• What are your top three book endings (stand-alone or series)?
3. The Fault in Our Stars by John Greene. Not many books can make me cry. The end of this one did. In an airport. Full of people.
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling. I grew up with Harry, and when his story came to a close, I felt a part of my own life had finished.
1. The Return of the King by J.R.R Tolkien. Okay, honestly, I read this a long time ago
and can barely remember much of the story, but I do remember the very last line, and how it was just the perfect end. When Sam comes home to his family after seeing Frodo off, and says: "Well, I'm back."
• The End: The trickiest/most fun/most rewarding aspects of bringing a series to a close?
The trickiest thing about finishing a series is giving the characters an ending that makes sense, while also satisfying the fans. You know that you can't please everyone, and not everyone is going to like where you went with the story, but the ending should make sense for the characters and the world. I hope that readers close the last book with feelings of both sadness and contentment. Sadness in knowing that the story has come to a close, but knowing that it couldn't have happened any other way.
• What do you like to do when you’re not writing ?
When I'm not writing I can either be found at my art desk making clay figurines, or playing games in front of the Xbox One or PS4. I also take Wing Tsun kung fu and kali (better known as Hit People with Sticks class) several days a week. And I'm on twitter a lot, chatting or just wasting time, so I'm very rarely bored.
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About the book:
Allison Sekemoto once struggled with the question: human or monster?
With the death of her love, Zeke, she has her answer.
MONSTER.
Allie will embrace her cold vampire side to hunt down and end Sarren, the psychopathic vampire who murdered Zeke. But the path is bloody and long, and Sarren has left many surprises for Allie and her companions—her creator, Kanin, and her blood brother, Jackal.
The trail is leading straight to the one place they must protect at any cost— the last vampire-free zone on Earth, Eden. And Sarren has one final, brutal shock in store for Allie. In a ruined world where no life is sacred and former allies can turn on you in one heartbeat, Allie will face her darkest days. And if she succeeds, triumph is short-lived in the face of surviving forever alone.
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Each tour stop is offering up the winner’s choice of either THE IMMORTAL RULES, THE ETERNITY CURE or THE FOREVER SONG - whichever book of the series you might be missing!
• 1 winner will get a complete set of Julie Kagawa’s books, including The Iron Fey Saga and The Blood of Eden Saga!
• 1 winner will get a $100 gift card from either iTunes, Amazon or Barnes & Noble!
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About Julie Kagawa
Julie Kagawa was born in Sacramento, California. But nothing exciting really happened to her there. So, at the age of nine she and her family moved to Hawaii, which she soon discovered was inhabited by large carnivorous insects, colonies of house geckos and frequent hurricanes. She spent much of her time in the ocean, when she wasn’t getting chased out of it by reef sharks, jellyfish and the odd eel.
To pay the rent, Julie worked in different bookstores over the years, but discovered the managers frowned upon her reading the books she was supposed to be shelving. So she turned to her other passion: training animals. She worked as a professional dog trainer for several years, dodging Chihuahua bites and overly enthusiastic Labradors, until her first book sold and she stopped training to write full-time.
Julie now lives in Louisville, Kentucky, where the frequency of shark attacks are at an all-time low. She lives with her husband, two obnoxious cats, one Australian shepherd who is too smart for his own good and the latest addition, a hyperactive Papillon puppy.
Tour Schedule:
Monday, April 7th - Harlequin Paranormal Romance Blog
Tuesday, April 8th - fiktshun
Wednesday, April 9th - The PageTurners
Thursday, April 10st - Booksand Things
Friday, April 11th - Ticket ToAnywhere
Monday, April 14th - TwoChicks on Books
Tuesday, April 15th - Parajunkee
Wednesday, April 16th - Refracted Light Reviews
Thursday, April 17st - Bewitched Bookworms
Friday, April 18th - Mundie Moms
Monday, April 21th - A Book Obsession
Tuesday, April 22nd - The Book Cellar
Wednesday, April 23th - Supernatural Snark
Thursday, April 24st - The Busy Bibliophile
Friday, April 25th - Tyngas Reviews
I'm sad it's ending but I also can't wait for my copy to get here!
