For the Nora Roberts readers amongst us, and since this is Romance and
Discussion, I have a question.
I have read and liked a lot of her JD Robb/In Death books, but haven't read (that I remember) any of her romance/romantic suspense books. So I was happy to just get an advance review copy of
The Inheritance, which is the first in a new trilogy coming out this fall. And it was a fun read, and I liked it a lot, until it ended in an abrupt cliff-hanger the size of the Cliffs of Moher. Is this typical for her in planned trilogies? I get that in a planned three-book series, there is going to be unresolved stuff for the later books. But this was so abrupt and so stark that I kept looking for more paragraphs/chapters, even after I knew for sure that that really was the end of the book.
I have to write a review for it now, and just have no idea what to do with the cliff-hanger (yikes), other than, I guess, let readers know that it's a doozie. When Dana Stabenow did it a few years back in her Kate Shugak mystery series, of which I'm a regular reader, I held a grudge for quite a while, and wasn't shy about it. But when I'm not a regular reader, I'm less sure of how blunt to be. I would think Roberts would be a better writer, and with enough loyal fans, than to need to do that just to make you buy the next book...
