When do you give up on an author?

There are a few authors that I hated the first thing I read from them so much, I have yet to attempt another book by them. Some authors I attempted to read multiple books because they seemed so popular, but finally gave up deciding that author just isn't for me.

I only have one auto-buy author and that's Julie Miller. I used to include Grace Burrowes but her last few books have been very hit and miss for me, so I stopped auto buying. I have been really disappointed with the Dorning brothers books and will only read the next one if I can borrow it from the library. I won't pay for it.

I know every author is going to have a dud or two, or write about a trope I don't like or a character I can't stand. It's when I run into two or three of those in a row that I tend to give up on attempting any more.

Me, too.  That happened to me with Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase.  I really disliked the book and the H and h.  It's very rare for me to not like either MC.  No matter how many people like her work, I'll never be one of them.

There are a few authors that I used to read that I no longer read. The reasons why vary. Sometimes my taste has changed. Sometimes the author's writing style had changed. Or the h's just don't belong in the times that the book is set. That one probably annoys me the most. It's very often that I do not like a H.   

Sarah MacLean used to be an auto buy for me but I haven't read anything new of hers since Day of the Duchess.  What really put me off is that she rewrote that book because of the 2016 presidential election.  When I found that out all I wanted to do was read the original version.  I don't judge an author by their political beliefs, but when they start to interfere with the writing, that's when I have a problem.  I just don't like how she writes her h's anymore.  She's taking a 21st century woman and basically sticking her into the 19th century.  That doesn't work for me.  I've read the reviews for her latest books and a lot of the negative ones are saying basically the same thing.  If you are going to write Historicals then the characters should behave accordingly to the time period.  If not, write contemporaries.  I haven't even really reread my faves by her.  I used to reread Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake all the time.  I just think of her rewriting an entire book and get annoyed 

OMG yes, I have ranked some books as 2 stars just because there was too much sex at the expense of a plot; I think that is why I am doing so many re-reads  .

I was actually going to mention those two series.  I do still read Feehan but not the Dark series.  

I have a variety of auto-buy authors but am so far behind on reading many of them; I don't know if I'd give up on them or not. I've also got a very large stash of dtb's where I've bought new (to me) authors, just to try them. But they're also waiting to be read. and oh, the numbers of them in the Kindle stash. I shouldn't ever run out of books to read.

Authors that I've given up on completely? I had on Johanna Lindsey, bless her, because I'd gotten tired of the Mallory's and her telling how they'd fight each other all the time, etc. All the books read the same, so I quit. But I still have some of her old ones that I won't surrender. I've almost completely quit Feehan: I'd quit the Ghostwalker series long ago, many others, but was still reading the Carpathians which is where I first fell in love with her. But it got to the point it was like having to study a science text to read her books; it was hard to enjoy the story, and yeah, I got rather tired of all the language repeats; esp. when it seemed that the last quarter of the book was all the same stuff, each book, telling me all about all the stuff. I've picked up the dtb copy as the new one releases, skimmed to see if the same problems continue, yep, so I don't buy it either dtb or ebk. I've still got a few I've not read yet but at this rate, doubt I'll buy more. But I've not given up on her fully yet.

I tell myself that I've given up on Diana Palmer & then get tempted each new book to buy her again. I've quit buying Dorothy Garlock as she's moved into the 20th century and I just don't care for HR's in that century for the most part. But I still love reading her older titles & if she moves back in time again, I'll be back! No, I don't think I ever totally give up on a author.

it all depends on what you mean by questionable; I deleted all Faleena Hopkins (sp?) books after she tried to trademark the word "cocky", it was just too ridiculous for words.  But I continue to read authors where our political beliefs are diametrically opposed (eg. Linda Howard) as long as they don't hit me over the head with dogma.  Personally, I opted out of KU for the reason stated plus too many authors I wanted to read weren't included.  

I never did care for Danielle Steele, so I guess I did give up on her a long time ago...may not be quite the right interpretation...I think I remember reading 3 of her titles, who knows which ones, and decided never again. Janet Dailey was one of my main authors oh so long ago, but I got bored with hers after discovering so many others such as JAK, Elizabeth Lowell, NR (long before the copyright brouhaha!), etc. She just didn't work for me anymore.

One that I did quit reading was Janet Evanovich; I got tired of the Stephanie Plum series about #17; and tried some of her other titles; it was like she was writing them to be just as stupid as possible; throwing in all types of weird stuff just for the giggles. But I didn't feel like giggling any more. I've not even picked one up just out of curiosity for some time.