Book Beginnings, First Line Friday, & Friday 56: Behind Closed Doors (The Worlds Behind Book 2) W.R. Gingell

Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you're reading. Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice and asks you to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your ereader and share a non-spoilery sentence or two. I'm also linking up with Carrie at Reading is My Superpower for First Line Friday.

This week I'm featuring Behind Closed Doors (The Worlds Behind Book 2) W.R. Gingell. This is a super fun and twisty sequel. I'm loving this series!

About the Book

When is a curse not a curse? How does a house become a prison? Why is a reformed murderer the only hope for a far-too-easily injured boy?

Athelas has always been opposed to having a small, possibly-cursed Australian boy in the kitchen. When that small boy disappears, however, and Athelas’ housekeeper Camellia strongly encourages him to do something about it, he finds himself wavering.

YeoWoo wants nothing to do with the disappearing Harrow, cursed or otherwise. Caught up with her own investigation and preparations for revenge, she would prefer her housemates to remain unseen and unheard. Entirely absent is even better.

But Athelas and YeoWoo have something in common: they both tread warily when it comes to their housekeeper, who runs the house with a tea-scented, magic-laced rod of iron. Camellia holds the key to Athelas’ pretensions of reformation being accepted—and blames him for Harrow’s disappearance. And she is determined to save Harrow, no matter what it takes.

Life as a reformed murderer would be so much easier if the process didn’t include so much…reformation.

Book Beginnings / First Line Friday

There was no one in the house when YeoWoo returned that morning. That was a vast improvement over yesterday when the entirety of the two-storey house had somehow been filled with the curious combination of a small, crushed human boy, a very angry housekeeper who smiled through her anger in a worrisome way, and a very nearly dead and far too twisty fae.

Friday 56

Given the nature of his more delicate work, Athelas sighed faintly and set his teacup down precisely on the table beside him at the buzz of the phone, catching Camellia's eye from across the room as he pulled it out of his pocket.

What have you been reading lately?