3 months ’til TAKEN!

16 January 2013

Yup, you read that right.

TAKEN hits shelves in exactly 3 months!

I can’t tell you how so excited I am for you all to meet Gray! (Excited, and also a bit terrified. ;)) To me, April 16th seems like it’s just around the corner, but I understand that to an anxious reader, a 3-month wait can feel like an eternity.

And so, in order to celebrate the approaching release, I want to give you guys a chance to read TAKEN early. Three chances, actually. One today (the three month marker), and then again on the 16th of February and March. Each month, one lucky winner will receive an ARC of TAKEN, plus a swag pack!

HERE’S WHAT’S UP FOR GRABS:

TAKEN ARC and swag

Pictured above: ARC of TAKEN (personalized and/or signed if you’d like!), bookplates, stickers, and bookmarks!

I’ve also created a widget to help count down the days til TAKEN! As of today, just eighty-nine remain! That’s double digits, guys! Double. Digits. (The widget is in my sidebar, so if you’re reading this via an rss reader, you’ll have to click through to view it.) Adding the countdown widget to your personal blog/site will earn you extra entries in today’s giveaway, as well as future ones, so please help me spread the word!

January’s contest closes a week from today. And just to make things extra fun on the three month marker, there’s a bonus ARC giveaway happening on PubCrawl–along with an interview with my agent, Sara Crowe–so be sure to enter there as well!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Giveaway Details:
» Use the handy rafflecopter widget above to enter
» Giveaway is open internationally, to contestants 13+
» By entering, you are confirming that you are 13 or older
» Any points you claim to have earned will be validated on my end. If I cannot validate your entry, you will be disqualified.
» When the winner is announced, I will send said winner an email. If he/she does not respond within 48 hours, a new winner will be chosen.

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  • mary ann

    Well your book’s one of it, then Madman’s daughter:)) I really really love to read that book! If someone would willing to give me a copy of that book, I’d send millions of thanks!! <3

  • Jesselle

    I’m excited for Taken, The Archived by Victoria Schwab, The Elite by Kiera Cass, This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith, Transparent by Natalie Whipple, and Invisibility by Andrea Cremer and David Levithan. Thanks for the awesome giveaway! :)

  • Jaime Arkin

    love love love – the cover is one of my favorites this year and this is definitely on my must buy list!! I’m really looking forward to Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane Nickerson and Reboot by Amy Tintera and The Summer I Became a Nerd by Leah Rae miller and The Collector by Victoria Scott… LOL I could go on and on!!

    Thanks for the giveaway!!

  • http://twitter.com/Traj4ee_ tray.che

    I’m excited for Taken ofcourse and Requiem by Lauren Oliver! <3 thanks so much for the giveaway

  • http://twitter.com/Aliaa_ElNashar Aliaa

    Oooh I can’t wait for Taken (obviously), Requiem, The Archived & Scarlet!

  • A.J.

    My first one of the year would have to be The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead! :D I need it now! Thanks for the giveaway!

  • Precious Banaag

    I’m so excited for City of a Thousand Dolls, Madman’s Daughter, Pivot Point and more! :) Of course, Taken, too! <3

  • saarayy

    Besides Taken, I’m really excited for Requiem by Lauren Oliver :)

  • Megan K.

    Congrats, Erin! It’s remarkable how fast time flies, don’t you think? :) I really can’t wait for TAKEN’s release!

    Oh, too many! TAKEN, THE MADMAN’S DAUGHTER, EVERBOUND, MILA 2.0… and loads more – but I don’t want to fill up too much of this comment box, haha. Thanks for this awesome giveaway, Erin!

  • Helene

    It would be awesome to already have the chance to read Taken! It’s on my Top Ten List of 2013 Debuts that I can’t wait to read! (see here). I’m also looking forward to Let The Sky Fall, Mila2.0 and Dare You To!

  • Judith

    Eeeee thank you for the giveaway! Taken is one of my most highly anticipated 2013 debut novels and I can’t wait to read your work! Other titles I’m looking forward to are Scarlet by Marissa Meyer, Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi and Divergent #3 by Veronica Roth. Other DEBUTS I’m looking forward to are The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd, Linked by Imogen Howson and Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans. 2013 is going to be a FAB year in books :)

  • http://e-eliseetc.blogspot.com Erin Elise

    I’m really looking forward to the release of Fracture by Teri Terry and the final instalment in the Divergent series. Can’t wait to read Taken! x

  • http://bookblogbake.wordpress.com/ Stormy

    I’m looking forward to Scarlet, Requiem, and Divergent #3!

