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- First Lines Fridays - January 22nd 2021 -

Hey Bookworms
First Lines Fridays is my weekly feature for all you bookworms out there in need a little inspiration.
I have been posting these over on Instagram for a while but decided to further my reach.
Each Friday I will attempt to hook you in by posting the first handful of lines of a book that I recommend for you all to read, this way I can allow the story to grab you with the magic of its opening lines rather then an eye grabbing cover or a catchy blurb adorning the back.
Then I will reveal the book and include purchase links at the end.
The first lines of this week's chosen book are. . .
19 ๐๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐บ 2021
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ-๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ.
๐'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ - ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฑ.
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ.
'๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฐ๐ฌ?'
๐๐ช๐ฎ'๐ด ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ'๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ. ๐'๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฉ๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ - ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ - ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ.
๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ท๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐, ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ป๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ด - ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ.
๐๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด.
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ต. ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข, ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ต, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
๐ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐น๐ฆ๐ด: ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ; ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ; ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ญ๐ถ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ - ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ.
๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ง๐ญ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฆ?
๐ ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ, ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ด.
๐๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ.
And the book is . . . .
The Dark by Emma Haughton

Happy F R I D A Y bookfam,
How eerie is this proof copy of what is set to be a truly thrilling read!
How much does that first page capture you?
It gives you a sneak peak as to the vibe of the story and pretty much warns you to expect more.
One dead, Twelve suspects and total darkness whilst surrounded in the freezing Antarctic.
Set to be the most electrifying debut for 2021, you will not want to miss out on this read!
And how gorgeously dark and sinister is my proof copy!!
I had such a great time at the HodderFiction 2021 Showcase last night and after hearing the author speak about this one I just knew it had to be my First Lines Friday pick.
I was so lucky to get sent a copy of this one by the lovely team at Hodder within my goodie box that was sent ahead in time for the event, alongside The Stranding by Kate Sawyer and some yummy popcorn.
Publication date is 5th August 2021 (preorder below)
Heres the synopsis โ โ โ

How fantastically chilling does this story sound?
Thank you so much @Hodder&Stoughton for this advanced copy.
What do you think?
Does this sound like a book you would love to read?
Let me know in the comments below โ
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