What better way to celebrate the release of The Iron Knight by New York Times bestselling author Julie Kagawa than with a Blog Tour Scavenger Hunt where readers have the chance to read snippets of the first chapter all around the web? We’re kicking off this Media Muscle Blog Tour today for the official release date of the 4th in the Iron Fey series. The Iron King, an earlier book in the series, just recently won 5th place in YALSA’s Teens’ Top 10 too!

From reviews and giveaways to Q&A’s and guest blog posts, we are giving you a sneak peek into the world of Julie Kagawa. As a bonus, we’ve also scheduled an excerpt scavenger hunt to give you a taste of The Iron Knight!

An excerpt scavenger hunt is when one blog runs a passage from the book and then directs you to a different blog where you’ll find the next passage in order – so don’t miss a single stop! Use the guide below to find the excerpt stop every day!

October

25 – The Story Siren
26 – The Cozy Reader
27 – Reading Teen
28 – My Reading Room Blog
29 – Curling Up by the Fire
30 – Our Life Upstate
31 – Kaitlyn in Bookland

November

01 – YA Books Central
02 – Novel Novice
03 – Once Upon A Twilight
04 – Page Turners Blog
05 – Dreaming in Books
06 – Books and Other Creative Adventures
07 – Love To Read For Fun
08 – Jenn’s Bookshelves
09 – Alexia’s Books and Such
10 – Candace’s Book Blog
11 – Fiction State of Mind
12 – I Heart Monster
13 – Harmony Radiant Reads
14 – A Life Bound By Books
15 – I Just Want to Sit There and Read
16 – The Unread Reader
17 – Chick Loves Lit
18 – The Bookish Brunette
19 – Bellas Novella
20 – Books By Their Cover
21 – In The Hammock
22 – Bibliosaurus Text
23 – Good Choice Reading
24 – Bookhounds
25 – A Bookish Affair
26 – Anna’s Book Blog
27 – Chick Lit Teens
28 – Bite My Books
29 – Review From Here
30 – Read In A Single Sitting

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.

When not swimming for her life, Julie immersed herself in books, often to the chagrin of her schoolteachers, who would find she hid novels behind her Math textbooks during class. Her love of reading led her to pen some very dark and gruesome stories, complete with colored illustrations, to shock her hapless teachers. The gory tales faded with time, but the passion for writing remained, long after she graduated and was supposed to get a real job.

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 dogtrainer 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 hyper-active Papillon puppy.