Swoon Thursday #11: Undescribable, Playing With Fire, Darkness Deserved, Escaping Me

It's Swoon Thursday, hosted by  YA Bound. This is a weekly meme, which I will be doing every single Thursday :D! Here is how it works:

From the book you’re currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON. Shout it out on Twitter with the hashtag #YABound, post it here in the comments, or grab the adorable button above and share it on your blog. We want to know!

 

I was so busy last week that I did not do a Swoon Thursday post. What does that mean? I read 3 books last week, and am currently reading 1 books this week. So I will be posting 2 swoons from the books I read last week, and the book I am reading this week :D! Get ready to COMBUST with all of these  SWOONS ;D!

Undescribable by Shantel Tessier:

Swoon #1:

    My lips brush hers softly and she starts to pull her head away, but I hold her head still by her hair.
    “Don’t,” I whisper against her lips, making her body tremble.
    I continue to hold her lips close to mine as I let my eyes search her face. I can feel her breath on my face and it is intoxicating. “I’m going to kiss you. Just this once, please. I need to kiss you, Angel.” At this point I was not  too good to beg.
    “Okay” she says against my lips breathlessly. “Kiss me.”
    That is all the invitation I need.

 

Swoon #2:

“I know you said you needed time and space. I can’t give you any more space, but I can give you more time. I’m not asking for you to say you love me, or tell me you can’t live without me, but these last couple of days have been torture. I need to sleep with you at night. Not fuck, sleep. Me holding you, touching you, loving you. I can’t do without you anymore.” 

Playing With Fire by Ashley Piscitelli:

 Swoon #1:

“I want to tell her how much I love her. I want to be with her, make her laugh, be able to be the one to hold her when she is upset. I want to show her how amazing she is and be the first person in her life to treat her like that. Every time she comes in a room, I can’t take my eyes off of her. When she touches me, sometimes I need to remember how to breathe.”

Swoon #2:

I crushed my lips to Carter’s and drank him in, like I needed him to breathe. The truth is, sometimes I felt like I did. He was surprised, but quickly recovered. He kissed me back with so much love and lifted me into the air.

Darkness Deserved by Jessica Spoon:

Swoon #1:

He pulls me to him and spins me around so that my back is to the door. He bends down and lifts me up so I have to wrap my legs around him.
    He gets millimeters from my face and growls out, “Woman, you belong to me. I’ve been waiting a long time for someone like you and you are not getting away. Do you understand me?” 

Swoon #2:

“I know exactly what I deserve and what I want. That’s you. You’re it for me. I’ve never reacted to someone the way I do with you. That… it’s… This… ‘pull’ between us isn’t something I can ignore. It’s too demanding. I'm not going to walk away. No matter what you say, nothing will make me give up on us. You think you’re only going to hurt me, but I know what I can handle and what I can’t. And what I can’t handle is the idea of never having you. Of not exploring this. That is a regret that I am not prepared to live with."

Escaping Me by Elizabeth Lee:

Swoon #1:

"Do you mind?” I snap, turning to tell him to back off.  But he doesn’t. Instead, he places his hands on the truck, catching me between his muscled forearms and pinning me between his delicious body and the truck.

Have you read any of these books? What did you think of my swoons?

Leave a link to your Swoon Thursday post, or if you don't have a blog tell me what you are swooning over in the comments :D!

Teaser Tuesday #12: Playing With Fire & Darkness Deserved

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along :D! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
 
This week I will be sharing teasers from Playing With Fire by Ashley Piscitelli, Darkness Deserved by Jessica Spoon, and Naked by Raine Miller :D!

 

 

 Teaser #1:

When she realized where she was, she buried her face in my chest and started crying. I just held her; I knew this was what she needed. She needed someone to care, and she needed to feel safe. When she finally stopped crying, she looked up at me.

Teaser #2:

I was terrified he would show up and wreak havoc on my life. I think I was more scared for Carter than I was for myself. I tried to relax; I refused to let my past effect my present or my future anymore.

 

Read my 4.5 Star Review HERE

Teaser #1:

He heads for the door and opens it. My black heart squeezes tight. He looks back at me over his shoulder.
    “This isn’t the end of us, Harper.” And then he’s gone. 

Teaser #2:

I’ve come to resent my looks and see them as the curse they are. Maybe if I was average instead of this so called “bombshell” I wouldn’t have been through what I was.

 

Read my 5 Star Review HERE

Teaser #1:

"My pleasure," he said softly. "Everyone needs the basics, Brynne. Food, water...a bed."

Teaser #2:

"Hey, I never said I would go out with you." I closed my eyes.

"But you will." His voice did something to me.

What did you think of my teasers? Have you read any of these books yet?

Leave a link to your Teaser Tuesday post, or if you don't have a blog leave a teaser in the comments.

 

Blog Tour (Review) & Giveaway: Playing With Fire by Ashley Piscitelli

Welcome to my stop for the Playing With Fire by Ashley Piscitelli Blog Tour, hosted by Mary Elizabeth's Crazy Book Obsession :D! I was super excited to be chosen to be part of the blog tour. For my stop you can read my 4.5 star review :D!

Title: Playing With Fire

 

Author: Ashley Piscitelli

 

Series: Guarded Hearts #1

 

Publication Date: July 15, 2013

 

Genre: New Adult

 

Source: e-arc was provided by author for the blog tour for my honest opinion/review

 

Synopsis:

Madison Stevens has had a shitty life, her mother died at the age four and her father has always blamed her for it. She went through the foster system and is now attending college. Her boyfriend Chris is not willing to share Madison with anyone, not even her friends. 