  • Samantha Stewart

    Other than Taken, I’m really looking forward to Dualed by Elsie Chapman, Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare & The Elite by Kiera Cass! I’m so excited for them all! There are so many amazing books coming out this year!!

  • Yuanting

    SO EXCITED for SO MANY books in 2013 I could hardly name them all… but if I had to choose one it really would be TAKEN! I was really intrigued by its synopsis when I first read it on PubCrawl and hence am eagerly waiting for it to be published… eee! Other than that though, I’m really looking forward to A DARKNESS STRANGE AND LOVELY, SIEGE AND STORM, the conclusion to the Divergent trilogy, UNTOLD by Sarah Rees Brennan and JUST ONE YEAR by Gayle Forman (after reading Just One Day… oh my) Oh! And of course, Requiem by Lauren Oliver!

    … I really read too many YA books! :P

  • http://www.alexayupangco.tumblr.com/ Alexa Y.

    TAKEN is one of the books that I’m definitely excited for! I’m also looking forward to Asunder, Scarlet, Just One Year + City of a Thousand Dolls! Plus, Throne of Glass # 2…

  • Annie J.

    I can’t wait to get to read Taken!

  • Ellie

    I’m excited to read Prodigy, Requiem, and the third Divergent book…three of my favorite series!

  • http://twitter.com/MorrowJaime Jaime Morrow

    Not to sound like a suck-up, but TAKEN is one of the debuts I’m most looking forward to this year. Aside from a story that sounds compelling, that cover is FANTASTIC! So, so pretty. :)

  • DebzBookshelf

    There are so many amazing books coming out this year! Besides Taken, books like Strands of Bronze and Gold, Reqiuem, Of Triton, Poison, Everbound, Control, Asunder, Prodigy, Vengeance Bound, Transparent and a zillion others are all topping my list!

  • _Sandra_

    Other than Taken, Dualed by Elsie Chapman, Pivot Point by Kasie West, Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi, Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo, last book in Divergent trilogy, Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead, Boundless by Cynthia Hand, The Collector by Victoria Scott..
    Thanks for a giveaway! :)

  • Bea Tejano

    I’m excited for Megan McCafferty’s new Jessica Darling novel and Colleen Hoover’s 3rd Slammed book:P

  • Ashley

    Taken. Clearly. Mind Games. Let the Sky Fall. Pivot Point. THERE ARE JUST SO MANY BOOKS SO LITTLE TIME.

  • Krispy

    Looking forward to TAKEN, obviously. :) I’m also dying to read Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea and The Nightmare Affair! And then there’s the ever long list of sequels that I’m just not going to name.

  • Kelly L.

    I can’t wait for Scarlet by Marissa Meyer! :D
    & Taken looks nice too! ;D

  • http://twitter.com/katyupperman Katy Upperman

    Uh, TAKEN, obviously! Also, ISLA AND THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER, and, finally, SHADES OF EARTH. There are many, many more, but I’ll stop there. :-) Thanks for the fantastic giveaway, Erin… Fingers crossed!

  • Dana

    So looking forward to Taken! I would love to put the countdown on my blog but I use WordPress. Thanks for the chance to win!

  • http://twitter.com/lyssness Alyssa

    Definitely TAKEN! I was really looking forward to JUST ONE DAY by Gayle Forman, and I’m so glad it’s finally out! I’m reading it now and it’s just as wonderful as I expected. I’m also anticipating ISLA AND THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER by Stephanie Perkins, MIND GAMES by Kiersten White, THE MADMAN’S DAUGHTER by Megan Shepherd, and PIVOT POINT by Kasie West. I’m sure there are tons more that I’m forgetting too. 2013 is going to be a great year for reading!

  • Tiffany Turpin Johnson

    Congrats, I look forward to reading it!

  • David Lee

    Great contest, looking forward to the book! I have pre-ordered on Amazon.

  • Lynsey Newton

    TONS! Taken (obvs), Isla and the Happily Ever After, Let the Sky Fall, Everbound, anything by Veronica Roth!

