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Books of Faerie #3
Requiem
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Maggie Stiefvater
64 books172k followersNew York Times bestselling author of The Shiver Trilogy, The Raven Cycle, and The Scorpio Races. Artist. Driver of things with wheels. Avid reader.
Maggie Stiefvater plays several musical instruments (most infamously, the bagpipes) and makes art in several media (most generally, colored pencils).
She lives in Virginia with her husband, their two children, many dogs, a bunch of fainting goats, and an irascible tuner car.
Maggie Stiefvater plays several musical instruments (most infamously, the bagpipes) and makes art in several media (most generally, colored pencils).
She lives in Virginia with her husband, their two children, many dogs, a bunch of fainting goats, and an irascible tuner car.
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February 14, 2013
I read a while back (could it've really been last winter?) on her blog that Maggie was writing what she called "WinterNovel". She politely told us that the first two words were "Luke" and "Dillon" and to have a nice day.
I thought about throwing my computer across the room.
Instead, I threw a pillow at it.
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May 1, 2014I just found this on Maggie's tumblr, via the "Stiefvater Question Face" Q&A that she did, concerning Requiem:
"I actually wrote an entire third book, Requiem, last year, and sold it to Scholastic, but then I decided I was not happy with it and snatched it back from my editor.
Scholastic is very good about putting out only work that I’m happy with, so they’ve been kind enough to not send Queen Latifah to badger me, a la Stranger than Fiction.
So it exists. I think I know how to fix it. But I am just not going to put it out without being happy with it. And I won’t lie: it’s a very weird thing to return to those characters now, one million published words and however many fictional characters later.
I would write the first two books differently now, and I don’t want the third book to not satisfy folks who loved the first two."
*And can I just mention for the millionth time that Maggie Stiefvater is friggin ridiculously hilarious? You should go read some of her answers to those questions. Her dry wit totally makes up for the fact that she basically doesn't give any sort of answers whatsoever.
"I actually wrote an entire third book, Requiem, last year, and sold it to Scholastic, but then I decided I was not happy with it and snatched it back from my editor.
Scholastic is very good about putting out only work that I’m happy with, so they’ve been kind enough to not send Queen Latifah to badger me, a la Stranger than Fiction.
So it exists. I think I know how to fix it. But I am just not going to put it out without being happy with it. And I won’t lie: it’s a very weird thing to return to those characters now, one million published words and however many fictional characters later.
I would write the first two books differently now, and I don’t want the third book to not satisfy folks who loved the first two."
*And can I just mention for the millionth time that Maggie Stiefvater is friggin ridiculously hilarious? You should go read some of her answers to those questions. Her dry wit totally makes up for the fact that she basically doesn't give any sort of answers whatsoever.
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May 7, 2012I want this book
In my mind Ballad was the last and it would follow me around trying to drive me insane but then....I saw this and a giant rainbow burst into excistence no really well in my mind it did but anyway
I really hope we get more of james POv and I think Paul would be another interesting character
COME OUT SOONER
In my mind Ballad was the last and it would follow me around trying to drive me insane but then....I saw this and a giant rainbow burst into excistence no really well in my mind it did but anyway
I really hope we get more of james POv and I think Paul would be another interesting character
COME OUT SOONER
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March 17, 2020lowkey glad this was never written cause now i can just pretend dee & luke and james & nuala are all together living happily ever after
May 26, 2018
Five years ago I marked this book as to read. Three years ago Maggie’s S. Wrote she had completed the novel and sent it to scholastic for publishing but then pulled it back because she didn’t think we’d like it. Frankly, if it just had a solid ending I’d be perfectly happy. Give your readers some closure.
After so many books with weak ambiguous endings, meandering storylines that go nowhere, I wish she would go back to her debut series and see what she did right. Well, the endings were still ambiguous but I wouldn’t hold my breath for this book or a conclusion in any of her works!
