Top Ten Most Romantic Scenes
I’m excited about this topic, guys. We all love a great romance in our books (I’m assuming), but more often than not, what makes those romances so great are specific moments that really punch our feels in the face. With that, I’ve compiled a list of ten of my favorite feels punchers–my favorite swoony moments from some of my favorite romances. Sometimes I point it out specifically, and other times there are too many for me to point a finger at. You’ll see. 
Anna and Etienne from ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS have lots of swoony moments, not all of them big, dramatic declarations, although the scene at the Eiffel Tower at the end is just that, and it’s PERFECT. I always got little butterflies when Etienne gives her the little figurines, and when they spend all of winter break emailing and talking on the phone, and OF COURSE, that kiss in the park. 
Have you guys read NIGHT OF CAKE AND PUPPETS, the Daughter of Smoke and Bone novella? OMG YOU MUST. It’s the absolute PERFECT thing to read for Valentine’s Day. Zuzana and Mik might be one of my favorite couples, which is saying a lot because they aren’t even the main pair in that story. But SIGHSWOON, they’re adorably sweet all the time, and no more so than in the novella that recounts the night of their first date. There’s romance on literally every page. 
THESE TWOOOO. I die just thinking about them and their passionate, vital romance. There’s something really enchanting about Lennie’s poems about Joe–the language is just UNNGGGGHHH. And when Joe composes that clarinet piece for Lennie? Shows up and her house with his brothers to help them cleanse the negativity? When Lennie destroys her grandmother’s flowers and gives them to Joe, hoping that they are magic? Like, I can’t. THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE kills me. 
To be honest, my favorite romantic thing about these two is something that I don’t want to share because it’s sort of spoiler, but it’s one a many reasons that Sky and Josh have some of my favorite swoony moments in I’LL MEET YOU THERE. I’m especially fond of the gift Sky gives Josh near the end. It’s so thoughtful and comes from so much love, and I just adored it. 
One of my favorite adult contemporary reads is TRULY by Ruthie Knox. If you are a fan of that genre and haven’t read this book, I can’t push it on you enough. There is sex in this book and it’s pretty hot, but what always really got me about these two was the day they spend traveling around NYC together–they go to parks, weird monuments, art installations, and a beer garden. It’s wonderfully random and so THEM, and it’s just one of those times when you understand that people are meant to be together. 
Sorry, I can’t hear you guys over Khalid’s whispering about how he loves the way Shazi’s hair smells. I’m also distracted by him playing with bracelets on her wrist and calling her a plague that he begs to destroy him. *gulps* 
THIS SCENE. Ok, so by now I’m assuming that everyone knows of my adoration of THE SCORPIO RACES. The book as a whole is magic, and the relationship between Sean and Puck is vital to it but it’s also not the whole thing by a long shot. When Sean lets Puck ride Corr with him and they’re just blazing across the grass in the dark, and he tucks her ponytail into her collar? Can’t.
Literally I’m struck dumb by this line. There’s nothing epic about it, but it’s still such a strong statement. Nah mean? Sean isn’t really one for lots of words, but he makes the most of the ones he does use. 
This scene from ISLA AND THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER has stuck with me ever since I read the book for the first time (I’ve reread it twice since) because it’s just really sensual. They. Paint. Each. Other’s. Bodies. GAH.
I cannot have a list about favorite couples, best romance, favorite swoony moments, without including Jamie and Claire Fraser somewhere. For me, the most indelible moment of their incredible relationship is their wedding night. Yeah, there’s sexytimes. But there’s also lots of talking and nerves and thoughtfulness. When I first read OUTLANDER, this is the part that pushed me over the cliff of completely falling for Jamie Fraser.
The park…Anna and Etienne in the park! That scene and conversation makes me swoon just thinking about it.
The only two books I’ve read on this list are the two Stephanie Perkins books, and man are those good! Especially the body painting! I was reading that scene in my dorm room, with my roommate laying like ten feet away from me on her bed, and I felt weird reading it with her in the room, because you’re right–it is so sensual. Swoon-worthy to the extreme! I looove this topic. You should make this a regular feature haha.