    Thanks for the opportunity to win :)

    Lynsey(AT)narrativelyspeaking(DOT)com

  • http://twitter.com/serenalawless Serena Lawless

    Ooh amazing! I am so excited for this book. Thank you for making this international!

    • http://twitter.com/serenalawless Serena Lawless

      Oh I didn’t read the rafflecopter before I posted – aside from your own lovely book, I think Victoria Schwab’s THE ARCHIVED is the one I am super excited about right now, and Leigh Bardugo’s SIEGE & STORM is making me die of anticipation!

  • Jess

    Really looking forward to Pivot Point, The End Games!

  • zanne

    I am so excited for this book! I would love to win an ARC. There are so many books I’m looking forward to this year… some are Mind Games, Isla and the Happily Ever After, and Let the Sky Fall.

  • Ciara

    There’s a lot I’m looking forward to. Maureen Johnson’s The Madness Underneath, Sarah Rees Brennan’s Untold, and the next (possibly final) two Morganville books by Rachel Caine/

  • deadtossedwaves

    Definitely Sever by Lauren Destefano :D

  • http://theaussiezombie.blogspot.com/ Kat (AussieZombie)

    Well, Taken of course ;) and a whole lot of other post-apocalyptic, dystopian fabulouness! My favourite genre :-D

  • Star

    Scarlet by Marissa Meyer is definatly on the list! There are so many more but it would mean going all the way over to Goodreads and sending hours looking through all the amazing books! :P

    Taken is also high on the list :P

    Star :P

  • Alyssa_Susanna

    UHM. I have like, A THOUSAND. In this post, RIGHT HERE lol. But definitely April Tucholke’s Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. Also, The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin, If I Should Die by Amy Plum, and the other 544531435436 on that list up there.

    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING AWAY AWESOMENESS!!!!!!!! You rock!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

  • http://twitter.com/ohsehooni kan♪

    I’m waiting for the sequel to Seraphina, Shadow of Bone, The False Prince, Of Poseidon and Throne of Glass among a couple dozen more books!

  • Briana

    Well, obviously I am so looking forward to Taken! Also, Just One Year by Gayle Forman, Where the Stars Still Shine by Trish Doller and The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin. Clearly 2013 is going to be a fantastic year.

  • Lea

    oooh yes there are so friggin many amazing books coming out this year. In January alone – Shades of Earth, Level 2, and Just One Day are finally finally here, next week there’s The Archived and I also can’t wait for Sarah Dessen’s new book coming in June.
    Thank you for the giveaway!!

  • Kim Kasch

    Beautiful cover. Can’t wait to read :D

  • Aldo

    I have wanted to read this book since summer of last year and it would be awesome to win an ARC!! Only 3 more months of waiting :)

  • Badass Bookie

    Very much looking forward to Nobody But Us, The Madman’s Daughter, City of A Thousand Dolls, Pivot Point, MILA 2.0 and of course, TAKEN! :P

  • http://twitter.com/TakeMeAway02 Nikki H.

    Pivot Point, Taken, Mila 2.0, and The Madman’s Daughter!

    Thanks for the giveaway!

  • desiree

    2013 is filled with amazing books! I am so extremely excited for Taken, Siege And Storm, Kinslayer, The second Throne Of Glass book, Star Cursed, and a tin more that I can’t remember the names of!

  • Fell4

    Thank you so much for this opportunity! I’m very exited to read your book :)

  • http://twitter.com/BeverlyBeth Beverly Hutchings

    Feels like the countdown has really begun now!!

    • http://twitter.com/BeverlyBeth Beverly Hutchings

      I’m really looking forward to Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire and The Elite by Keira Cass. I mean I’m looking forward to WAY more, but we would be here all night..

  • http://twitter.com/Shelver506 Shelver506

    Oh my gosh, there are too many good books coming out to name all of them. I’m looking forward to TAKEN, obviously. I also really want DARK TRIUMPH and REBOOT. <3

  • Kassidy

    I cannot wait for Unravel Me! I just loved the first book, Shatter Me!

  • Randi M

    Taken, obviously. ;) And also Requiem, Scarlet, Clockwork Princess, and so many others!

