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Fans hold ACOTAR book lock-in in Carrickfergus rain

About 40 fans gathered in County Antrim for the first new book in the series in five years; the sequel arrives in January.

On air: Chip Darnell and Gloria Vance on BBN After Hours
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Photo: Sarah Samoraj · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Watch it as it aired: Chip Darnell and Gloria Vance on this story, from BBN After Hours at 3:21 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are BBC's, the jokes are ours.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnyway, in Carrickfergus, about forty fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses held a lock-in for the new book.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThey did it in torrential rain and high winds in County Antrim.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe book is A Court of Splintered Harmony, the first new one in five years, and the sixth in Sarah J Maas's series.

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThirty-two dollars for the hardcover, thirty-eight for the next. Is there a rate for people who brought their own storm?

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorJanuary twelfth, twenty twenty-seven. I note the date is firm. The forecast for County Antrim is not.

  6. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorLove it. Love all of it.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA correction, Chip. The headline calls it a way to escape. I assume they meant the weather.

  8. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI'd rate the escape a ten. Five years for the book, and the forecast still said rain.

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