Swoony Boy of the Month: Warner from Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Swoony Boy of the Month is our feature where we spotlight a favorite and/or swoony boy from the books we have read.

Today's Swoony Boy of the Month is Warner aka the bad boy everyone loves to hate but can't help swoon over. Warner is the ruthless, brutally honest and meticulously organized antagonist of Tahereh Mafi's Shatter Me series. It's in his honesty and willingness to love Juliette as she is that we get to know the softer side of Warner. He is poetic and has a way with words that melts my heart!

I almost forget that she still hates me, despite how hard I've fallen for her.
And I've fallen.
So hard.
I've hit the ground.
~ Tahereh Mafi, Destroy Me

Because I want her.
Now.
Here.
Everywhere.
I want nothing between us.
I want her clothes off and the lights on and I want to study her. I want to unzip her out of this dress and take my time with every inch of her.
~ Tahereh Mafi, Destroy Me

I want to convince you to design a smile just for me.
~ Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me

I'm trying to focus, telling myself these are just empty words, but I'm lying. Because somehow, just reading these words is too much; and the thought of her in pain is causing me an unbearable amount of agony.
~ Tahereh Mafi, Destroy Me

I want to be the friend you fall hopelessly in love with. The one you take into your arms and into your bed and into the private world you keep trapped in your head. I want to be that kind of friend," he says. "The one who will memorise the things you say as well as the shape of your lips when you say them. I want to know every curve, every freckle, every shiver of your body, Juliette-
~ Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me

For more Warner check out Tahereh Mafi's Shatter Me series!