I hope you're ready for LODESTAR--because it's HERE! (And so is the paperback of NEVERSEEN!)

So here we are again.

Today is the day.

LODESTAR, my shiny book baby now officially makes its way into the world. I can only give it one last hug before letting it go and wishing it well:





LODESTAR is now yours.

I hope you love it as much as I do.

The story won't always go the way you're expecting it to--and I have a feeling this one will make you shout at the pages and fling the book into the wall (or maybe kick it) and ugly-cry at least once (I know I did as I wrote it). But if it does, that means I'm doing my job right. (Just make sure you don't accidentally hit anyone when you throw it--this thing is heavy. You could hurt someone!)

And I hope the story also makes you laugh, and cheer for the characters, and keep racing through those pages until the very end (and yes, I fully expect you to immediately demand book 6--sorry, I'm writing as fast as I can!)

And LODESTAR isn't the only book I have releasing today. The NEVERSEEN paperback is also (finally) hitting shelves, so for those of you who've been oh-so-(im)patiently awaiting that format so you can read--or who just like to collect my books--THE WAIT IS OVER! Tinier, paper-covered NEVERSEEN is HERE!

Thank you for reading this series. If it weren't for you guys buying the books (or requesting them at your library), and telling your friends about them, and posting about them on your social media, and posting reviews on amazon and goodreads and Barnes and Noble, I would've had to cut the story short long ago. You made books 6 and 7 possible. Thank you thank you thank you!

Oh, and one small plea: PLEASE remember that not everyone will be able to read the book immediately. Some have to wait for their copies to ship, or for it to be their turn at the library, or for birthday gifts or holiday gifts--or all kinds of other reasons. So try to be respectful with where/if you post any spoilers. I have a strict No Spoilers policy on this website and all of my social media, so I'll be deleting any posted there that I see (and no, marking it *spoiler alert* first won't make it okay. Neither will "vague spoilers"). But I'll also be traveling for the next three weeks, so I won't be able to check in as often, so *please please please* save that kind of thing for your own groups and feeds.


And here's hoping I'll get to meet some of you at my events while I'm on tour. Here's the full schedule of where to find me (and for more details on which ones do and don't require tickets, go HERE):

I also have some other fun things planned for the weeks ahead, including a special giveaway (and yes, I'll also release the LODESTAR playlist. I like to wait a few weeks, since sometimes the songs can be considered spoilers)
Okay, I guess I should stop rambling and let you guys get reading. Hope you enjoy!!!!
Oh, and as per tradition, here's a handy word cloud I made of the most commonly used words in LODESTAR. Happy reading!




**PS: if you took part in the pre-order swag giveaway, don't worry, your swag will be in the mail as soon as I can. I can't mail things while I'm traveling, but I'll do my best to get them on their way ASAP--and I always post a pic on Instagram when they go in the mail, so keep an eye out!**
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Published on November 01, 2016 00:54
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message 1: by Clara (new)

Clara Thank you for this amazing book! I can't wait to read it!!!


message 2: by Megan (new)

Megan *sees cover on the screen* must get book! Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


message 3: by malayna (new)

malayna I NEED TO BUY THIS BOOK. I cannot wait!!!! Thank you so much, Shannon Messenger, for putting this book out into the world. I am a HUGE fan. I have read all of your books like three times each. So EXCITED.


message 4: by *Ramya* (new)

*Ramya* I am in the middle of Lodestar!!!!!!!
I have laughed and death glared and felt so good. Keeper is the best!!!!!!!!
Thank you, Mrs. Messenger, I don't know what I'd do without Sophie and every other Keeper character!!!!!!!!
:)


message 5: by Abigael (new)

Abigael Lodestar made me cry :(
But it also made me really happy
And mostly it makes me want to invent a time machine to go to fall 2018 to read the next two books. I need their titles. I need more keeper. My heart is going to explode.


message 6: by *Ramya* (new)

*Ramya* I know!!!!

But what's really cool is that before NEVERSEEN even came out, I had dreams of what happened at the cliffhanger happening.

(I don't want to spoil anything!!!!!!!)


message 7: by Abigael (new)

Abigael Ramya wrote: "I know!!!!

But what's really cool is that before NEVERSEEN even came out, I had dreams of what happened at the cliffhanger happening.

(I don't want to spoil anything!!!!!!!)"



Same! I had thought about that too.


message 8: by *Ramya* (new)

*Ramya* That's so cool!


message 9: by Emily (new)

Emily Already read it and it is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


message 10: by *Ramya* (new)

*Ramya* I know!!!!!!!!

(And I have to do this)

SOPHITZ FOR THE WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!


message 11: by Emily (new)

Emily No FOSTER-KEEFE FOR THE WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!


message 12: by *Ramya* (new)

*Ramya* SOPHITZ FOR THE WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!


