Every Tuesday fellow blogger Bibliophile By the Sea hosts First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros, where bloggers share the first paragraph of the book they are currently reading or thinking about reading soon.
Believe it or not, this is my first time reading a Wiley Cash novel. I decided I must give him a try ASAP after reading Beth Fish Reads’ fabulous review of this book. I’m looking forward to trying a new Southern author!
This Dark Road to Mercy Plot Summary from Amazon:
After their mother’s unexpected death, twelve-year-old Easter and her six-year-old sister Ruby are adjusting to life in foster care when their errant father, Wade, suddenly appears. Since Wade signed away his legal rights, the only way he can get his daughters back is to steal them away in the night.
Brady Weller, the girls’ court-appointed guardian, begins looking for Wade, and he quickly turns up unsettling information linking Wade to a recent armored car heist, one with a whopping $14.5 million missing. But Brady Weller isn’t the only one hunting the desperate father. Robert Pruitt, a shady and mercurial man nursing a years-old vendetta, is also determined to find Wade and claim his due.
Here’s the first paragraph of Chapter 1:
Easter Quillby
“Wade disappeared on us when I was nine years old, and then he showed up out of nowhere the year I turned twelve. By then I’d spent nearly three years listening to Mom blame him for everything from the lights getting turned off to me and Ruby not having new shoes to wear to school, and by the time he came back I’d already decided that he was the loser she’d always said he was. But it turns out he was much more than that. He was also a thief, and if I’d known what kind of people were looking for him I never would’ve let him take me and my little sister out of Gastonia, North Carolina, in the first place.”
What do you think? Would you keep reading? Stay tuned for my full review…
Great opening. I would keep reading. I hope you enjoy this book.
I haven’t read Wiley Cash yet either, but that opening is enough to convince me!
This one is on my TBR list. Enjoy! My WoW:
http://www.bookclublibrarian.com/2014/02/first-chapter-first-paragraph-51.html
I have been wanting to read this one. Great opening lines. Thanks for sharing.
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I’ve heard such wonderful things about this author and the book. I would definitely keep reading!
This book is on my stacks waiting for me. I loved A Land More Kind Than Home. Happy reading.
No, I haven’t read Wiley Cash either, hope you enjoy the book.
Oh yes, I’d keep reading. I’ve never heard of this author. kelley—the road goes ever ever on
Great intro and I book I do plan to read. enjoy Sarah
Great teaser!
I adore Southern stories, so I know I’d like this one. The opening definitely grabbed me. I want to know who’s narrating and what happens next.
My Tuesday Teaser is from WILD.
I have never read anything by Wiley Cash, but after reading this opening paragrpah, I will definitely seek this book out.
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I like the sound of this one. Lots of intrigue surrounding this guy named Wade. Is he a good guy or bad, a loving father or what? You made me want to read this one.