After so many books with weak ambiguous endings, meandering storylines that go nowhere, I wish she would go back to her debut series and see what she did right. Well, the endings were still ambiguous but I wouldn’t hold my breath for this book or a conclusion in any of her works!
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March 29, 2015WHEN ARE YOU COMING OUT, REQUIEM? WHEN???
I just noticed I've been waiting this book since 2012...
...
Where is it.
WHERE.
JAMES? NUALA?
I just noticed I've been waiting this book since 2012...
...
Where is it.
WHERE.
JAMES? NUALA?
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April 27, 2012YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just finished Ballad and was sooooooooooooooooooooooo confused, so I am so glad that that was not the last one in the series!!! Yay for more Luke and Deirdre!!! :)
si-te-tuviera-te-leeria
January 27, 2016C'moooon, giveee it to me. James? Nuala? Creo que me acomodaré en mi hermoso sillón a esperarlos u_u*
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March 15, 2012HOW did I miss the Goodreads announcement of this?
This is yet another reason 2013 is going to be frawesome. (The first reason being that it means we avoided the apocalypse.)
I can't wait!!!!
This is yet another reason 2013 is going to be frawesome. (The first reason being that it means we avoided the apocalypse.)
I can't wait!!!!
March 22, 2019
I've officially given up on this book and no longer have any hope for it's release. I was once one of those readers who would willingly wait years, even decades, for a book, but am no longer because too many of my favorite authors have stopped continuing their series, going on hiatus for years, leaving their work unfinished, and now it's become an unbearable pain for me to wait. Complete. Agony. To stop myself from feeling bitter and upset I'm forcing myself to say goodbye and finding release.
April 17, 2012
O_O OMYGOSH!!!!!!!!:D I love Lament and Ballad and i just know Requiem is gonna be amazing!!<3 Just one thing...WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE RELEASED 2013??R U TRYING TO KILL ME WITH THIS WAIT???..... Anyway, looking forward to reading this book!XD
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September 14, 2013Ahhhhhh!!!! Omg! Omg! Oh my freaking god!!!! There's a 3rd Book of Faerie set for release!!!!! *dies* It's like I've stepped into a dream!!! Cannot, repeat CANNOT wait for this!!! LUKE!!!!!!!!!!!!
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June 8, 2012I'm freaking out! I didn't know there was going to be a third book! Sooooo excited!!!
July 13, 2015
GIMME GIMME GIMMEBCJJDJD
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February 22, 2014Give it to me. I haven't even read Ballad , but give it to me. Or give me a blurb. Or a cover. Or anything written by Maggie. *Cries while trying to keep her cool and failing to do so*
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April 8, 2014Yay! I thought this was coming out at the beginning of 2014 so I was madly looking for it! I can finally be at rest for a bit! Can't wait and keep writing awesome books!
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June 2, 2015Maggie ...please, please, please...from the bottom of my heart I beg you...FINISH THIS TRILOGY !
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May 21, 2016I don't think she'll ever publish the last book, I have the first two books do you think I should read them?
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November 10, 2015I asked Maggie about the status of this book a while back....
"It exists, but it was terrible, so I wouldn’t let my publisher take it until I figured out how to fix it. Now it reclines gently in publishing miasma politics timing adventures which I cannot really talk about on the internet."
(full post here: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/p... )
So it looks like there are no plans to release it anytime soon. I can't imagine it being terrible, and I'd even pay for a 'terrible' manuscript, Maggie's that good of a writer, but anyway...
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February 27, 2012No freaking way! I can't wait!!!
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March 25, 2012Requiem seems to be a newly popular title. Hopefully this one stands out.
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February 23, 2013seriously...what will i do until 2014 my life is pointless until this book comes out
November 27, 2015
WHERE IS THIS BOOK?!
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June 12, 2015Ahhhhh there is still hope for James and Deirdre yet!!! Another faerie book from Maggie! *sighs dreamily* Awesome. I'm already in love with it.
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