Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence of the book you’re reading. The Friday 56 – As many of you know Freda over at Freda’s Voice hosted The Friday56 for many years. Since Freda is going to be gone from hosting The Friday 56 for a while, Anne over at My Head Is Full of Books will be hosting this link-up. So grab a book, turn to page 56 or 56% in your e-reader, and share a non-spoiler sentence or two. First Line Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Reading is My Superpower that asks you to share the first sentence of the book you’re reading. Book Blogger Hop asks a question of general interest or discussion hosted by Coffee Addicted Writer
My book for today is Perfect Little Monsters by Cindy R.X. He
Publication Date: May 7, 2024
Someone has murdered the queen bee of Sierton High School… and all the dead girl’s friends are suspects.
Ella Moore was the most popular girl in school…and also the most hated. When she’s murdered at her own party, there are too many suspects to count. And too many people who think she deserved it.
The police’s prime suspect is the new girl, Dawn Foster. Dawn was the last to hand Ella a drink on the night she died. Plus, all of Ella’s friends with a motive for wanting Ella dead are more than willing to throw Dawn under the bus, if it means keeping the heat off themselves.
But Dawn refuses to go down without a fight. She’s determined to clear her name. As she delves deeper into the past, she discovers that Ella and her friends had major enemies, and someone is out for revenge. Dawn must uncover the truth before the police arrest the wrong suspect… and before the next person dies.
First Sentence:
Now
The soft, tuneless whistling drifts over to where she’s hiding, as she crouches in the dark closet, peeking through the slats. She hadn’t known how loud simply breathing was. Surely the person hunting her can hear her panicked, shallow breaths— and her too-loud heartbeat, thumping against her ribs like a frantic trapped bird. To make things worse, it’s so dusty that she’s going to sneeze. She pinches her nose, fights the deadly urge. Sweat trickles down her back, like the faint caress of ghostly fingers.
Page 56
She laughs, her upper lip curling. She knocks back the rest of her rum and Coke. “How do you think she got to have everyone to do what she wanted? Most of us didn’t even like her that much. We were all afraid of her,” she slurs. “Did she have something on you too?” “No, of course not,” Lucy says a little too quickly. Then she smiles again. “But she might have had something on Naomi.”
Today’s Question Is: – How much do you value your book collection? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer)
A: I have worked hard to collect all of the books I have, so I value it very much.
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