12 Breathtaking First Lines in YA
“The demon exploded in a shower of ichor and guts.”
– CLOCKWORK ANGEL by Cassandra Clare
“On the day Emma Carstairs’s parents were killed, the weather was perfect.”
– CITY OF HEAVENLY FIRE by Cassandra Clare
“On the second Sabbat of Twelfthmoon, in the city of Weep, a girl fell from the sky.”
– STRANGE THE DREAMER by Laini Taylor
“Asha lured the dragon with a story.”
– THE LAST NAMSARA by Kristen Ciccarelli
“My mother was raised on fairy tales, but I was raised on highways.”
– THE HAZEL WOOD by Melissa Albert
“I have a heart for every year I’ve been alive.”
– TO KILL A KINGDOM by Alexandra Christo
“You can hear a miracle a long way after dark.”
– ALL THE CROOKED SAINTS by Maggie Stiefvater
“Everyone believed Diabolics were fearless, but in my earliest years, all I knew was fear.”
– THE DIABOLIC by S.J. Kincaid
“Depending on who—sorry, whom—you ask, I may have killed my three best friends.”
– GOODBYE DAYS by Jeff Zentner
“This is how I kill someone.”
– THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES by Mindy McGinnis
“I don’t wake up screaming anymore.”
– RESTORE ME by Tahereh Mafi
“Hushflowers always bloomed when the night was longest.”
– CARVE THE MARK by Veronica Roth
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