
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!

Aloha fellow readers and bloggers and everyone out there! How are YOU? I hope everyone is having an awesome October so far.
Just when I think my kids are over the illnesses they came down with in September something else happens. I guess my daughter is allergic to her antibiotic but she had a late reaction because she was at the end of her treatment and flared up yesterday in hives! Poor kiddo, but she is in a much better mood than I ever was when I had hives for week when I was around 8 or 9 years old. My doctors never figured out what triggered it either! I remember the itching drove me mad and I would cry from the welts. She’s barely bothered by it, except for the ones on her knees and elbows. Anyway I hope it’s out of her system soon because…mommy needs a break! 😩 That’s how the start of my October has been! I hope yours has been way better!
I am very excited seeing all the houses decorate for Halloween though! My son is still afraid of some of the decorations but my daughter loves all of it. Such opposites, but I hope we just all get better so we can enjoy the festivities this month. 🎃
Let’s get to the lines!
“A lace-trimmed wedding invitation sits on my nightstand and I know, beyond the shadow of the doubt, that Mama is not coming back.”
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This cover is gorgeous! I got this book in my LitJoy Crate box so review will come soon to my blog.



Ooh I’ve never heard of this book! The cover is gorgeous though! What’s it about? Besides for the mother dying (I assume) or leaving? 💙 Jen
I’m not sure what it’s about either! lol but here is a short blurb: it’s about a sentient house and the young girl who was very willing to put Burleigh House first (before family, before king and country and even before love) in order to become its caretaker. Vi comes back from exile to find Burleigh run wild and the countryside dying due to its magical kickback. — Sounds fascinating, hope it’s good
That does sound great! I’m keen to add this to my TBR. Hope you enjoy it! 😀
Oh I hope your daughter is doing better Yolanda <333333
I want to say it’s clearing up today but every time I say that, I see more hives. And they are so huge, plus they leave a discoloration like bruising on her skin. It looks horrible, I haven’t had much sleep the past two nights but thank goodness she’s had minimal crying and is in such a good mood. 🙏🏼 Haven’t been in the mood to read or post though. I just hope the hives go away soon!
Oh the poor thing! That sounds so horrible for you all. I truly hope she gets better soon <3333333
I want to officially say her hives are gone today! (I’m just afraid I’ll jinx myself and it’ll flare up again haha) but both kids are much better, now just hoping my cough gets better soon…like TODAY, so hard to sleep