Cliffhangers...

I don't like cliffhangers either.  Someone once gave me a book and I didn't realize it was a cliffie till I was in a foreign country and couldn't get the next book.  When I got home I immediately bought the next one but didn't realize that was a cliffie as well.  Luckily the finale of the trilogy was released about a week after I got home so I was finally able to finish it.  On the author's website, it does mention that they are tightly connected but not cliffies.  I guess the reader is supposed to assume that's what she meant.  Anyway, I've mentioned these books before but for those of you who don't know they were Kissing Midnight and Breaking Midnight by Emma Holly.  And for those who are interested in reading all the books, the final book is Saving Midnight.  You would think I learned my lesson with this author but she did it again.  However, this time the release dates were four months apart.  If I had known that, I would have waited and bought them together.  The cliffie book is Devil at Midnight and it's conclusion is Angel at Dawn.  The H is these two books made an appearance in Breaking Midnight.

This next author hasn't actually finished her series.  I believe its because the publisher didn't want her to continue on with it.  I believe she's trying to buy back the rights so she can finish them.  So until then... The books are Kiss of the Rose, Blood of the Rose and Mark of the Rose by Kate Pearce.  Technically you can only read Kiss of the Rose and Blood of the Rose without Marlk of the Rose.  But there's an important secondary character in the first two books.  He's the H in the 3rd.  I really enjoyed the series and hope she can continue them.  

I refuse, for the most part, to read cliffhangers. The only one I've read is because I love the author (she's also the only romance author whose first-person books I sometimes buy), and when I borrowed it from someone, all 6 volumes were available at once. If I see in a blurb or review that something is a cliffhanger, I won't buy it, even if it's free. If I accidentally do get a cliffhanger (usually a free book), I immediately delete it and never buy another book from that author.

Hi All,

Can't say I'll never read an author who writes Cliffhangers, but I try my best to wait til all the books are out and can be read back-to-back.

I think Iris Johansen could maybe be named The Queen of Cliffhangers. These are books in the midst of her long-running Eve Duncan series, that I've observed. Probably missing others.

Resolution Trilogy by Iris Johansen
1. Eve (4/11) - Cliffhanger
2. Quinn (7/11) - Cliffhanger
3. Bonnie (10/11)

Woo-Woo Malarkey Trilogy
1. Taking Eve (4/13) - Cliffhanger
2. Hunting Eve (7/13) - Cliffhanger
3. Silencing Eve (10/13)

Eve Duncan & Friends
20. Hide Away (5/16) - Cliffhanger

Kendra Michaels by Iris Johansen & Roy Johansen
6. Double Blind (7/18)

--Janie

I always appreciate when reading the blurb about the book and the author states "Not a cliffhanger". Makes it much easier for me!

Hi All,

Here are a couple more, it's a contemporary mystery trilogy.

The Guardian Trilogy by Karen Robards
1. The Ultimatum (6/17) - Cliffhanger
2. The Moscow Deception (6/18) - Cliffhanger
3. The Fifth Doctrine (3/19)

--Janie