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- First Lines Fridays January 8th 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 page 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. . .
- ๐๐ค๐ฌ -
'๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ค๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฃ ๐จ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฉ๐, ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐'๐ข ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐,' ๐๐๐ง๐๐ช๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐จ ๐ข๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐จ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ก๐ฉ.
๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐ก๐ฉ ๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ก๐ค๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐๐ง๐๐ช๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ค ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐ค๐ก๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐จ, ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ค ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ. ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ง๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐'๐ข ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ.
๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง. ๐๐จ๐ฃ'๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ง๐ช๐ฃ๐จ ๐จ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฉ๐?
๐ผ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ช๐ข๐ข๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐จ'๐จ ๐ฟ๐ง๐๐๐ข, ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐.
๐๐'๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ฎ-๐๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐จ๐๐ค. ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ช๐ซ๐๐ฉ-๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐จ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐ก๐ช๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ค๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฉ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฉ. ๐๐'๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข, ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ก๐ค๐ฌ, ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ง๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐๐.
๐๐ค๐ง ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐๐ง๐ง๐ค๐ง. ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ - ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ช๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐.
๐๐๐ง๐๐ช๐จ ๐๐ช๐๐๐จ. '๐'๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐จ, ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ก๐๐ฃ. ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฎ. ๐๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ง๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ.'
๐ ๐จ๐ข๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ. '๐ผ๐ก๐ก ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ. ๐'๐ข ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐'. . . .
And the book is . . . .
The Road Trip by Beth o Leary

Happy F R I D A Y bookfam,
OK so how excited are you for the next book by Beth o Leary?
If you have read The Flatshare and The Switch then you will be with me in saying that im so excited that I gave the tiniest squeal of delight when I opened this stunning arc copy.
So far for me The flat share was my favourite but after reading the blurb and typing out this first page for you all I'm not sure if that will remain the case!
Publication date is April 29th 2021 (preorder below)
Heres the synopsis โ โ โ

Addie and her sister are about to embark on an epic road trip to a friend's wedding in rural Scotland. The playlist is all planned and the snacks are packed.
But, not long after setting off, a car slams into the back of theirs. The driver is none other than Addie's ex, Dylan, who she's avoided since their traumatic break-up two years earlier.
Dylan and his best mate are heading to the wedding too, and they've totalled their car, so Addie has no choice but to offer them a ride.
The car is soon jam-packed full of luggage and secrets, and with four hundred miles ahead of them, Dylan and Addie can't avoid confronting the very messy history of their relationship...
Will they make it to the wedding on time? And, more importantly... is this really the end of the road for Addie and Dylan?
How amazing does this story sound?
Thank you so much @Quercus for this stunning arc 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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PRE ORDER here โ โ โ

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