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Introduction to the main characters is great but I feel I'm sitting at a four-way stop sign. ...
Snagged by the prolog and then captivated by the characters introduced in the first two chapter,...
What I love about the first chapter is how beautifully written it is - lyrical but you don't get...
Immediately drawn to the characters in the early chapters of this story. It is a fresh...
Love how chapter one is steady and stable, introducing Eliza and her sweet life and chapter two...
What I loved from the moment I started reading was the mystery woven between the lines in every...
Wow - could not stop reading the sample chapters. The separateness of this family is intriguing....
What perfect timing! As we all mumble and grumble at the restrictions the past two years have...
Very tightly written and intriguing from the start. Immediate empathy for the main character...
By the end of the sample chapters I am seeing some hope, but the first section literally breaks...
The sample chapters were certainly inviting. Though nothing monumental happened in either chapter...
Just reading this sample had me on the edge. The tension is palpable. Pia - my heart already...
A symphony begins in these first few pages of this novel. The writing is not only beautiful but...
I love the writing - so real without being slangy or vulgar which usually happens in young adult...
I am immediately captivated by this topic and the writing style. It took just a few paragraphs...
Immediately in this first excerpt I felt the tension surrounding the main character and felt...
What struck me about the first preview of this book is the way Hess has developed the characters....
Beautiful writing misleads you into believing this will be a gentle, sweet story. But the...
Just reading this small section has my heart aching for Cilka. The writing is spare but creates...
This starts out interesting but ordinary. You are intrigued by the early development of the story...
The description was gripping in itself - intriguing subject matter and suspenseful. Reading the...
Wow - what a great start. The introduction of characters is vivid and revealing, right down to...
Wow - the words keep saying "ordinary family" but the tension between the lines screams...
What a beautifully written start - I feel like I've gotten to know every character in just the...
You can't get past paragraph 2 and not want to dig into the rest of this story. From the first...
Read the first chapter of this graceful book and you will have walked into a room full of...
What a great opening chapter - grabs you in a kind of sneaky way. You can get through the first...
Talk about grabbing you on page one and not letting go - Hitchcock has mastered the mix of high...
Joey is struck with a heart stopping fascination for the older gentleman and at the same time I,...
I love the flavor of this introduction! I'm laughing but at the same time thinking, now here's...
The excerpt is the Prologue. The description of the book is what pulled me in and then reading...
I'm so pulling for Darius from the first few pages. He's every "doesn't quite fit in" kid you've...
Wow! Talk about a great beginning. In just nine pages I find myself breathless and full of...
I love Emily Giffin's characters because hey are so real and recognizable. In this sample read...
The layers of mystery in just the first two chapters is intoxicating. I knew from this line in...
I love the opening of this read and the way it quickly builds and you realize things are going to...
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