Thursday, May 21, 2015

Swoon Thursday (#121): Last Year's Mistake by Gina Ciocca

Swoon Thursday is a hot meme hosted by the fabulous ladies at YA Bound!


- From the book you’re currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON. What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering

- Try to make the swoon excerpt 140 characters (or less), if you are going to tweet about it. Use the hashtag #YABOUND when tweeting


This week, my swoon is Last Year's Mistake by Gina Ciocca!


My palm dug into his cheek and I stood on my toes, smashing my lips against his.

He didn't respond, but he didn't try to pull back. I wound my arms around him and stood higher on my toes, refusing to let him breathe until he kissed me back.

When he finally did, sparks shots through my entire body. His lips parted, and I tasted the rain, the mint of his ChapStick, that other something so specifically David, all mingling with the faint trace of alcohol on his tongue. One of his hands gripped my waist and the other pressed into the small of my back. I barely felt my feet leave the ground when he placed me on the good of my car, pressing my body between his torso and the cold, wet metal, his lips never leaving mine,

My legs wrapped around him. My hands slipped beneath his soaked T-shirt, slid up his smooth back. I couldn't get close enough. 

- ARC, pages 244-245



That swoon was a long time coming! :D

17 comments:

  1. That is a great pick!! Love the cover and that teaser is very tempting. I would really want to read this and I am not much into YA anymore.

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    1. I agree! The original cover (before the publisher changed it to this one) was stunning and totally matched THIS VERY SCENE. Too bad they changed it -_- But I like this one too!

      Perhaps you should give it a shot!

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  2. Great swoon. I like the way it kinda matches the cover. Good pick, Alyssa.

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    1. The original matched it even better! With the rain. But it was changed long ago, unfortunately. I liked it more but S&S disagreed!

      Thanks!

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  3. Oh me likes! She does a great job describing the kiss!

    My Swoon

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  4. That's my favorite scene :) Thanks for reading.

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    1. Hi Gina! YAY! Definitely mine too, I couldn't help myself ;D You're very welcome!

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  5. Gorgeous swoon Alyssa. <3 Thank you for sharing about it :D But.. lol. I'm not sure I like the first two parts of it. Hmph. Not all that nice of her ;p

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    1. LOL. It was totally nice of her. Trust me, she was doing him a favor! ;)

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  6. It's a yummy one for sure. Do you mean that it takes a long time in the book before anything swoony happens? Cause that kinda sucks if that's the case.

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    1. Exactly what you said! It took a while for the swoon to arrive, but the chemistry was the slow-burn type, so the buildup was good :D It wasn't too bad! Though I wish there were more chemistry-filled scenes between these two characters for sure :o

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  7. Haha, I feel you with "a long time coming" -- it reads like it, but makes it just all the sweeter! Thanks for sharing! =)

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    1. I know! Plus it's in the rain, everything is more dramatic in the rain ;D

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  8. That is such an awesome swoon... even though it took a while this swoon seems like it may have been worth the wait.. YUM

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    1. The buildup was pretty great! This scene is my favorite in the book ^_^

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