Patch's Guardian Angel Tour

Any of you who read this blog regularly know of Lana's & my undying love for Patch from Becca Fitzpatrick's Hush Hush series.  Well, the lovely Danielle of Consuming Worlds has asked us to share what exactly we love about him with you all today. Why, you ask? Well, because she is Patch's advocate in the 2013 YA Sisterhood Crush Tourney!!  And by the way, he's facing off again on June 26th so be sure to vote for Patch!!!


First, I have to share one of my favorite Patch & Nora scenes from the series-

“If you can't feel, why did you kiss me?"
Patch traced a finger along my collarbone, then headed south stopping at my heart. I felt it pounding through my skin. "Because I feel it here, in my heart," he said quietly.”
― Becca Fitzpatrick, Hush, Hush

Seriously, people-what is there NOT to love about this hunk of not quite angelic hotness? He's sexy, he's snarky and super protective of his girl. I feel a swoon coming on here...

ahem! Anyway, so sorry! Back to business- need more coaxing??

“You're mine, Angel," he murmured, brushing the words across my jawbone as I arched my neck higher, inviting him to kiss everywhere. "You have me forever.”
― Becca Fitzpatrick, Crescendo

I am now a puddle of drool in front of my laptop..must go mop up-but I leave you with this-

“Patch stood over me, and a drop of rain slid from his hair, landing like ice on my collarbone. I felt it slide along my skin, disappearing beneath the neckline of my shirt. His eyes followed the raindrop, and I began to quiver on the inside.”
― Becca Fitzpatrick, Crescendo

'Waiting on' Wednesday: Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick

"Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly even hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases we're super excited about. This week, my pick is:

Finale

Hush, Hush Book #4 

By Becca Fitzpatrick

Publication Date: October 23, 2012

Published By: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

Fates unfurl in the gripping conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Hush, Hush saga.Nora is more certain than ever that she is in love with Patch. Fallen angel or no, he is the one for her. Her heritage and destiny may mean they are fated to be enemies, but there is no turning her back on him. Now Nora and Patch must gather their strength to face one last, perilous trial. Old enemies return, new enemies are made, and a friend's ultimate betrayal threatens the peace Patch and Nora so desperately want. The battle lines are drawn—but which sides are they on? And in the end, are there some obstacles even love can't conquer?

I have loved every moment of every one of these books and I'm very excited (and scared) to see how things will end up for Patch & Nora. This is my Waiting On, what's yours? 

Debut of Friday Fever

Lana and I have decided to start a new feature here at Girls *Heart* Books, it's called Friday Fever. Every Friday we will showcase one of our favorite steamy and/or romantic scenes from the YA & New Adult universe. You know the ones we are talking about; those that get your pulse thumping and your temperature rising.  Enjoy. 

I'm going to start us off with a bang by sharing one of my very favorite steamy scenes ever, The Dirty Sexy Balcony Scene with Tessa and Will of  Cassandra Clare's Infernal Devices series. I am firmly Team Will, and honestly, I had to reread this scene a few times because I just loved it so very much. It gave me chills-you know the ones I mean, the good kind. I will post some of it, but it's super long so I can't post it all.  So, here it is, a passage from Clockwork Prince.

" "We should go back inside," she said, in a half whisper. She did not want to go back inside. She wanted to stay here, with Will achingly close, almost leaning into her. She could feel the heat that radiated from his body. His dark hair fell around the mask, into his eyes, tangling with his long eyelashes. "We have only a little time-"

She took a step forward-and stumbled into Will, who caught her. She froze-and then her arms crept around him, her fingers lacing themselves behind his neck. Her face was pressed against his throat, his soft hair under her fingers. She closed her eyes, shutting out the dizzying world, the light beyond the French windows, the glow of the sky. She wanted to be here with Will, cocooned in this moment, inhaling the clean sharp scent of him., feeling the beat of his heart against hers, as steady and strong as the pulse of the ocean.

She felt him inhale. "Tess," he said. "Tess, look at me."

She raised her eyes to his, slow and unwilling, braced for anger or coldness-but his gaze was fixed on hers, his dark blue eyes somber beneath their thick black lashes, and they were stripped of all their usual cool, aloof distance. They were as clear as glass and full of desire. And more than desire-a tenderness she had never seen in them before, had never even associated with Will Herondale. That, more than anything else, stopped her protest as he raised his hands and methodically began to take the pins from her hair, one by one. 

This is madness, she thought, as the first pin rattled to the ground. They should be running, fleeing this place. Instead she stood, wordless, as Will cast Jessamine's pearl clasps aside as if they were so much paste jewelry. Her own long, curling dark hair fell down around her shoulders, and Will slid his hands into it. She heard him exhale as he did so, as if he had been holding his breath for months and had only just let it out. She stood as if mesmerized as he gathered her hair in his hands, draping it over one of her shoulders, winding her curls between his fingers. "My Tessa," he said, and this time she did not tell him that she was not his.

"Will," she whispered as he reached up and unlocked her hands from around his neck. He drew her gloves off, and they joined her mask and Jessie's pins on the stone floor of the balcony. He pulled off his own mask next and cast it aside, running his hands through his damp black hair, pushing it back from his forehead. The lower edge of the mask had left marks across his high cheekbones, like light scars, but when she reached to touch them, he gently caught at her hands and pressed them down.

