Sentence Sneak Peek - Legend

Legend by Marie Lu

The first sentence from each chapter of Legend, it's a mini summary of what you can expect to read.

* All first sentences are from an ARC I read via Around The World ARC Tours
* Book will be released on November 29, 2011
* Spoilers are highlighted like this :)

“MY MOTHER THINKS I’M DEAD.”

“I’M SITTING IN MY DEAN SECRETARY’S OFFICE.”

“WHEN I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD, MY FATHER CAME home from the warfront for a week’s leave.”

“I STILL REMEMBER THE DAY THAT MY BROTHER MISSED HIS induction ceremony into the Republic military.”

“I’M DREAMING THAT I’M HOME AGAIN.”

“I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S BECAUSE COMMANDER JAMESON has taken pity on me, or if she really does feel the loss of Metias, one of her most valued soldiers, but she helps me arrange his funeral—even though she’s never done that for one of her soldiers before.”

“IT’S GODDY HOT EVEN THIS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.”

“THE LIGHTS IN BATALLA HALL ARE COLD AND FLUORESCENT.”

“EAT SOMETHING, YEAH?”

“I SHOULD BE THE ONE GOING OUT THERE.”

“THE RULES FOR WATCHING—AND BETTING ON—a Skiz fight are simple enough.”

“I’M NOT WORRIED ABOUT LOSING THE FIGHT.”

“SHE WON’T TELL ME HER NAME.”

“I WAKE UP AT DAWN.”

“I ALMOST KISSED THE GIRL LAST NIGHT.”

“The boy and I sit together in the back of another alley while Tess sleeps a short distance away.”

“WHEN THE GIRL HAS FINALLY FALLEN ASLEEP, I LEAVE her with Tess and head off to visit my family again.”

“DAY MUST HAVE THOUGHT I’D FALLEN ASLEEP.”

“DURING THE FEW HOURS OF SLEEP I MANAGE TO GET before dawn, I dream of home.”

“I DON’T HAVE TO SAY MUCH MORE TO CONVINCE DAY TO move.”

“USUALLY I’M GRATEFUL FOR THE CROWDS ON THE streets of Lake.”

“THE WOMAN THOMAS SHOOTS HASN’T EVEN CRUMPLED TO the ground yet when I see the boy launch himself from the rooftop.”

“THE WORLD’S A BLUR.”

“THAT EVENING, I FORCE MYSELF INTO A DRESS TO ATTEND an impromptu ball with Thomas on my arm.”

“GET ON YOUR FEET.”

“I HARDLY RECOGNIZE DAY, EVEN THOUGH IT’S ONLY BEEN seven hours since the sentencing.”

“I HAVE NIGHTMARES AGAIN.”

“WHEN I WAS YOUNG, METIAS WAS SOMETIMES CALLED away to deal with minor rebellions, and afterward he’d tell me about them.”

“WE RIDE UP SEVERAL FLOORS UNTIL I HEAR THE elevator’s chains come to a scraping halt.”

“THAT NIGHT, THOMAS SPENDS HALF AN HOUR STANDING outside my door, trying out a dozen different kinds of apologies.”

“WHEN JUNE VISITS ME AGAIN THE NEXT MORNING, even she looks shocked—if just for a second—at my figure, slumped against one wall of my cell.”

“I CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT DAY.”

“I TRY TO BREAK OUT OF MY PRISON TONIGHT.”

“I LEARNED AT DRAKE THAT THE BEST WAY TO TRAVEL UNSEEN at night is by rooftop.”

“TWO NIGHTS BEFORE MY EXECUTION DATE, I HAVE a slew of dreams while trying to sleep against my cell’s wall.”

“DAY WILL BE EXECUTED TOMORROW EVENING.”

“MY NEW EXECUTION TIME COMES WITHOUT ANY fanfare but the occasional crack of thunder coming from outside the building.”

“MY FIRST INSTINCT IS TO ATTACK THOMAS.”

“A CRACK OF LIGHTNING, AN EXPLOSION OF THUNDER, the sound of pounding rain.”

“HURRICANE EVONIA HAS FINALLY STARTED TO CALM DOWN, but the rain, heavy and cold, continues to fall in sheets.”