  • http://twitter.com/thebookcellarx Erica

    Your book is atop the lists of books I am counting down for. I am also very excited for Racing Savannah and Jennifer Echol’s new books this year :)

  • http://twitter.com/chelleyreads Michelle Santiago

    I cannot wait for City of a Thousand Dolls by Miriam Forster

  • kirsten wood

    I’m most excited for Scarlet :)

  • http://twitter.com/JeskuhBS Jessica BS

    This is one of those books I’ve been extra special looking forward to reading. I’m also feeling grabby-hands about Isla & the Happily Ever After and Clockwork Princess. I’ll be pushing All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill into EVERYONE’S hands as well. SO. GOOD.

  • http://www.thewordsonpaper.blogspot.com Tracey Neithercott

    You may be a tad nervous about TAKEN debuting, but I’m doing a little happy dance over here that it’s so close to coming out. YOUR is the book I’m dying to read this year. I’m also excited for DUALED, MILA 2.0, and ALSO KNOWN AS.

    Glad you’re doing this giveaway—thanks! I’ll proceed to cross all of my fingers that I win. :)

  • Natasha

    Your book totally made my list this year of things I’m dying to read. I also can’t wait for Scarlet by Marissa Meye, Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo, and Reboot by Amy Tintera. Lots of great ones out in 2013, for sure!

  • Jae_Lee

    Tempest Reborn by Nicole Peeler. And Requiem by Lauren Oliver. And your book, natch.

  • http://twitter.com/Ghenet Ghenet Myrthil

    Um…yours!

    Also, the third in the DIVERGENT trilogy, ISLA AND THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER, SCARLET…and SO many others! :)

  • Holly Bryan

    Definitely agree with others in that I am REALLY looking forward to your book!!! Also can’t wait for SCARLET, DUALED, MILA 2.0, UNRAVEL ME, SIEGE AND STORM… SO MANY!

  • Leigh Smith

    OMG SOO MANY BOOKS! I want them all! Yours it definitely up there. As is Siege and Storm, Clockwork Princess, Requiem and the next Raven Boys book. OOOH, and Quintana of Charyn.

  • Rupert

    I’m looking forward to your book, of course!

  • Jenny

    Too many books! (Obviously Taken) Shades of Earth, Requiem, Sever, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, The Inventor’s Daughter Siege and Storm, Arclight, Scarlet, Raven Boys 2, Paper Valentine…

  • http://twitter.com/AnnabelleMarieV Annabelle Lovell

    Hmmm…well a lot of them I’ve read already so I feel like those don’t count. So, I’ll say five: SCARLET, FALSE SIGHT, CLOCKWORK PRINCESS, DIVERGENT book three, and THRONE OF GLASS book two.

  • http://twitter.com/1102Daydreaming Nobonita Chowdhury

    First and foremost,UNRAVEL ME,then REQUIEM,SHADES OF EARTH (that one’s already been released,but I still need to get my hands on it),SCARLET,arrghh so many of them! >.< Just check my wishlist to see all of them: http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/7399007-nobonita?format=html&shelf=wishlist

  • Laura Duncanson

    Ahhh, so many great books coming out in 2013. Sooooo, to begin with : Prodigy by Marie Lu :D So soon! Scarlet by Marissa Meyer!! I read an ARC but am still excited to buy the final copy and re-read it haha. Taken of course!!! I can’t wait! Three months, my goodness! And The Madman’s Daughter, can’t wait to read that one!

    <3 Loie

  • Lea Krnjeta

    That would be Ever-after by Kim Harrison, Fifth Grave past the light and With all My soul

  • Alicia

    There are sooo many books I’m looking forward to. A few are (besides Taken) Just One Year by Gayle Forman, Requiem by Lauren Oliver, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke, The Rules by Stacey Kade, Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins, Unbreakable by Elizabeth Norris, the last Divgerent book…

  • Sallie M

    Obviously TAKEN by Erin Bowman! As well as The Madmans Daughter by Megan Shepherd and Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi. Anything releasing after Feb. 5th gets me too excited, so I have to go month by month!! Thanks for the giveaway and HOLLA for April being right around the corner!

  • Denice Mae

    Walking Disaster and Scarlet… Well, they’re on the top list but I still have a lot of books I can’t wait to read…

    Thanks for this chance!!! =)

  • http://twitter.com/commutinggirl Elodie

    So soooooooooooooo many!!!! Yours for example…The Madman´s Daughter, The Fault Line, Isla and the Happily Ever After…way toooooooo many! :D

  • Tiffany B.

    Too many to count!!! But I am excited for Prodigy, Unravel Me, A Darkness Strange and Lovely, Boundless, Goddess-and that’s just some of it!