"No," he said. "Let me touch you first. I have wanted..." "
....
"He bent to put his cheek against hers. His breath against her ear made her shudder with each deliberately spoken word.  "I have wanted to do this," he said, "every moment of every hour of every day that I have been with you since the day I met you. But you know that. You must know. Don't you?"

She looked up at him, lips parted in bewilderment. "Know what?" she said, and Will, with a sigh of something like defeat, kissed her."  ~Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare pg.288-291

Whew. I wanna read that now... haha Anyway! I want to start off with one of my favorites. It's probably the first one that's ever made me shudder -- I'm difficult, it takes a lot, and this one has lingered in my mind since I read it. Mine is from "Crescendo" by Becca Fitzpatrick. Here we go!

'For the past eleven seconds, I'd been lying facedown, hugging my pillow over my head, trying to shut out Chuck Delaney's traffic report from downtown Portland, which was coming through my alarm clock loud and clear. Likewise, I was trying to shut out the logical part of my brain, which shouted for me to get dressed, promising repercussions if I didn't. But the pleasure-seeking part of my brain won out. It clung to my dream--or rather, the subject of my dream. He had wavy black hair and a killer smile. At this moment, he was sitting backward on his motorcycle and I was facing forward, our knees touching. I curled my fingers into his shirt and pulled him in for a kiss.

'In my dream, Patch felt it when I kissed him. Not only on an emotional level, but a real, physical touch. In my dream, he became more human than angel. Angels can't feel physical sensation--I knew this--but in my dream, I wanted Patch to feel the soft, silky pressure of our lips connecting. I wanted him to feel my fingers pushing through his hair. I needed him to feel the thrilling and undeniable magnetic field pulling every molecule in his body toward mine.

'Just like I did.

'Patch ran his finger under the silver chain at my neck, his touch sending a shiver of pleasure rippling through me. "I love you," he murmured.

'Bracing my fingertips on his hard stomach, I leaned in, stopping just short of a kiss. I love you more, I said, brushing his mouth as I spoke. 

'Only, the words didn't come out. They stayed caught in my throat.

'While Patch waited for me to respond, his smile faltered.

'I love you, I tried again. Once again, the words stayed clamped inside. 

'Patch's expression turned anxious. "I love you, Nora," he repeated.

'I nodded frantically, but he'd turned away. He swung off the motorcycle and never looked back.

'I love you! I yelled after him. I love you, I love you!'

-Crescendo, by Becca Fitzpatrick, pg. 29-31

I know it's not exactly "Lovey" but it's steamy, and I remember every detail of this! 

"Waiting on" Wednesday: Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick

"Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're super excited about. This week, my pick is:

 

Finale

Hush, Hush Book #4

By: Becca Fitzpatrick

Publication Date: October 23, 2012

Nora is more certain than ever that she is in love with Patch. Fallen angel or no, he is the one for her. Her heritage and destiny may mean that they will always be enemies, but there is no turning her back on him. But now they face their biggest challenge. Can their love survive a seemingly insurmountable divide. And in the end, will there be enough trust left to rebuild what has been broken? The lines are drawn - but which sides are they on?

I don't know about you guys, but I adore this series (& Patch) ! It's a great story and you never know what's going to happen next! I am sad this is the last book, but hey, it can't last forever, right? I can't wait to find out how things end up for Patch & Nora! 

What book are you looking forward to? 

Author Appreciation Day 12: The Magnificence That Is Becca Fitzpatrick

Author Appreciation Day 12 goes to Becca Fitzpatrick! <3

Becca Fitzpatrick is the author of the Hush, Hush series, and she has a short story in Kiss Me Deadly: 13 Stories of Paranormal Love. I've had the pleasure of conversing with Becca on a few occasions, and I am not afraid to tell you she is one of the nicest people I've ever met.

I saw Hush, Hush when I was in a King Soopers (Or Krogers, depending on where in the country you are) with my dad. He's used to me going, "Hold on a sec!" when we walk down these aisles, and it was the case here. Rarely do black covers catch my attention but this one did (turns out Becca had a lot to do with this cover!). I read the summary and the Meet The Author on both flaps, and ended up buying it, seeing how I had some cash burning a hole in my pocket (ha!).

I finished Hush, Hush in two weeks, I think. And considering I read books by the ton, this is outstanding for me. Hehe.

Anyway. The novel is about a girl named Nora, who meets a mysterious boy named Patch. Patch, we come to find to find out, is a fallen angel, and totally gorgeous. I seriously want a Patch, Becca wrote him so well I felt like I was Nora, there with this...Ugh. I can't even describe Patch, I love him so much.

I'm about halfway through with Crescendo now, and I am once again in the mind of Nora Grey. And I very much enjoy the dreams in the beginning, because...hello, Patch. That's all I can say because I don't want to spoil anything. 

Since I have not finished Crescendo, it is pretty obvious I have not gotten to Silence yet. But I did get to go to a book signing thanks to Mel (Thank you, again!) and found out that, after the forth novel in the Hush, Hush series, Finale, is published (I am having trouble believing it's really ending...) she is going to take a swim in the Contemporary Pool. I won't share the spoilers because I'm not sure if they are meant to be made public yet, or if she was just sharing with us at The Tattered Cover, but I will say I am very much looking forward to it!

I know I've said it about everyone I've written a post for this month, but it is very true again that I will be following Becca along her road as an author, and I look forward to the trip!