Book Beginning | Friday 56 | Friday 50/50 | Blogger Hop | The Sisters Grimm by Menna van Praag || Character Most/Least Likely to Change the World

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.

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.

Synopsis:

   Once upon a time, a demon who desired earthly domination fathered an army of dark daughters to help him corrupt humanity . . .

   As children, Goldie, Liyana, Scarlet, and Bea dreamed of a strange otherworld: a nightscape of mists and fog, perpetually falling leaves and hungry ivy, lit by an unwavering moon. Here, in this shadowland of Everwhere, the four girls, half-sisters connected by blood and magic, began to nurture their elemental powers together. But at thirteen, the sisters were ripped from Everwhere and separated. Now, five years later, they search for one another and yearn to rediscover their unique and supernatural strengths. Goldie (earth) manipulates plants and gives life. Liyana (water) controls rivers and rain. Scarlet (fire) has electricity at her fingertips. Bea (air) can fly.

   To realize their full potential, the blood sisters must return to the land of their childhood dreams. But Everwhere can only be accessed through certain gates at 3:33 A.M. on the night of a new moon. As Goldie, Liyana, Scarlet, and Bea are beset with the challenges of their earthly lives, they must prepare for a battle that lies ahead. On their eighteenth birthday, they will be subjected to a gladiatorial fight with their father’s soldiers. If they survive, they will face their father who will let them live only if they turn dark. Which would be fair, if only the sisters knew what was coming.

   So, they have thirty-three days to discover who they truly are and what they can truly do, before they must fight to save themselves and those they love.

Book Beginning:

All souls are special. Son or daughter, Grimm or not, Life touches her spirit to every one of her creations.

Friday 56:

At last, Liyana has a lead.

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50/50 Friday is a new weekly link-up hosted by Carrie @ The Butterfly Reader and Laura @ Blue Eye Books.  Every week they have a new topic featuring two sides of the same coin - you share a book that suits each category and link up on the hosts' blogs.

This week's topic is  Character Most/Least Likely to Change the World, I had to think on this one a bit. 

Most Likely

Morrigan Crow, from Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
She was quickly a favorite protagonist of this Middle-grade series. She is just fantastic and I can't wait for book three. I have no idea how many books are going to be in this series. I hope more than three.

Least Likely

Mahyanai Romeo and Juliet Catresou from Bright Smoke, Cold Fire by Rosamund Hodge
I'm going with two here because they are just the worst, and I can't pick just one.
They are just really insufferable characters. I didn't finish the book, made it just under halfway. I got fed up with their whining. Among my most hated characters.

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    A: No, I don't. I don't want to disturb someone while they are reading.