ReplyDeleteI loved this book. I was so excited to get an eARC of it! I need my finished copy. My favorite part of the book was the banter between Allie and Jackal. So great! And Julie renewed my faith in the trilogy, as I've had some bad experiences over the last year or so. I was happy to have this end perfectly! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI'm sad that the series has come to a close, but excited for Talon!
ReplyDeleteSo very excited to read it but I cannot believe how nervous I am at the same time!!
ReplyDeleteI am so excited to read The Forever Song but so sad that it's really ending!! :( Thank you for this great giveaway!!!!
ReplyDeleteI need to know what happens, the end is near but I have to know. So excited for Talon! My heart soars, giveaway rules!
ReplyDeleteI'm happy that the final book is coming out but sad the series is ending.
ReplyDeleteI want to know how this story ends. Hopefully it's a satisfying ending.
ReplyDeleteI'm excited to read the whole series and love that I don't have to wait for the ending! I loved the Iron Fey series and WooHoo! Can hardly wait to start this one!
ReplyDeleteThis is the first time I've heard of The Forever Song, so I'm interested to read it and the books before it in the series.
ReplyDeletei have a love hate relationship with endings, it took me forever to finally read the deathly hallows
ReplyDeleteIt is always sad when a series come to an end but I'm hoping it will satisfy all my feels!
ReplyDeleteThe last stop :( Love the interview
ReplyDeleteI have been saving reading The Eternity Cure for the final book to be published.
ReplyDeleteI have never read the series but I do have the first book I'm just re-reading the Iron Fey series right now. Thanks for the giveaway!! :)
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of the books yet, but I've heard so many great things! I can't wait to marathon the series! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteWell, I already finished The Forever Song (so glad to be friends with the librarian!), but after finishing, I feel a content emptiness. It's really strange.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad they're all out so I can read them all!
ReplyDeleteI'm excited to finding out how the story ends yet I am sad that this is the last book of the series.
ReplyDeleteI'm excited for the book, but I'm terrified that the ending is going to be depressing, considering what happened at the end of The Eternity Cure!
ReplyDeleteHaven't read it, so not really
ReplyDeleteBittersweet feeling but I'm excited!
ReplyDeleteExcited to read it, but sad that it's the end.
ReplyDeleteHate saying goodbye to Allie but also kind of excited to see where her adventure ends too.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read the series so I don't know how to feel yet about the ending.
ReplyDeleteI've just picked up book 1 and am getting started with this series so I'm not as sad as I should be that it's ending :) Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI've been dying to get books by Julie Kagawa for a long time now because I heard nothing but great reviews about her books but sadly I don't own any of her books yet but I now I will get them soon so sadly I don't now how to feel for them yet! thanks for the awesome giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to starting this series!
ReplyDeleteI've really enjoyed the interviews on the blog tour and need to call about my book since it is not here.
ReplyDeleteI've really enjoyed the Blood of Eden series and it breaks my heart to see it end but books can always be revisited and that makes it not as hard to let it go because I won't have to really... ; n ;
ReplyDeleteI'm so sad that it's ending!
ReplyDeleteSo super duper excited! I'm going to marathon read all the books!
ReplyDeleteIM SO SAD THIS SERIES IS ENDING! But really excited to see HOW it ends! :)
ReplyDeleteI want to read the ending, but I don't want the series to end.
ReplyDeleteI'm very excited to read The Forever Song to see how it all ends but I'm also sad this series is ending :D
ReplyDeleteI have yet to read the series! :(
ReplyDeleteEndings are always sad :(
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to reading these!
ReplyDeleteCan wait to read it!
ReplyDeleteI haven't read them, but I am looking forward to reading them!
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