(Sorry-I didn't mean to start a shipping war)


message 13: by jpnmusings (new)

jpnmusings Well now it's already on!!!!! SOPHITZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fur. EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!


message 14: by StormeyKeeper1 (new)

StormeyKeeper1 StormeyKeeper1
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Umm..... EXCUSE ME!!! TEAM FOSTER-KEEFE FOR THE WIN!!!!!!!!!!! Like, you can't say Sophitz for the win. That's just wrong. That's totally going to cramp my style


message 15: by jpnmusings (new)

jpnmusings GOOD!!!! ALL TEAM FOSTER-KEEFE SHIPPERS STYLE SHOULD BE CRAMPED!!!! SOPHITZ FOREVER!!!!!


message 16: by Hermit (new)

Hermit StormeyKeeper1 wrote: "StormeyKeeper1
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Umm..... EXCUSE ME!!! TEAM FOSTER-KEEFE FOR THE WIN!!!!!!!!!!! Like, you can't say Sophitz for the win. That's just wrong. That's totally going..."

FOSTER-KEEFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fitz is just... he is just uggggg!!!!!! Noway is she going to end up with Fitz Sophitz is not a thing no no no no no no no no freaking way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


message 17: by jpnmusings (new)

jpnmusings Actually once you read like.. The last 10 pages of Lodestar, you'll see that SOPHITZ IS WAY HAPPENING!!!!!!


message 18: by Hermit (new)

Hermit Don't tell me anything you ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh


message 19: by *Ramya* (new)

*Ramya* K guys, sorry I started this, but...

Comment if you're on Team SOPHIE


And I also ship Sandor and Grizel


HarryWhoLockJackson I REALLY want to read it but I have to wait for my birthday, it's only November 9th but that's still to far!


message 21: by Hermit (new)

Hermit I must wait until after the 16th, I fear you will survive this and I will not.


message 22: by *Ramya* (new)

*Ramya* The Cliffhanger!!!!!!!

Ooooo...

Even though I love it,

Now I will DIE...


message 23: by Hermit (new)

Hermit Um....... everyone is driving me crazy because they keep talking about a cliffhanger and i haven't read the book yet and i am dying.


message 24: by jpnmusings (new)

jpnmusings Yeah.... HUGE MAJOR HORRIBLE CLIFFHANGER.


message 25: by *Ramya* (new)

*Ramya* WELL, AWESOME CLIFFHANGER, BUT THE WAIT........

*moans*


message 26: by Rishima (new)

Rishima I am not in this conversation but...THE CLIFFHANGER HAS ME DYING AND ANYONE WHO HASNT READ THE BOOK YET, BEWARE OF THE CLIFFHANGER... BEWARE

and we have to wait for the sixth book to continue and till it comes out, can someone prepare my grave because I can't live like this. WHAT KIND OF WORLD IS THIS???? A WORLD WITHOUT KEEFE????????


message 27: by Rishima (new)

Rishima ratherbereading wrote: "GOOD!!!! ALL TEAM FOSTER-KEEFE SHIPPERS STYLE SHOULD BE CRAMPED!!!! SOPHITZ FOREVER!!!!!"

TEAM FOSTER-KEEFE IS TOTALLY GOING TO WIN!!!! DONT YOU WORRY!!!!! :3


message 28: by *Ramya* (new)

*Ramya* Oh no-

SOPHITZ!!!!!!!!!!


They are just so perfect for each other!



message 29: by Hermit (new)

Hermit Rishima wrote: "ratherbereading wrote: "GOOD!!!! ALL TEAM FOSTER-KEEFE SHIPPERS STYLE SHOULD BE CRAMPED!!!! SOPHITZ FOREVER!!!!!"

TEAM FOSTER-KEEFE IS TOTALLY GOING TO WIN!!!! DONT YOU WORRY!!!!! :3"

I agree that Foster-Keefe will win, Sofitz is wrong


message 30: by jpnmusings (new)

jpnmusings SOPHITZ is to strong in Lodestar to deny that it doesn't have the advantage. It is WAY ahead of sokeefe and is much more developed and likely. But to be honest, sokeefe isn't far behind...


message 31: by *Ramya* (new)

*Ramya* ratherbereading wrote: "SOPHITZ is to strong in Lodestar to deny that it doesn't have the advantage. It is WAY ahead of sokeefe and is much more developed and likely. But to be honest, sokeefe isn't far behind..."

Still, Sophie and Fitz are perfect for each other :)


message 32: by Rishima (new)

Rishima ratherbereading wrote: "SOPHITZ is to strong in Lodestar to deny that it doesn't have the advantage. It is WAY ahead of sokeefe and is much more developed and likely. But to be honest, sokeefe isn't far behind..."

Nah TEAM FOSTER-KEEFE is awesome and SOPHIE'S AND KEEFE'S BOND SHALL NOT BE BROKEN EVEN BY THE STRONGEST OF FORCES!!!!!!!!!!!


message 33: by *Ramya* (last edited Nov 15, 2016 06:08PM) (new)

*Ramya* Rishima wrote: "ratherbereading wrote: "SOPHITZ is to strong in Lodestar to deny that it doesn't have the advantage. It is WAY ahead of sokeefe and is much more developed and likely. But to be honest, sokeefe isn'..."

