Swoon Thursday (#55): The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski

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- 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

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This week, my swoon is from The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski!

PAY ATTENTION, PEOPLE. This is my absolute FAVORITE scene of the entire book.

"But am I your enemy?" Arin crossed the space between them. Softly, he repeated, "Am I?"

She didn't answer. She concentrated on the feel of the table's edge pressing into the small of her back. The table was simple and real, joined wood and nails and right corners. No wobble. No give.

"You're not mine," Arin sad.

And kissed her.

Kestrel's lips parted. This was real, yet not simple at all. He smelled of woodsmoke and sugar. Sweet beneath the burn. He tasted like the honey he'd licked off his fingers minutes before. Her heartbeat skidded, and it was she who leaned greedily into the kiss, she who slid one knee between his legs. This his breath went ragged and the kiss grew dark and deep. He lifted her up unto the table so that her face was level with his, and as they kissed it seemed that words were hiding in the air around them, that they were invisible creatures that feathered against her and Arin, then nudged, and buzzed, and tugged.

Speak, they said. 

Speak, the kiss answered.

- eARC, 90%

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Read my review HERE.

I actually read this book last year, but you all, it is SO AMAZING. Be sure to read this one when you get the chance. I don't care if you don't read a lot of YA books. If you read one YA book this year, or ever, make it this one!!