Book Beginnings on Friday is now hosted by Rose City Reader. The Friday 56 is hosted at Freda's Voice. Check out the links above for the rules and for the posts of the participants each week. Don’t dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.
This week I am spotlighting Blood Bound by Keshia Swaim. I got this review book from Spencer Hill Press sometime after July 29. It was sent to my summer home and I didn't get back there to pick it up until mid-October. Here is the description from Amazon:
Starting college a year early is hard. Starting fae college and learning to protect the world from the Unseelie is harder. Brielle Reed has always been an over-achiever, but this time she may have bitten off more than she can chew. Between her crash course in fae politics, struggles to control her new mind-reading ability, training sessions with the demanding Dr. Schwartz, and discoveries about the father who is still a mystery to her, Brielle finds herself longing for a chance at a normal life. But she may not get that chance. Or chance at a life at all, for that matter.Beginning:
Welcome to Central Seelie U., known to humans as Central State. My legs were already burning from the five trips up the stairs to my fourth-floor dorm room, Mom was still wiping at her eyes, and the new room felt like the air conditioner was broken.Friday 56:
"I'm worried about my mom," I shot back. "What's wrong with that?"
Stacie jabbed her finger at a grainy picture of one of the victims. "That is my mom." Ripping the paper from my hands, she stormed out into the hall, leaving me feeling like the worst person in the world.
Although I don't usually read this genre, I love the book's beginning. Sounds like things are not going smoothly! Your Friday56 choice grabbed me too.
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Very intriguing, both snippets!
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