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? If you want to make your own post, feel free to use or edit the banner above, and follow the rules below:

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!

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Hello, reader!

Happy Friday, everyone! And, possibly, happy long weekend if you celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day in your neck of the woods. This is the first time in a loooong time that I actually have all three days off! That’s the life of being a healthcare worker for ya. To kick off a weekend of rest, relaxation, and lots of reading, it’s time for another First Lines Friday. Today’s pick is a novel that explores a culture that isn’t usually visited in historical fiction novels. I’m having an incredible time reading it, so far, and I have to say, the first line definitely pulled me in!

Now, let’s see if the first line will be intriguing enough to pull you in, as well.