{"id":2165,"date":"2019-05-03T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=2165"},"modified":"2019-04-30T10:01:52","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T15:01:52","slug":"blog-tour-last-things-by-jacqueline-west-guest-post-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-last-things-by-jacqueline-west-guest-post-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour: Last Things by Jacqueline West (Interview + Giveaway!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ubb-blog-tour-banner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticflyingbookclub.blogspot.com\/2019\/03\/tour-schedule-last-things-by-jacqueline.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/tour-banner-1.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Last Things by Jacqueline West (Interview + Giveaway!)\"><\/a><\/p><p>Happy Friday and welcome to my stop on the <em>Last Things<\/em> blog tour!! Read on to find out where Jacqueline West would go if she spent the day with Anders&#8217; band, how she came up with the idea for this story, and enter to win a print copy of <em>Last Things<\/em>!<!--more--><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/book-cover-1.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Last Things by Jacqueline West (Interview + Giveaway!)\" title=\"Blog Tour: Last Things by Jacqueline West (Interview + Giveaway!)\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>Last Things<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/jacqueline-west\/\">Jacqueline West<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  May 7, 2019 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/greenwillow\/\">Greenwillow<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/ya\/\">YA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/fantasy\/\">Fantasy<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 416 <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/40978009-last-things\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p><b>When strange things start happening to local music idol Anders Thorson, everyone blames his number-one-fan, Thea. But is she out to hurt him? Or protect him?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>High school senior Anders Thorson is unusually gifted. His band, Last Things, is legendary in their northern Minnesota hometown. With guitar skills that would amaze even if he weren\u2019t only eighteen, Anders is the focus of head-turning admiration. And Thea Malcom, a newcomer to the insular town, is one of his admirers. Thea seems to turn up everywhere Anders goes: gigs at the local coffeehouse, guitar lessons, even in the woods near Anders\u2019s home. When strange things start happening to Anders\u2014including the disappearance of his beloved cat, then his sort-of girlfriend, and, somehow, his musical talent\u2014blame immediately falls on Thea. But is she trying to hurt him? Or save him? Can he trust a girl who doesn\u2019t seem to know the difference between dreams and reality? And how much are they both willing to compromise to get what they want?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2019-05-03T11:00:45+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"Happy Friday and welcome to my stop on the Last Things blog tour!! 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One day during an elementary school workshop several years ago, a boy picked an image of a teenager holding an electric guitar and screaming into a microphone out of the box. The boy got stuck when trying to come up with potential problems for his character, so I was brainstorming with him, asking him prompting questions. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is there someone in his family who wants him to quit playing the guitar? Does he get stage fright? Or is it something weird, like is there a devil that follows him everywhere he goes? <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The boy\u2019s eyes widened. \u201cYeah,\u201d he said. \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And so did I.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the workshop, I rushed out to my car and scribbled down several pages of notes. I wanted to write a modern-day, Minnesotan, metal re-imagining of the legend of the guitarist who might have sold his soul to the devil\u2026but I didn\u2019t have any idea <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was going to tell that story yet. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It wasn\u2019t until another year or so had passed that I started hearing a voice in my head\u2014and it was the voice of my second main character, Thea. That\u2019s when I realized that I was going to tell this story in alternating viewpoints, using both Anders, the guitar prodigy, and Thea, his fan\/stalker\/possibly-something-more. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Do you have any deleted scenes you can share with us?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Usually my drafts have lots of deleted scenes or dead ends\u2014but for some magical reason, this book was different. LAST THINGS just seemed to flow. There\u2019s no folder full of scraps for this one! <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Who is your favorite character from <em>Last Things<\/em>?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I know this sounds like a cop-out, but I honestly love them all. Even the ones who are jerks. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Who was the most fun character to write in this story?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using alternating viewpoints, stepping inside of both Thea and Anders, was one of my favorite things about writing this book. The two of them are so different from each other, and both of them are keeping so many secrets, it was just pure <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fun <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to let the story unearth itself bit by bit through their words. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> What would you do if you spent the day with Anders and his friends? Where would you go to eat, hang out, relax, etc.?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh, I would LOVE the chance to spend a day in the world of this book. I\u2019d probably hang out with Anders and Jezz and Patrick\u2014the members of the band Last Things\u2014while they practiced in Patrick\u2019s garage. We might get lunch at Roxy\u2019s Diner, which is one of the only restaurants in their little northern Minnesota town. Then we\u2019d head into the woods, to the Crow\u2019s Nest coffee house. I\u2019d drink a cappuccino or three, and the band would set up, and in the evening, there would be an amazing concert\u2026and afterward, I would run to my car as quickly as I could, staying far away from the woods and all of the dark things hiding in it. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What would Anders&#8217; and Thea&#8217;s favorite books be and why?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neither of my MCs are huge readers, but I think Anders would likely own\u2014and love\u2014<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Louder than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fargo Rock City <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Chuck Klosterman (as another metalhead growing up in a small Midwestern town, he\u2019d feel pretty connected to this one).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The book Thea knows best\u2014for a number of odd reasons\u2014is the Bible, but I\u2019m not sure she\u2019d call that her \u201cfavorite.\u201d If Thea read anything just for pleasure, it might be something like Emily Dickinson\u2019s collected poems. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2170 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jacqueline-West-237x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jacqueline-West-237x300.jpeg 237w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jacqueline-West-768x972.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jacqueline-West-809x1024.jpeg 809w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jacqueline-West.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jacqueline West is is the author of the NYT-best selling middle grade series <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacquelinewest.com\/books.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Books of Elsewhere<\/a>, the YA novel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacquelinewest.com\/dreamers-often-lie\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dreamers Often Lie<\/a>, and the new middle grade fantasy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacquelinewest.com\/the-collectors.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Collectors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She is also the author of two poetry collections, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.wisc.edu\/parallelpress\/pp-catalog\/poetry-series\/2010-2\/cherma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cherma<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infiniterealmsbookstore.com\/product-page\/candle-and-pins-by-jacqueline-west\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Candle and Pins: Poems on Superstitions<\/a>, and her poetry and short fiction appear in a variety of publications.<\/p>\n<p>She lives in Red Wing, Minnesota, with her family.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Follow the Tour<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticflyingbookclub.blogspot.com\/2019\/03\/tour-schedule-last-things-by-jacqueline.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Follow along with the rest of the tour here!<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Author Links<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacquelinewest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/3100027.Jacqueline_West\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goodreads<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Jacqueline-West-112573782122159\/?ref=sgm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jacqueline.west.writes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Giveaway<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/d9681b86355\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enter here to win one of <strong>TWO(2)<\/strong> print copies of <em>Last Things<\/em> by Jacqueline West! 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