It seems fitting that we start this post with Stephanie Perkin’s Amazon review. Perkins is, of course, one of our favorite writers of swoon, and yet here we are recommending a very hard, very non-swoony book. It’s perfect to us because it shows the depth and breadth of the … [Read more...]
Swoony Boy Alert! FOUR
Welcome back!! *pats chair* *gives you a cookie* It’s time for more swoony boys in fiction! Swoony Boy Alerts are reoccurring posts in which we, and YOU, awesome reader, swoon together over our favorite male characters. Congrats and tackle hugs to our last swoony boy post … [Read more...]
Swoony Boy Alert!
Today is all about our favorite swoony boys in fiction. We all have a favorite (or two, or three...). You know the one, that boy that makes your heart beat faster, the one you catch yourself thinking about long after the book is closed… um you all do that, too, … [Read more...]
IS THERE STILL SWOON?
Hello swoonies! First up: some swoon for you. Moving on. I once saw a blog post on YA Highway from Veronica Roth (FOUR!SWOON!) about how to know when to trunk your manuscript, and how many times you really do have to read and revise your own book before it’s ready to … [Read more...]
Daughter of Smoke and Bone GIVEAWAY!
We had so much fun reading the first kiss tweets! Some were swoony, some were totally awkward, and some were the best of both worlds. Thanks for sharing! First, some swoon: NOW, the randomly-selected winner of the signed copy of LIPS TOUCH by Laini Taylor is… … [Read more...]