My Book Boyfriend: Jace Wayland

My Book Boyfriend is a weekly meme hosted by Missie at The Unread Reader, all about fictional boys who make us swoon. This week I've chosen Jace Wayland from The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare. I was expecting big things from Jace after he amazingly won nearly all the categories and was crowned the ultimate YA Bachelor in the YA Bachelor awards on Amber's blog, Down the Rabbit Hole. That's pretty big, considering he beat out Dimitri Belikov, Peeta Mellark, Adam Wilde, Etienne St Clair, Edward Cullen... yep, you can see why I was expecting to have my socks rocked off. After reading the books, I have to say he doesn't beat the aforementioned boys for me (sorry, Jace fans), but I did enjoy him - certainly enough to admit him into my man harem.What I liked most about Jace was his intelligence, wit, passion and strength. OK, his cockiness was kinda hot too. I pictured him as Alex Pettyfer.


Swoon-worthy Quotes

"It was almost as if he hadn't wanted to kiss her: His mouth was hard on hers, unyielding; then he put both arms around her and pulled her against him. His lips softened. She could feel the rapid beat of his heart, taste the sweetness of apples still on his mouth."

"'There is no pretending. I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there is life after that, I'll love you then."

"'And now I’m looking at you,' he said, 'and you’re asking me if I still want you, as if I could stop loving you. As if I would want to give up the thing that makes me stronger than anything else ever has. I never dared give much of myself to anyone before – bits of myself to the Lightwoods, to Isabelle and Alec, but it took years to do it – but, Clary, since the first time I saw you, I have belonged to you completely. I still do. If you want me.'"

"'I know it's wrong - God, it's all kinds of wrong - but I just want to lie down with you and wake up with you, just once, just once ever in my life.'"  

Images via Alex Pettyfer Source