The past few weeks have been a little crazy! I spent some time in New York for NYC Teen Author Fest, which was lots of fun. (And I got to meet some of you! Thanks so much for coming out!) Then I hopped on a plane across the country and saw friends in the San Francisco area. (And didn’t do an event there, but did sign some books, so SF residents, all the Books Inc locations should have signed Conspiracy and MoF out soon, if they don’t already.) Travel is always fun, but it’s also nice to be home.
And what am I doing here? Ramping up to the release of ENDS OF THE WORLD, of course! It is now just over 3 months till release day, and I am getting extremely anxious for you guys to read.
To ease my own impatience, I’m going to start giving you guys a teaser every month that the rest of the world doesn’t get to see.
And, just because I’m mean, I’m going to make each of these newsletter-only teasers a quote from one of the characters—and not tell you who said it. Have fun guessing...mwah ha ha...
Have any guesses as to which character said this? Let me know on social media or email!
Possibly related to this quote (or maybe not at all related, because I'm a huge tease, and you'll have to read the book to find out the actual context 😎), but interesting anyway:
I've been hearing from early readers that this book is heavier on the romance than the last two. If you're interested in that kind of thing. 😉
(Other things it's pretty heavy on: Blood. Body count. Moments that will make you cry. Moments that will make you happy-sigh. Our main characters running for their lives. Family moments (of all different kinds). Science-y things. Unexplored ancient tunnels. And much more!)
As you can probably tell, there are not a whole lot of ENDS ARCs out there, and so even bloggers are probably having a harder time getting them than usual. (This is pretty common for the third book in a series—I guess we just like to torture readers?) But that also means it’s even more important to me that at least a few of you guys get to read! I’m going to do as many giveaways as I have ARCs for over the next few months—and throwing in a couple extras for newsletter readers only, of course. ;)
To this end, there are TWO opportunities for giveaways coming up!
The first is newsletter subscriber-only. I don’t want to make it too hard for you, so I’m going to repeat a giveaway I did a couple months ago. It’s simple. All you have to do is mention the books on social media in this three-step process:
1. ENTER
-For one entry, just mention THE ENDS OF THE WORLD or the Conspiracy of Us series in general on any social media platform.
-For two entries, mention THE ENDS OF THE WORLD or the series and include a picture. (Of the ENDS cover, of your own fan art, of a Conspiracy series edit—whatever!)
-You can mention the books as much as you want, obviously! But the entries will count for this giveaway TWICE per person (so up to four entries if you include pics).
2. TAG ME. (I’m @maggieehall on Twitter, Instagram, and tumblr. If you do it on Snapchat or some other social media I’m not on, email me at maggiehallbooks@gmail.com and tell me.)
-If I like or comment on your post, that means I’ve seen it and you’re entered.
3. DRAWING! On April 24, I’ll randomly draw a winner from all the entries received.
-International ok.
-That’s it!
The second giveaway will be on social media. You guys are the only ones who know this in advance: it’s going on be on April 18, on Instagram. Keep an eye out! (And yes, you can enter both giveaways.)
A note: If you do happen to be one of the few people who gets an ARC, I would love it if you’d review—on GR, on your blog, and/or on social media!
And if you review, would you please keep it non-spoilery? The last thing I want is for those who don’t win an ARC to lose out on some of the reading experience because of a spoiler from someone I sent an ARC to. That would be sad. I know you guys want to be respectful of other readers and of the privilege of receiving advance copies, so thank you in advance for being very careful about tagging anything that could be a spoiler.
And if you read and want to let me know what you think? Please do! I might just feature some reader reactions in upcoming newsletters, so feel free to email me!
As always, thank you for reading! I am so, so excited that we're getting close to book 3--and I look forward to giving you more teasers along the way!
Much love,
Just in case, here are more links to Map of Fates where you can review, if you’re so inclined: on Amazon and BN. And here's Conspiracy on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. (You do NOT have to have bought the book on Amazon or B&N’s site to review there!)
