First Lines Friday #510, February 19th

First Lines Friday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie of Precision Reviews. We encourage all of our fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.

-Grab your current read(s)
-Share the first line(s)
-Include the title and author so that other FLF participants can add the book to their TBR Lists!

"Simon stood and stared numbly at the front door of his house. He'd never known another home. This was the place his parents had brought him home to when he was born. He had grown up within the walls of the Brooklyn row house. He'd played on the street under the leafy shade of the trees in the summer, and had made improvised sleds out of garbage can lids in the winter. In this house his whole family had sat shivah after his father had died. Here he had kissed Clary for the first time." -City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare

Well, that's pretty sad. I know it's going to work out, but boy does Simon go through the wringer in this series! Must read more! What about you guys? Happy reading!