The official blog tour for Jennifer McGowan's MAID OF SECRETS begins today! Over the next two weeks, various blogs around the blogosphere will be posting their reviews of the book as well as exclusive interviews with the author, the Elizabethan spies and guest posts about writing, publishing and historical fiction.
Check this page daily for the updates on the links of each new tour stop and do try your luck in the international giveaway.
The winner will be announced on the last day of the tour where I will also be posting my review of this book (trust me, it's good).
Let the tour begin!
Seventeen-year-old Meg Fellowes is a wry, resourceful thief forced to join an elite group of female spies in Queen Elizabeth’s Court. There she must solve a murder, save the Crown, and resist the one thing that will become her greatest freedom–and her deadliest peril. For Meg and her fellow spies are not alone in their pursuit of the murderer who stalks Windsor Castle.
A young, mysterious Spanish courtier, Count Rafe de Martine, appears at every turn in the dark and scandal-filled corridors of the Queen’s summer palace. And though secrets and danger are Meg’s stock-in-trade, she’s never bargained on falling in love…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jennifer McGowan writes Young Adult romance full of swash and buckle. Her first novel, MAID OF SECRETS, debuts in Spring, 2013 from Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Age: Royal Secret
Came From: A small town in northern Ohio
Became a Maid of Honor: After bringing her tale of spygirls to the noble city, and winning the favor of the great house of Simon (& Schuster).
Special Skill: Matrix-like reflexes, superior strength, fabulous wit… okay, ah – we’ll get back to you on that.
Expected publication: May 7th 2013 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
FOLLOW THE TOUR
1 May Tour Kick-off at Bookcase to Heaven™
Tour Kick-off at Jennifer McGowan’s official site
2 May Author Interview at Framed In Words
Review + Author Spotlight at Defiantly Deviant
3 May Character Interview with Meg (Maid of Secrets) at Hobbitsies
Review + Author Spotlight at Pieces of Whimsy
4 May Guest Post at Itching for Books
Review + Author Spotlight at A Dream Within A Dream
5 May Character Interview with Beatrice (Maid of Deception) at What’s Hot?
Review + Author Spotlight at Dream Reads
6 May Guest Post at IceyBooks
Review + Author Spotlight at Read My Breath Away
7 May Author Interview at The Mod Podge Bookshelf
Review + Author Spotlight at Confessions of a Readaholic
8 May Character Interview with Anna (Maid of Intelligence/Politics) at City of Books
Review + Author Spotlight at Juliababyjen’s Reading Room
9 May Review + Author Spotlight at Leisure Reads
Review + Author Spotlight at Forever Literary
10 May Character Interview with Sophia (Maid of the Sight) at Summer Next Top Story
Guest Post at Two Chicks on Books
11 May Guest Post at The Book Lover’s Report
Review + Author Spotlight at Immerse in a World of Fiction
12 May Guest Post at The Fairytale Nerd
Review + Author Spotlight at Steph’s Book Corner
13 May Character Interview with Jane (Maid of Stealth) at YA BOOK NERD
Review + Author Spotlight at Caffeinated Book Reviewer
14 May Review + Author Spotlight at Girls in the STACKS
Tour Wrap-up at Bookcase to Heaven™ [review]
GIVEAWAY (INT)
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Sel!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this kickoff and to all of the AMAZING participants who've already started tweeting Waiting on Wednesday's posts. I sincerely am blessed that you found me and that you chose MAID OF SECRETS as one of your books to champion.
Thank you!!
Jenn
You're absolutely welcome, Jenn!!
DeleteMAID OF SECRETS was a book that made me went "OH MY, I need to contact the author straightaway" when I read its blurb on Goodreads :) So happy that we could work together on promoting this book! And if I could choose again, I won't hesitate to organise a blog tour for this.
So keep on rockin', Jenn! The next two weeks will be MAID OF SECRETS's chance to shine :D
It's awesome to see that the tour kicks off today!
ReplyDeleteYay! :)
DeleteWell my favorites are A Great and Terrible Beauty Series and OF COURSE Grave Mercy and Dark Shadows!
ReplyDeleteA huge YES to Grave Mercy too ;)
DeleteI haven't read Maid of Secrets yet, but I LOVE historical fiction. Some of my favorites are The Diviners, Between Shades of Gray, Born Wicked, Out of the Easy, and The Infernal Devices series.
ReplyDeleteI love historical fiction too <3 I've been eyeing Out of the Easy for the past month and will definitely buy it when my wallet feels slightly heavier ;)
DeleteKelley, I *loved* Grave Mercy and still have Dark Shadows to read! I will be checking out A Great and Terrible Beauty.
ReplyDeleteHenrietta, thank you so much for your post and your tweets!
Onward! :)
Christine, hello! I have The Diviners at home... it's HUGE! So that will be a "reward" read. :) Born Wicked is AMAZING and I also love The Infernal Devices. I will have to check out Between Shades of Gray and Out of the Easy!
ReplyDeleteIf you read Maid of Secrets, I hope you enjoy it!
(I keep writing "Maid of Secrest"... which would be an entirely different book ;)
I'm very excied! :D I read many (adult and YA) historical fiction, like Grave Mercy (YA) and the books from Philippa Gregory (adult)
ReplyDeleteVery interesting. I am very curious with the storyline.
ReplyDeleteI am hoping to follow the Tour. I do like YA literature and hope to be able to recommend books to my granddaughter.
ReplyDeleteThe story line intrigues me.
I loved Maid of Secrets! And thanks Sel for letting me be part of the tour :)
ReplyDeleteI think Maid of Secrets is tied with Grave Mercy for my favourite YA historical
You're absolutely welcome, Richa! :)
DeleteMel, Filia, Donna and Richa, thank you so much for your posts and interest in Maid of Secrets!
ReplyDeleteAnd Richa(!!) yours is high praise indeed. THANK YOU!
I haven't read Maid of Secrets and I love historical fiction so I'm looking forward to reading it. Some of my favorites include Between Shades of Grey, The Book Thief and The Bronze Horseman series.
ReplyDeleteSo happy to be a part of this tour. I loved Maid of Secrets. :)
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds great! I used to read a ton of historical fiction, so it's hard to choose a favorite, but one series that comes to mind is the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon.
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