Yesterday, my life's like, 'Uh-oh, pop quiz!' Today it's like, 'rain of toads.'

Xander ,'Beneath You'


Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."


Polter-Cow - Jan 22, 2013 7:28:10 am PST #20296 of 28348
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Is this going to be a series or a trilogy?


Amy - Jan 22, 2013 7:39:07 am PST #20297 of 28348
Because books.

Glass Heart follows it, but that's it.


Polter-Cow - Jan 22, 2013 7:47:33 am PST #20298 of 28348
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Oh, that's it? It's just a duology? Those are becoming a thing these days! I like it! It's sort of the perfect balance between "Man, this book is great, and I would like more" and "Holy crap, how many books have I committed to with this thing..."


Amy - Jan 22, 2013 7:58:24 am PST #20299 of 28348
Because books.

You'd be surprised how many readers were excited to think it was a stand-alone.


Kate P. - Jan 22, 2013 7:59:24 am PST #20300 of 28348
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Ha! I admit, as a reviewer, I do get kind of excited when a teen book (especially one with fantasy or paranormal elements) is NOT a trilogy.


Polter-Cow - Jan 22, 2013 8:05:21 am PST #20301 of 28348
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

You'd be surprised how many readers were excited to think it was a stand-alone.

I would not. Man, am I tired of EVERYTHING being a series. Can't I just read one book and be DONE?? I have so many other books to read dammit.


le nubian - Jan 22, 2013 8:06:23 am PST #20302 of 28348
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I was kind of angry that Sunshine by Robin McKinley did not have a sequel. I intellectually understand her explanation, but it doesn't make much sense to me. She did a lot of world-building with that book, she can't come up with a sequel?


Sophia Brooks - Jan 22, 2013 8:08:57 am PST #20303 of 28348
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

"you've got a dark horse, you've got a cold kiss..." is stuck in my head again!

I am a little disappointed that there is not a third book, but I haven't read the second yet because I liked the first so much. I don't like things to end.


Amy - Jan 22, 2013 8:14:28 am PST #20304 of 28348
Because books.

"you've got a dark horse, you've got a cold kiss..."

Psst, I think it's dark HEART. Not that I can talk. Ask Cass how I mangled Kane lyrics one time.

Cold Kiss was conceived as a single book, so writing Glass Heart was sort of a challenge. I'd like to go back one day and revisit some of the other characters, or explore Wren's family history, but I think I'm happy with where I left Wren herself.


Polter-Cow - Jan 22, 2013 8:16:51 am PST #20305 of 28348
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Cold Kiss was conceived as a single book, so writing Glass Heart was sort of a challenge.

On the one hand, weird to write a sequel to a book you didn't intend to write a sequel to. On the other hand, nice that they wanted you to!