No, Sophitz is the strongest bond!!!!!!!!


message 34: by *Ramya* (new)

*Ramya* Seriously,

(view spoiler)


message 35: by Rishima (new)

Rishima I DISAGREE WITH ALL SUPPORTERS OF SOPHITZ


message 36: by *Ramya* (new)

*Ramya* Why? I love Keefe, but I feel like Sophie and Fitz have a very unique bond-true love.

It literally said that Sophie and Fitz had a special bond :)


message 37: by Hermit (new)

Hermit So!!!!! It does not matter guys.... as much as I want Foster-Keefe to win... I understand the sophitz thing too... both are possible and we have to trust shannon... WHO AM I KIDDING SHANNON IS TORCHERING US ALL AND I WANT WHAT I WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TEAM FOSTER-KEEFE ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


message 38: by Hermit (new)

Hermit Rishima wrote: "I am not in this conversation but...THE CLIFFHANGER HAS ME DYING AND ANYONE WHO HASNT READ THE BOOK YET, BEWARE OF THE CLIFFHANGER... BEWARE

and we have to wait for the sixth book to continue and..."



We need a Keepers graveyard man... I think we shall all have the fate of death, but we must keep hope and stay strong... my friends shall speak about my non-fictional feelings towards what others call fictional characters at mt funeral... I WILL ALWAYS LOVE KEEFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


message 39: by *Ramya* (new)

*Ramya* Does anyone else hate when people say KEEPER and other "fantasy" books are Not. Real?

I definitely hate it.


I am a TRUE BELIEVER!!!!!!!



Anyone else get me?


message 40: by Hermit (new)

Hermit YAASSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was telling my mom about it and I got very emotional and mad and she looked at me and said, "You know their not real right? They are just books and characters." I would not speak to her for the rest of the day... I amnow book depressed...


message 41: by *Ramya* (last edited Nov 28, 2016 03:15PM) (new)

*Ramya* Don't worry about it. I've been having those problems since I was seven. My parents are not exactly believers, but they don't outright say, "you know [insert detail] isn't real, right?" (Well, they sometimes do that, but then I throw tantrums so they know to never say that.

My cousins once told me that Santa wasn't real when I was seven (even though I know its my parents, I know Santa is influencing them to buy me gifts) but I get the priveledge of knowing he is real and these days, I don't even try to argue with the non-believers that dominate and rule these days, and keep believing myself!!!!!!


message 42: by Hermit (new)

Hermit nice... when people say he isn't real say if you don't believe you wont receive


message 43: by *Ramya* (last edited Nov 28, 2016 03:26PM) (new)

*Ramya* Sorry about bringing Santa up. Whenever I see my cousins and tell them about KEEPER, one of them said, "do you actually believe that's real?" and I just say, "what kind of person reads books but doesn't believe in them?"


Don't remember what he said to that. But seriously-why read if you don't believe? It's where all the magic comes from!


message 44: by Hermit (new)

Hermit true true... i am a strong believer... if i ever dated i would be dumped for my love of books...


message 45: by *Ramya* (new)

*Ramya* That's not true.

*pats you on the back*

If I have true love, it would be either the love I have for my parents or books.




message 46: by Hermit (new)

Hermit haha my friend once told me that i had to pick them or books, i remember them sometimes when I buy a new book


message 47: by *Ramya* (new)

*Ramya* :)


message 48: by Hermit (new)

Hermit honestly if someone made me choose between them and books, then they aren't a true friend


message 49: by Hermit (new)

Hermit Rishima wrote: "ratherbereading wrote: "SOPHITZ is to strong in Lodestar to deny that it doesn't have the advantage. It is WAY ahead of sokeefe and is much more developed and likely. But to be honest, sokeefe isn'..."

She still had hope in him when he joined the Neverseen and nobody else did for a long while... I mean Keefe is Keefe who couldn't love his messy hair and his smirk and he can feel other peoples feelings, so he knows how Sophie felt about him at the end of the book why else would Keefe be smiling about Sophie's feelings... Team Foster-Keefe for the win!!!!!!!!!!!!! If she doesn't take him, I will...


message 50: by jpnmusings (new)

jpnmusings I could. Sure Keefe can be funny sometimes, but I kinda find him so what anoying. I mean, I'm sure he's gonna go right back to getting Sophie in trouble. As for what he felt at the end, I honestly don't know, but what I do know is that we are pretty much in Sophie's mind the whole of the book, and never once has she thought she liked him. She even says in lodestar that she doesn't during the whole "boys" conversation. On the other hand, she obviously likes Fitz, and it's getting pretty obvious that he likes her. It's also obvious that Keefe likes Sophie. Prepare to be heartbroken keefe cause your not getting her!! (Also Keefe's all yours keeper fanatic') *shudders and gags*


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