Sometimes you enjoy a series and know you want to read the next book, but you'll get around to it sometime.
Then sometimes a series ensnares you with book one then totally loses you with later books.
Welcome to my newest feature: Series that Sizzle; Series that Interest; and Series that Fizzle.
Today is the first series that fizzled for me: Nightshade by Andrea Cremer.
I loved Nightshade. For me it was the start of a series that would Sizzle. Then I read Wolfsbane. This middle book just felt like a filler book to me. I am not sure why it lost my interest. Maybe it was the cover change. Maybe it was that there was too long of a wait between books (which could be another post altogether--wait till all books are published or read as they come out?). I am not sure what it was, but I just lost interest for Bloodrose when it came out. (However I bought it for my library and it has been very popular with my werewolf loving readers, so I might have to try it this summer).
I agree that Wolfsbane wasn't as riveting as Nightshade (and I didn't care for the cover, either), but I'm holding out hope for Bloodrose. It's on my Kindle and I'll get to it soon. :-)
ReplyDeleteI bought it for the library and it has been out constantly so I probably won't get to it until the summer. One girl did let slip something that happened, but she did like it.
DeleteI haven't read any of these books! I'm trying to think of a series that fizzled for me... I typically think all of the books in a series are pretty equal, with a few exceptions: Mockingjay was a total disappointment (this is probably my fizzle - even though my heart bursts with love for the first two). I thought Dashner's Scorch Trials series peaked with book #2, and Patrick Ness's Chaos Walking trilogy started out AMAZING and somehow got more and more AMAZING with each subsequent book.
ReplyDeleteOnce I started thinking of this idea I had several series that fizzled come to mind. And some that just interest me and a bunch that sizzle. It will be good to be able to pull out my list when I need a blog post idea!
DeleteAnd you are right, the Chaos Walking series was awesome, beginning to end!