First Lines Friday #458, February 21st

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!

"I was eight years old when my bother tried to kill me. One night, whenw e stopped outside Topeka, she held my head under the water of our motel room bathtub. I remember how warm her hands felt on the back of my neck and how the water chilled my skin. I'd heard nothing except the beating of my own heart. I don't remember feeling afraid. Id on't remember feeling anything." -Dreaming Darkly by Caitlin Kittredge

Well, that's dark! I have to read more! What about you guys? Happy reading!