Book Beginning | Friday 56 | Blogger Hop | The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air #2) by Holly Black

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:

    You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.

The first lesson is to make yourself that strong.

    Jude has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were biddable. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her, even as his fascination with her remains undiminished.

    When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a faerie world.

Book Beginning:

Jude lifted the heavy practice sword, moving into the stance --

readiness.

Friday 56:

From the shattered remains of the door, the Ghost looks in from where he stands with the High King's personal Guard. He catches my eye.

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Q: Do you read paranormal romances? If so, what is your favorite thing about the genre? 

A: I haven't in a while, but one of my favorites is Ice Massacre (Mermaids of Eriana Kwai #1) by Tiana Warner