Happy Friday! Today I am participating in First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books, AND First Lines Friday, hosted by Wandering Words!
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
- Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
- Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
- Finally… reveal the book!
“She was only one girl, after all, in a world full of them.”
Anyone have any guesses on what book this is? I’ll give you a few clues…
Last chance to guess!
Today’s book is…
The Excalibur Curse by Kiersten White Series: Camelot Rising #3
Also in this series: The Guinevere Deception, The Camelot Betrayal
Published on December 7, 2021 by Delacorte Press
Genres: Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Mythology, Queer, Retellings, Romance, YA
Pages: 368
Format: eARC
Source: NetGalley
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The gripping conclusion to the acclaimed Arthurian fantasy trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White finds Guinevere questioning everything—friends and enemies, good and evil, and, most of all, herself.
While journeying north toward the Dark Queen, Guinevere falls into the hands of her enemies. Behind her are Lancelot, trapped on the other side of the magical barrier they created to protect Camelot, and Arthur, who has been led away from his kingdom, chasing after false promises. But the greatest danger isn’t what lies ahead of Guinevere—it’s what’s been buried inside her.
Vowing to unravel the truth of her past with or without Merlin’s help, Guinevere joins forces with the sorceress Morgana and her son, Mordred—and faces the confusing, forbidden feelings she still harbors for him. When Guinevere makes an agonizing discovery about who she is and how she came to be, she finds herself with an impossible choice: fix a terrible crime, or help prevent war.
Guinevere is determined to set things right, whatever the cost. To defeat a rising evil. To remake a kingdom. To undo the mistakes of the past...even if it means destroying herself.
Guinevere has been a changeling, a witch, a queen—but what does it mean to be just a girl?
“She was only one girl, after all, in a world full of them.”
Okay, technically this is the third sentence, because the first two both say Guinevere’s name and that felt like too much of a giveaway. So! I finished The Excalibur Curse last night and I’m just sitting here like 🤯 🤯 🤯. Because I was right about so many things, but also I was wrong about so many things??!? And the book doesn’t publish until December, so there’s no one to commiserate with me right now about how mind blowing that ending was!!!!
Have you read these books before? What did you think of them? If not, what have you been reading lately?
Do you participate in either of these memes? Let me know if you do and link your posts in the comments so I can visit! And don’t forget to have a splendiferous week!
I’m reading Before I Called You Mine by Nicole Deese. It’s absolutely amazing. Here’s a line from the chapter I’m currently on: “in the eighth grade I went on my first-ever real camping trip to the mountains with a group from my school.”
Hope you have a wonderful weekend! 🙂❤📚
Ooooo what and intriguing third line! I’ll definitely have to check this series out 🙂
August 1870
Independence, Missouri
“When a man grows up in wild country, huntin’ food, eyes wide open for trouble, he knows when he’s being watched.
From A Man With A Past by Mary Connealy