Swoon Thursday is a weekly feature hosted by #YABound in which we share something that made us swoon in the book we're currently reading or recently finished.

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This was nothing like their flawless first kiss during the Fated Ball. This kiss was urgent and wild and raw and corrupt. Full of all the terrible emotions flowing between them. A torrent of sorrow and pain. They were on the rough carpet and all over each other. Her teeth sank into his lips, biting sharp enough to draw blood.

He kissed her harder, possessively, nipping her jaw, then her neck, as his lips and teeth trailed down to her collarbone.

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I haven't done a swoon thursday in so long!! I thought it would be fun to bring it back with something from Finale because I absolutely adored this character from Legendary! I hope he has more page time in this book... I can't wait to see how everything plays out.

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{ about the book }

Finale by Stephanie Garber

publishes May 7, 2019 by Flatiron Books

e-ARC provided by netgalley

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Welcome, welcome to Caraval... all games must come to an end.

It’s been two months since the last Caraval concluded, two months since the Fates have been freed from an enchanted deck of cards, two months since Tella has seen Legend, and two months since Legend claimed the empire’s throne as his own. Now, Legend is preparing for his official coronation and Tella is determined to stop it. She believes her own mother, who still remains in an enchanted sleep, is the rightful heir to the throne.

Meanwhile, Scarlett has started a game of her own. She’s challenged Julian and her former fiancé, Count Nicolas d’Arcy, to a competition where the winner will receive her hand in marriage. Finaly, Scarlett feels as if she is in complete control over her life and future. She is unaware that her mother’s past has put her in the greatest danger of all.

Caraval is over, but perhaps the greatest game of all has begun―with lives, empires, and hearts all at stake. There are no spectators this time: only those who will win... and those who will lose everything...