Sophie’s favorite characters from romance books and … I had to go with three of them, knowing that Caro already chose some of my favorites with Nina and Matthias and that Trisy snatched Rhysand and Feyre!!!

First favorite characters: Ox and Joe from Wolfsong by TJ Klune.

“He shook his head. “No, no, no. It’s something bigger.”

He walked toward me, his eyes going wider. Then he was running. He wasn’t big. He couldn’t have been more than nine or ten. He collided with my legs, and I barely took a step back. He started climbing me, hooking his legs around my thighs and pulling himself up until his arms were around my neck and we were face to face.

“It’s you!” I didn’t know what was going on.

“What’s me?” He was in my arms now. I didn’t want him to fall. He took my face in his hands and squished my cheeks together.

“Why do you smell like that?” he demanded. “Where did you come from? Do you live in the woods? What are you? We just got here. Finally. Where is your house?”

He put his forehead against mine and inhaled deeply. “I don’t get it!” he exclaimed. “What is it?” And then he was crawling up and over my shoulders, feet pressed against my chest and neck until he clambered onto my back, arms around my neck, chin hooked on my shoulder.

“We have to go see my mom and dad,” he said. “They’ll know what this is. They know everything.”

He was a tornado of fingers and feet and words. I was caught in the storm. (…)

“Mom! Mom. You have to smell him! It’s like… like… I don’t even know what it’s like! I was walking in the woods to scope out our territory so I could be like Dad and then it was like… whoa. And then he was all standing there and he didn’t see me at first because I’m getting so good at hunting. I was all like rawr and grr but then I smelled it again and it was him and it was all kaboom! I don’t even know! I don’t even know! You gotta smell him and then tell me why it’s all candy canes and pinecones and epic and awesome.”

Second favorite characters: Eva and Angelo in From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon

Their love story begins when they are kids but Angelo has a calling and decides to become a priest, to Eva’s utter despair. Years later, they’ll reunite through troubled times as Italy is at war. We read about WWII and these two will be …heroics!

Proof that they are a true pair, Angelo won’t be able to resist Eva, even if his love for God is deep.

One of my favorite and most poignant quotes from this book:the

That book was a real tear jerker! That pairing is iconic and tragic. I loved Rune’s devotion to Poppy and Poppy’s will to spare Rune so much suffering. They met when they were five years old and will remain their only love till the death and beyond. I truly needed days to recover from that love story!

Three of my favorite quotes: