Friday 56 and Book Beginnings: Frostblood (Frostblood Saga #1) by Elly Blake

This is a weekly meme hosted by Freda's Voice

These are the rules:

1. Grab a book, any book.

2. Turn to page 56, or 56% on your eReader.

3. Find any sentence (or a few, just don't spoil it) that grabs you.

4. Post it.

5. Add the URL to your post in the link on Freda's most recent Friday 56 post.

Please join us over at RoseCityReader every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name.

Got this from NetGalley, I'm about 20% into it. Pretty good so far.

Synopsis:

     Seventeen-year-old Ruby is a Fireblood who must hide her powers of heat and flame from the cruel Frostblood ruling class that wants to destroy all that are left of her kind. So when her mother is killed for protecting her and rebel Frostbloods demand her help to kill their rampaging king, she agrees. But Ruby's powers are unpredictable, and she's not sure she's willing to let the rebels and an infuriating (yet irresistible) young man called Arcus use her as their weapon.

     All she wants is revenge, but before they can take action, Ruby is captured and forced to take part in the king's tournaments that pit Fireblood prisoners against Frostblood champions. Now she has only one chance to destroy the maniacal ruler who has taken everything from her and from the icy young man she has come to love.

Book Beginning:

I offered my hand to the fire. 

 Sparks leaped from the hearth and settled onto my fingers, heat drawn to heat, and glittered like molten gems against my skin.With my free hand, I pulled a bucket of melting snow closer and edged forward on my knees, ready to douse myself if the sparks flared into something much larger.

Thoughts:

The opening is interesting enough, but it was what happens at the end of the first chapter that kept me reading.

My 56:

"Is there a problem, Fireling?" the king asked, his eyes narrowing to dark points, his lips twitching. "You look..... a little cold."

Thoughts:

I didn't really read much surrounding this sentence, and I haven't actually met the king while reading this book yet, but I already don't like him.