Her first day at college she meets Carter James, who makes her want everything she never thought she could have. She knows that she should ignore her feelings for Carter, but it's not as easy as it sounds.

As Carter and Madison begin to fall in love, they face many obstacles. Their biggest one is Chris who is not going to let her go easily.

 Playing with Fire will be the first book in a three book series. It is about the obstacles that stand in your way on the path to love. It tests the characters strength and commitment to each other on every level from old boyfriend/girlfriends, to insecurities, and throws a little violence and scheming into the mix.

"Chris was like fire. It was pretty to look at but if you got too close you got burnt, and if it wasn’t controlled it would destroy everything in its path. Doing what I was about to do with Carter was dangerous, but what can I say I never had parents to warn me not to play with fire."

Add Playing With Fire by Ashley Piscitelli to your TBR Pile--->Goodreads

My Thoughts:

Before reading the synopsis of Playing with Fire, I thought it was going to be a New Adult paranormal book (the cover looks like it would be paranormal). But after reading the synopsis I got a contemporary romance/ realistic fiction interpretation :D! Playing with Fire was a great read, and it just kept me flipping through the pages. This has been one of the fastest reads that I've read so far :).

I hate that I always immediately think the worst of people. I wish I was the kind of person that could give their trust to someone.

I had a love and hate relationship with Madison's character. Let me start by saying that I loved how she started to pump up her self-esteem (all thanks to Carter), because her self-esteem was so low at the beginning. She always thought she was worthless- that no one needed her or would ever love her. But she is not to blame for feeling this way. I just felt that she was so broken from inside, as if she were almost hollow. I just felt sorry for the situations her character goes through. I did not really hate her character that much, because really she is sweet and lovable. I only hated that her self-esteem was so low. But loved that she became confident with herself, learned to love herself, and let others in her life.

She had a story and I was dying to find out what it was.

 

I fell in love with Carter's character :D! I don't usually fall for the nice and sweet boys in books, but I had to make another exception with Carter's character. He is just any amazing guy. No guy would ever stand next to Madison side, and support her the way Carter did. I feel in love with the way he supported, helped, loved, and cherished Madison. He is just your typical good, caring, loving, protective, sweet, and cute guy. Carter is Madison's hope to actually living a new life full of love and caring people. Without Carter Madison would have never been brave enough to take the steps she needed to get out of her situation.

Sometimes, I've thought about leaving him but, the truth is, I am scared of what he would do.

I have never read a story with the main character experiencing relationship abuse. Chris was seriously the creepiest, obsessive, and possessive character I have read so far. I actually felt Madison's fear towards Chris, and I just hated him. To think that girls go through what Madison went through with Chris, just makes me sick. This is where I had my hate relationship with Madison's character. I hated that she let herself be manipulated by Chris and let herself be both physically and mentally/verbally abused by him. I know that most of the girls that experience domestic abuse are either in denial, or feel that they don't have anyone that will help them. Ashley Piscitelli did an incredible job with bringing and centering relationship abuse in Playing with Fire.

He leaned in and gave me a quick kiss. “You deserve the world, baby, and I wanna help give it to you if you’ll let me.”

  I loved the relationship between Carter and Madison. I believe I already mentioned what an amazing guy Carter is, when it comes to treating Madison like she is the most important person in his world. I love all the details Carter does to demonstrate how much he loves Madison, and to demonstrate how important she is in his life. My heart seriously ached for these two when Madison sacrifices her happiness to protect Carter. But when these two are together it is a sweet and caring relationship.

There went another little piece of my heart to him. I barely had any of it left; he had been taking it piece by piece ever since we met.

Playing with Fire by Ashley Piscitelli is a great start to a two series book. I feel in love with the whole concept of the story, and completely feel in love with both Madison and Carter. Ashley Piscitelli delivers love, happiness, grief, realistic situations, and two character's that will play with fire to be with each other. I just have to say one thing. Ashley Piscitelli WHY did you have to end Playing with Fire with a CLIFF-HANGER?!?! OMG, please tell me that it is a cliff-hanger, and it doesn't just end like that. My jaw just dropped to the floor with the ending. You can not just end Playing With Fire like that. I am seriously dying over here to get my hands on Breaking Through The Wall!!!!

 

Final Verdict: 4.5 Stars

 

 

 

Excerpt #5:

He turned around and smiled when he saw me. When he started to walk over to me doing his sexy strut and wrapped his arms around me, I was ready to drag him into the bedroom.
“Some amazing man left me a cute surprise on your pillow.”
He smirked. “He better not still be here, because I made you breakfast.”
I laughed and leaned up to kiss him. Moments like this were the best; just being able to relax and enjoy being happy together. “Happy Valentines Day, baby!” He pulled back and frowned at me. “What?”
“You stole my line!” I laughed and he kissed me again. “Happy Valentines Day, baby! C’mon, let’s eat.”

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About Author:

I live in Philadelphia Pennsylvania with my husband, two kids, and two dogs. On top of starting a writing career I am a full time student, and a full time mom. I love spending time with my kids, although I have to hide the computer from them when I am writing! I love being active and being able to do any activity outdoors.

I love reading romance books! I feel like being able to lose yourself in a book in one of the more exciting aspects. The books I love to read and write will be ones that make you feel for the characters. You should have an opinion on every character in a book. Whether you love them, hate them, or think they are up to something.

I have always thought as an author the most important critic is your reader, so I would love to hear from you. If you read the book and loved it or hated it, tell me. As long as it is in a constructive way I will always answer and interact with you. I want fans to feel free to tell me what they want for the characters in the story and what they want to see happen.

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