Top Ten Tuesday (111): Books That Will Make You Swoon

Top Ten Books That Will Make You Swoon

Swoony books are just the best, aren’t they? There’s nothing quite like reading a book and getting warm-fuzzies/butterflies/tingles when two characters are so well-suited and their relationship is so satisfying, even if they encounter troubles along the way. (Especially if they encounter troubles! That tension increases me swooning!) Of course, there are more than 10 books that will make you swoon and so this list will always be too short. But these ten books had a pretty high swoon factor for me for all kinds of reasons. SIGH…SWOONS.

Friends. I give you Hector. You are welcome. Or, well, Rae Carson is welcome. His relationship with Elisa is not only full of lots of sexual tension and steamy kisses, but it’s also founded on mutual respect, trust, and friendship. They are solid as a rock, even when they have to deal with some twists and turns.

I literally cannot have a list of books that made me swoon without giving this book a spot. Lenny and Joe are just too passionate and full of feelings and kisses and music and have a really amazing connection. I love how they just are on this whole other level together.

Yes, I did put a novella on my list. It’s deserving of the spot, I promise. If you are a fan of Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke and Bone series, then you are probably a fan of Zuzanna and Mik, which makes sense because they’re ADORABLE ALL OVER THE PLACE. This little gem tells the tale of their very first date and OMG I DIED FROM SWOONS. So stinking cute, so perfectly them, so charming and magical.

Let me tell you, friends, that deciding between this book and GRAVE MERCY for swoon factor because Ismae and Duvall are super. But there’s just something MORE about Sybella and Beast. Because they are both so broken and lost, their coming together is just a little more steamy and emotional for all their troubles.

I LOOOOOVED Maggie and Jesse in ALSO KNOWN AS, but they are just SO FREAKING ADORBS in GOING ROGUE. Even when things between them are strained, they are still flirty and supportive and they gave me all the butterflies.

There are very special swoons reserved for love at first sight, friends, and Hadley and Oliver gave me just those kind of swoons. This is maybe going to sound boring, but if their ease and comfort in their conversation doesn’t make you “AWWWW!!!” then…well, I don’t know about you. (I’m kidding, I’m kidding.)

So I know that in real time, Amy and Roger don’t actually spend that much time together, but you would really never know it from the way they develop their relationship slowly and sweetly with the perfect amount of awkward tension. LOVE THEM.

There’s this really intense sense of suspended reality at the beginning of this book when Lulu meets Willem and spends a day with him in Paris. It’s magical and mysterious and so swoony I can’t even.

THESE TWO. Not much is good for Eleanor, friends, except maybe for her growing friendship with Park. The swoons I felt for these two were less of the steamy, adorable variety and more of the “I am so so thankful that you two found each other” variety.

A classic. All-time swoon. I’ve reread this book several times and I still get tingly with every reading. Anna and Etienne 4 EVA!