  • Ana Gascon

    Sooo many books beside Taken by Erin Bowman, Requirm, Between the devil and the Deep Blue Sea, the third of the Divergent Trilogy. So many good books I can’t wait to read! Hope I win, I’m from Mexico! :D

  • May

    Unravel Me, Requiem, The Retribution of Mara Dyer, Goddess, and of course TAKEN! There are so many :D

  • http://twitter.com/theladyreads Emily

    Obviously, Taken, but Scarlet by Marissa Meyer as well. I need it and I need it now! ;)

  • http://twitter.com/LadyjuLierz julie rimpula

    Clockwork Princess and the third Divergent book. :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ileana-Alvarado/1105106026 Ileana Alvarado

    Dead Silence by Kimberly Derting, Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins and The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead

  • Lissette M

    Walking Disaster, 3rd book of Divergent, Dualed :)

  • Felipe

    I want this so much

  • belem valdez

    great give away !!

  • Kayla

    Hmmm….so many! Obviously, TAKEN then THE PROGRAM. Thanks for the giveaway!

  • blackcapfanatic

    The third book in the divergent series!!! Thanks for the giveaway.

  • http://www.facebook.com/brooke.watts.delvecchio Brooke Watts DelVecchio

    Boundless by Cynthia Hand, Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi, Requium by Lauren Oliver

  • http://www.facebook.com/PrestonsMom Beth Calloway Edwards

    I added the widget to my blog!! So glad I can help share the news! :)

  • Rose C

    Taken of course and the second books to The False King and Throne of Glass

  • Nuzaifa Hussain

    Can’t wait for Unravel Me,Divergent #3 & Taken! :D

  • Emily @ Falling For Ya

    I am really excited for Sever, Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea, and Siege & Storm!

  • Roxana Z.

    I am really excited for Lover at last, Unravel me, Taken, Through the Zombie Glass, Dark Triumph. Thank you for the giveaway!

  • http://twitter.com/CarinaOlsen Carina Olsen

    Oh, I am dying for Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo. <3 But so many amazing books are coming out as well :D

  • Pedacinho Literário

    It’s open internationally, yey! Thanks so much for the
    opportunity.

  • http://twitter.com/YAvaReads Ava

    I’m so excited for YOUR book, Erin! I can’t wait to read it! Otherwise…good grief, there are too many to name!

    Thank you so much for the opportunity to win!
    <3,
    - Ava

  • http://twitter.com/mabrooks4 Melissa Brooks

    I am counting down for Requiem, Asunder The Retribution of Mara Dyer and most obviously Taken!!!!

  • Alikiya Kc

    I’m REALLY excited for The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead, as well as Prodigy by Marie Lu, Scarlet by Marissa Meyer, Mind Games by Kiersten White, Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare, and so many other *A* (including Taken, of course, haha~)

  • http://confessionsofavi3tbabe.com Vivian

    It would have to be Apollyon, Prodigy, Scarlet, & Clockwork Princess.

  • http://www.facebook.com/NiRodrigues90 Margarida Rodrigues

    Lover at last, Unravel me and Taken. :)
    Thank you for this

  • Brittany S

    I have countdowns going for Scarlet, Unravel Me, Requiem, Apollyon, Sweet Peril, and The Indigo Spell. Just to name a few haha. Thanks for the chance to win!
    Brittany S

  • Ashley

    Thanks for the Giveaway, I am also excited for Prodigy, Scarlet and the Clockwork Princess!

  • http://twitter.com/LiliLostInABook Liliana

    Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi, Asunder by Jodi Meadows (next week! eeep!), Boundless by Cynthia Hand (today! yay!), The House of Hades by Rick Riordan (LOVE mythology), and well, those are a few I can think of off the top of my head

  • http://twitter.com/ValiaLind Valia Lind

    Im actually quite excited about this one :) And Asunder by Jodi Meadows :)

  • Inês Rodrigues

    Lover at last and Clockwork Princess :)

  • Kate

    Unravel me, Requiem, Taken, The Archived, Shades of Earth, Unremembered, , Rise (Eve) and PIvot Point!!

  • Andrea M.

    I’m anxiously awaiting Ink by Amanda Sun, Nightmare Affair
    by Mindee Arnett, Midnight Frost by Jennifer Estep, and of course Taken. Thanks for the chance to win. ;)