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Originally Posted by DuskyRose
But as I asked in the post above. Why couldn't the first book in a series be taken as a stand-alone if you chose, as long as it's a complete story? Can't you just pick up the first, read it and walk away?
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One great example for me would be the Mercedes Lackey series Collegium Chronicles. All of the major story arcs are only going to be tied into the final book. All of the items tied up in books 1 & 2 are not made clear as to why they are important or as to their meaning. The characters were only reacting to situations...sooooo....you
have to read the last book to get any type of satisfaction in the trilogy, period. It's rather annoying because this is the first time she's done this.
I've been really unhappy with this series - and since she's with an Agency6 pub I paid $14 for the ebook form of book 2. When the final book is released I'm buying a used HB for a couple of dollars. She turned me into a lost sale...and I usually buy everything of hers.