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H__Dresden t1_jddbyou wrote

We fell off the show right after they arrived in America. Same with the books.

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stalkythefish t1_jde9hb3 wrote

Us too. The Caribbean arc. It just got too ludicrous that season. They probably literally jumped a shark.

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meatball77 t1_jdf6wf3 wrote

That's where the series should have ended, or even better right after she travels back and meets Jamie in the bookshop (then give us a sex filled epilogue where they live happily ever after).

Then it basically becomes fan fiction of iteself. The author should have done a spinoff where the daughter while trying to go see her mother ends up traveling back way to far and meets a Viking.

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SlouchyGuy t1_jdgr9jc wrote

I was recommended the series, but then I looked into it and saw the number of books, I'm glad I did. Horrifically overstuffed unending series is the reason I don't any long series anymore, only those that have episodic books, each with an ending.

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meatball77 t1_jdhc2nj wrote

I've become a big fan of romance series where each book in the series has new characters and maybe there's a bit of a story that continues. I'm ten books into a romance series right now and it feels fresh because I get new characters each time. So many writers essentially end up writing their own fanfiction when they can't end their stories.

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SlouchyGuy t1_jdhdt4s wrote

Didn't know those existed, a nice compromise between marketability of the series and writing a new book.

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meatball77 t1_jdhecsl wrote

If you're in the romance space (as opposed to women's fiction or romantic fiction) it's the norm because a HEA is required for it to be really called romance.

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