Swoon Thursday (#28): Starling by Fiona Paul

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 from Starling by Fiona Paul!

(Don't worry, I took out this gentleman's name. To be fair.)

"You deserve so much more than you think," he answered.

And then his mouth fell on hers, and it was different from the previous kisses, fierce, full of longing. He tasted her tongue and her lips, his hands ascending the ladder of her ribs until one cradled the base of her head and other buried itself deep in her hair.

He pulled her into his lap and her insides went weak, her body asking for things she'd never wanted before. His mouth trailed hot along the hard ridge of muscle in her neck. Cass exhaled sharply, her fingers crawling beneath his shirt to explore the contours of his chest, to trace the map of scars he had earned in her name.

[Redacted]'s hand dropped to her hip. As his mouth found her lips again, his fingers pushed aside the hem of her skirt until they grazed the bare skin of her leg beneath. She shuddered, her whole body trembling at his touch.

- ARC, page 258

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Read my review of Starling HERE.

(My super early review. Oops?)

I loved this book! Definitely my favorite of the series. So, who made you swoon? :)