First Line Friday Week: 18

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I first saw this hosted by Reading is My Superpower. You just grab a book, either one you are currently reading or on your TBR and write out the first lines. Just a fun way to get people interested in what you are reading.

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•First Lines•

One

“It all began the morning I woke up to my name trending online.
“Trending,” in this scenario, was not a good thing.

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•Book•

•Synopsis•

Meg Cabot meets a unique spin on Uptown Girls in the latest from the author of That Wasn’t in the Script, exploring the bonds of girlhood and the love we uncover along the way.

Eighteen-year-old Nora Esposito is too much, and somehow, never enough. The daughter of two celebrity chefs who can’t seem to find an identity outside of their success (or the trauma of their divorce), spoiled Nora is floundering in life.
In the wake of a social media scandal that upends her future, Nora’s mother cuts her off and offers her an ultimatum: Grow up and get a job or move out.

When her stepmother offers her the role of live-in nanny to her seven-year-old half-sister in New York City, Nora sees it as her ticket to freedom. But Frankie isn’t the child she remembers. She’s brilliant, guarded, and quietly miserable, and the more time Nora spends with her, the more she starts seeing parts of herself in Frankie that hit far too close to home.

Between navigating the city and making connections she never expected, including a budding clandestine relationship with a handsome neighbor, Nora forms a bond with Frankie, all while uncovering truths that could change their family forever. Along the way, they might just learn to embrace who they are and how much more they can be.

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What book grabbed your attention from the beginning?

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