So, in case the lack of updating this blog was any indication, the past few months have been *super* busy! I went on tour for the entire month of May when A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES released, and had suchhhhh a blast (as always!) meeting readers in the U.S. and UK!

Thank you so much to everyone who came to my events on either side of the pond—and thanks from the bottom of my heart to ALL of you who have supported and embraced this book, whether in person or online. I cannot begin to explain how much it meant to me and what it felt like when I got the news that ACOTAR debuted at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list.

(To give you an idea, I was with my agent, publicist, and husband in a car in NYC, on our way to my final US tour event, and I pretty much burst into uncontrollable, ugly, hu-hu-hu tears. And then had to attempt to calm myself down, because I didn’t want my tears to wash my makeup off my face before the event and show up looking like death.)

It’s been a whirlwind of deadlines and a few other events (SDCC was SO much fun!) since I got home from tour, and it’ll remain that way until I head back out on tour again on September 1st for QUEEN OF SHADOWS! (Yes, yes, I’m getting to the tour dates in a moment!)

Fun fact: I literally just spent the past few days down at the Bloomsbury warehouse in Virginia, signing 12,000 copies of QOS (with several thousand of ACOTAR thrown in)!

[Here’s me. With a signed copy of QOS.
If you want to follow more of my writing/life adventures, then check out my new/OFFICIAL Instagram page!]
We’ll have details about where you can purchase one of those signed copies in the US soon, but if you’d like to order signed copies of ALL my books (including QOS when it releases), then head on over to Good Choice Reading!


This is available for international readers as well! (You guys might remember that I worked with Damaris this spring on getting you guys ACOTAR signed copies, and she's amazing and reliable and the BEST.)


And regardless of where you preorder QOS, definitely check out this pre-order offer from my amazing publisher, Bloomsbury! Basically, if you’ve preordered the book FROM ANY RETAILER, forward a copy of your receipt to the email they’ve listed and you will receive a set of exclusive TOG buttons! This is also available to international readers (within certain territories)!



Speaking of QOS, it recently received two pretty stellar reviews! From Kirkus:
Character motivations and interactions—friendships, romances, and others—are always nuanced and on point, especially as Aelin's growing maturity offers her new perspectives on old acquaintances. The ending leaves readers poised for the next installment. Impossible to put down.
And from Booklist:
[Aelin’s] return to the city is a flurry of vengeance, score settling, and surprising alliances, and Maas delivers the action in her characteristic cinematic style. …Packed with brooding glances, simmering sexual tension, twisty plot turns, lush world building, and snarky banter. Even better, Aelin’s tale is far from over: the final chapters of this installment promise more epic adventures and badder bad guys to defeat in forthcoming volumes.
*beams*

ANDDDDD ONE LAST THING BEFORE I PRESENT MY QUEEN OF SHADOWS TOUR STOPS….

I (FINALLY) JOINED INSTAGRAM!

So, apparently, someone created a fake account using my preferred handle (sjmaas), and was pretending to be me. Which is…not cool. So, I got my own account (therealsjmaas) last Saturday night, and….I am now addicted. Warning: my account will likely be full of photos of food, my dog, and random writing/life adventures! Follow me here.

*ahem*

All right, folks.

Without further ado… Here are my U.S. tour stops for QUEEN OF SHADOWS!


Tickets for the NYC 92nd St. Y event can be reserved here (and definitely check with the other stores for signing rules before you attend)!

To answer some questions before they pop up: Yes, these are ALL of my U.S. tour stops for September (so if your city isn't there, hopefully I'll visit on my ACOTAR2 tour next May!). And alas, I’m not headed to the UK on tour this fall, thanks to my Australia/New Zealand tour in November (I need time to write these books, after all!). I’ll be announcing even more events for my ANZ tour soon, though there are already some stops listed on my website! (I think most of these events are sold out already, but we’re seeing what we can do about possibly getting bigger venues to accommodate the demand.)

Hope to see you guys on the road this September!!! Woohoo!