I did a post with opening lines before, and I'm doing it again because I just think it's really interesting to look at the opening lines of books! I don't know about you all, but I tend to just kind of gloss over the first line, in a way, and immediately forget it by the time I'm a few sentences deep. I don't really stop to pay attention to just the opening line specifically when I'm starting...
Asagi is a slave, just sold to a new master, when they meet a young boy named Tsukito with whom they form a familial, protective bond. But soon after, Asagi is sold again, into a better life, but the price they pay, both in becoming a blood-drinking youkai and leaving behind Tsukito, is a high one for them to...
Patrick is working another case, but things are escalating on every front for he and Jono and their pack. Between secrets being revealed, Patrick being accused of murder, the Dominion Sect, and more demon possessions, the two men have a lot to deal...
Jasper has trained his whole life to be a hunter, but when he's assigned to pretend to befriend a werespider, Crimson, in order to take him down, he realizes not all demons are monsters. The two become genuine friends, maybe more, but they have a lot of enemies, including the hunters who aren't letting them go that...
I feel like I kind of neglect science fiction books on this blog, but I do read sci-fi books sometimes! So I thought it would be fun to take ten different types of sci-fi worlds I'm familiar with and rank them based entirely on my own personal opinion about how much I'd want to live in them. Then you can tell me how wrong I am in the comments and how you would rank these instead...
Dorian (vampire) and Cash (human) are friends, roommates, and partners for hunting gigs, and they've just gotten a new case about murderous weredeer to take care of. But their feelings for each other, and Dorian's insistence on them not making their relationship a romantic one, are complicating...
Arthur now has a dangerous relic in his possession, but he and his paranormal friends still haven't figured out how to destroy it, so they and Rory follow a lead to Europe. All the while, Arthur and Rory grow closer, Rory starts trusting Arthur more, and they realize both of them are just as serious about their relationship as the...
It's 2065, and when beta versions of the AI in people's heads start turning hostile and people with them start dying and disappearing, Reed will have to decide what to do with his, who seems to have developed feelings for him. In the meantime, he meets his dream guy and starts embracing the Art Deco counterculture he's always...
Arthur just wants some quality time with Rory, but Rory is still struggling to control his newfound wind powers, and the bad guys are up to something. When another relic falls into the wrong hands, Arthur, psychometric Rory, and their paranormal friends will have to stop it from being...
*Announcer voice blasts out over the speakers*: And now... it's time for the main event! The cream of the crop! The cherry on top! The one, the only, the top ten books of the year post! RAAAAAAHHHHHHHH (Just humor me and imagine crowd sounds here.) Well that was fun! Maybe I should intro all my blog posts with an announcer... Anyway, this has been a weird year. Perhaps that explains why it was...
