{Tour} The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee (Character Interview + a Giveaway)

***Character Interview***

Today we’re sitting down with Leda, Eris, Cord, Rylin, Atlas, Watt, and Avery from The Thousandth Floor. Welcome to Swoony Boys Podcast, guys! We’ve never had this many people at once, but we can’t wait for our readers to get to know you all a little better. Ready to get started? Here we go…

Atlas: Everything I love most in the world is here. That’s worth all the bad parts combined.

Eris: Wait, are you guys coming to visit? Where are you staying? You have to try the shishito spring rolls at Ichi, and watch the sunset from the observation deck on 840. You can get the best frozen mai tais, they don’t age-scan there—oh, worst part is just the tech-net at school.

Cord: I’d say the worst part is how everyone knows your business. No matter what you do, it’s on the feeds. As if we’re in an old-fashioned small town and all we have to do is gossip about each other.

Avery: The Tower is hardly small, Cord. But I get your point. Sometimes I want to get away, too.

Leda: What? Where else would you live, Avery? This is the center of the world.

Rylin (under her breath): You would think that.

Leda: I’m sorry, who are you?

Rylin: Like you care. Look, the best part about the Tower for me is that I can get a job at age 17 to support my family. The worst part is that I have to get a job at age 17 at all.

Watt: I get that. I work too.

Avery: Wait, Watt, I thought you were in school downTower?

Watt: I work on the side. It’s not a big deal, just tech stuff. But I do know my way around the Tower pretty well.

Rylin: Probably not as well as me, or my boyfriend. You don’t even want to know the stuff we do.

Eris: Can we all go to London when this interview is over?

Avery: Thank you for asking this question. I hate the drama, but it just seems to follow me, you know?

To those of you who are also dealing with painful or dramatic situations, I want to say first of all, it will get better. Sometimes it’s really just a matter of letting the issue cool down and taking some time alone. If it’s still a problem, do some thinking about the people in your life, and what their values are. Do they want the same things as you, or are they a negative influence?

Atlas: Wait, in front of the group? Um, okay. Leda is unpredictable and fierce, and too smart for her own good.

Leda: Atlas is maddening and unpredictable.

Avery: This is private, right? Can I have a private room? You promise no one will hear this? Atlas… Atlas is warm and thoughtful and dangerous to love.

Rylin: Cord is incredibly good-looking, but that doesn’t make him any less of a stuck-up, selfish asshole.

Cord: Really, Rylin? Well, you’re frustrating and impulsive and really damn pretty.

Watt: I don’t even have the words to describe Avery. What, Nadia? … Oh, um, Avery is breathtaking and ethereal and terrifyingly rich. I’ve never been so intimidated. And attracted.

Eris: I’m supposed to describe someone else using three words? Um… Can I just do myself? I’m beautiful and confident and stylish and glamorous and—oh, I guess that’s all the words you need.

Watt: Talking to girls is a piece of cake. Honestly, the only difficulty is finding one that’s worth my time.

Cord: I don’t do relationships. At least, not serious ones.

Atlas: The upTower girls? They’re the reason I ran away last spring.

Leda: Let me take this one.

If you’re having issues with addiction, please know that you’re not alone. There are so many people who love you—don’t be afraid to ask them for help. They can help find you the care you need.

That wasn’t so bad, right? Before we let you all go we are going to take the pressure off of the ladies and ask Atlas, Cord and Watt the five questions that we ask every guy who stops by to chat with us! Ready?

***The Swoony 5***

(These are the five questions we ask all our favorite swoony boys!)

Cord: A gentleman never tells.

Atlas: Boxers. I think the ones I’m wearing right now have little sailboats on them. Sorry, was I not supposed to say that?

Watt: Don’t you wish you knew?

Atlas: I’m a good kisser. But I think my best kiss is still in the future.

Cord: I couldn’t pick a best kiss. Safer to say that I’m the best kiss of all the girls who kiss me.

Watt: My best kiss was downTower, at a bar these two would never set foot in.

Cord: You clearly don’t know the places my brother and I go.

Atlas: The Harry Potter series. I liked that he didn’t belong with his family but still made something of himself. I’m adopted, too.

Cord: The Great Gatsby.

Watt: I don’t read books. That’s what I have Nadia for.

Watt: A breakfast sandwich on a bagel. And coffee, lots of coffee.

Atlas: Chocolate chip waffles with sliced strawberry on top.

Cord: Anything with bacon. But I never eat breakfast in bed alone.

Watt: I’m witty and clever and quick on my feet.

Cord: I’m tall and devastatingly handsome. I mean, my mom was a Brazilian model. See, you’re half in love with me already, aren’t you?

Atlas: I actually struggle with this. Girls are usually into me because of my family, and the fact that I live on the Thousandth Floor. I would rather they be into me because I’m intelligent, and thoughtful. But that means they have to get to know me first.