrin is not destined to save the empire.
He’s destined to destroy it.
✿ It’s got dragons right there in the series name. Duh.
✿ AND a dragon on the cover. What more do you need?!
✿ Brutally and gloriously dark world.
✿ Filled to the brim with sarcastic characters and dark humor.
✿ Is written with an irreverent tone of a storyteller telling a story.
✿ Vast world full of demons and magic and injustice.
✿ Have you read that summary?! I rest my case.
This is a weekly meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook meant to take place on Mondays, but since Fridays tend to be my TBR-focused post, I’ve decided to combine them here. Next Monday’s prompt is: disabled MC.
I’m going to confess that I don’t actively seek out books with disabled characters. I love books that include them, and I’ll gladly read any books that fit that description, but it’s not something I’m specifically searching for. So these are books I want to read who happen to have a disabled MC, but not books I want to read because they have a disabled MC, if that makes sense?
I’ve heard such good things about Song for a Whale, and it’s been recommended several times. The protagonist is deaf, and I’m really curious about how the relationship between her and the whale plays out because of this. I predict I’m going to sob like a baby at some point during this story, but sometimes that’s the price you pay.
I actually got Monstress for Christmas last year and I have absolutely no excuse as to why I haven’t read it yet? I just suck, I guess. The protagonist happens to be missing an arm in this, but from what I’ve heard, that doesn’t exactly slow her down or prevent her from kicking some serious butt.
I feel like such a horrible person because I still haven’t read The Boy Who Steals Houses, which is #OwnVoices autistic, even though I totally preordered it and absolutely love C.G. Drews’ writing style and want to read all her work forever, until my TBR consumes me out of spite. Unfortunately, I also know this will absolutely crumble my feels into little cheese toppings, and I haven’t entirely been in the mood for that yet this year.
Mooncakes is another one that’s been recommended more times than I can count, and I believe Nova is hard of hearing. This just sounds like a super cute story, honestly, and I’m interested to see how her hearing (or lack thereof) impacts her, especially in what sounds like a rather dangerous world, possibly.
Okay, the theme today is clearly Sammie is really bad at reading recommended books but a professional at adding them to her TBR, because All the Light We Cannot See is yet another that came so highly recommended. The protagonist here is blind, and it’s set during World War II, which is a time period that I never tire of reading, for whatever reason.
I never would have guessed your book for First Line Friday, the tone of the characters sounds a little on the young side and honestly I was expecting YA or MG! Now I’m very excited to try Ruins of Kings😁
Tammy @ Books, Bones & Buffy recently posted…THE BOND by Robin Kirk – Review
Scary cover and snippets. Thanks for sharing, and here’s mine: “LITTLE DISASTERS”
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So the book has some humor in it? I sort of snorted at the first line..the naked bit. My book LEAVING TIME
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It totally does, which is one of the things I like best about it! That was my initial reaction, too. I could just easily hear the voice in my head, all sarcastic and such. xD That tone follows through the books, with similar lines dropped at just the right time to make you snort, even if the book is kind of dark.
Enjoy your current read! 🙂
Breana M. recently posted…The Friday 56 (184) & Book Beginnings: The Case Study of Vanitas volume 2 by Jun Mochizuki
Sounds epic!! Love the cover too! Happy weekend!
It definitely was! And the covers just keep getting more stunning as the series goes on. I can’t wait to see book four.
I’m currently reading Tomorrow’s Shining Dream by Naomi Rawlings.
“Daniel shifted in his saddle, causing a drop of sweat to roll down his back.”
I hope you have a great weekend. 🙂❤📚
Nicole Santana recently posted…First-Line Friday #150
Had me hooked from the fact the monster was a she. Love the dark humor. TBR now officially weeping.
Roberta recently posted…#BookBeginnings Among the Shadows by Bruce Robert Coffin
Mission accomplished! I deserve a cookie now. Actually, there are a lot of female monsters in this series, both literally and figuratively. The dark humor just keeps getting better as the series goes on, too!
Dragons – always yay? LOL Our hometown mascot is the Dragon 🙂 I remember seeing Mooncakes mentioned ages ago but I still haven’t read it. Thanks for sharing and enjoy your week.
Becki recently posted…Five Things for Friday / #Friday56 / Book Beginnings on Fridays
That is the greatest mascot EVER. I wish ours was. But it’s not. Where I grew up, it was a panther, and now where I live, it’s technically a “wildcat.” Not the worst thing ever, but definitely not as cool as a dragon.
I really want to try Mooncakes and The Boy Who Steals Houses as well. Thanks for sharing!
I’m sure TBWSH is going to be great! C.G. Drews is a fantastic author. 😀