Book Beginnings + Friday 56: Windward Shore (The Dancing Realms #3) by Sharon Hinck

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.

This week I'm featuring Windward Shore (The Dancing Realms #3) by Sharon Hinck. This has been such a beautiful series and this was a perfect conclusion for it. Loved it!

About the Book

The island world of Meriel faces an old adversary and a new danger. Will the reformed Order die before it has a chance to blossom?

Storm clouds loom on the horizon as Carya and Brantley struggle to overcome wounds of the past and build a future together. The fragile new Order is on shaky ground, with too few dancers and sparse resources. Then trouble erupts—and now an insidious rebellion and a new foe threaten their entire world.

When she uncovers an old enemy behind all the destruction, Carya realizes the past is not done with her. With conflict tearing apart the dancers and villages, rimmers are soon overrun, and Carya must unite her people by leading the battle to protect the very heart of her world … or lose it all.

Book Beginnings

Where could he be? I squinted toward the horizon, where stormy sky met turbulent sea.

Friday 56

Black water lapped lightly over the tangleroot and onto the stony shore. Straining my eyes to make out any ripples in the stretch of water between the islands, I shivered. The sea held too much mystery already. In the darkness, my imagination conjured all sorts of monsters that might lurk in the depths.

What have you been reading lately?