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Please list complete or nearly complete series
Thanks Chelsea. I don't think I ever heard of the Gifted series.
Thats ok happy to help
I recognize most of those - are those all YA?
No not all of them in the thread are YA but a lot of them are.
I'm starting this one tonight, I've heard nothing but great things, and I think it's just a YA trilogy.
Nicole R. wrote: "I'm starting this one tonight, I've heard nothing but great things,"
Ooohh, something to look forward to.! I started the Dark Days series last night(Jocelynn Drake), based on it being listed on our "Completed" thread! I did read the Sweep series too but didn't much care for it. It's hard to compete with the other books I was reading at the time - A Discovery of Witches and Succubus Revealed. LOL
I read the first one and it was really good! I have been waiting to read the second one until the third one was closer to being released.
I'm only about 30 pages in, and I already like it. Sort of a Twilighty feel, but I've heard it sort of changes pretty soon. And I just got the third one for my nook. Yaay!
Keep reading, it is way different than Twilight. ;)
I don't think I saw this posted, but the Heavenly series is finished. I haven't read it yet, so I can't say how it is.
Also, The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith.
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How did we miss Vampire Diaries! Thx for both, Rebecca!
The Vampire Diaries is a VERY good TV show too!! Even better than the books!
I have to get caught up on that TV series sometime. I think the last I saw was Year 2, Episode 20. Damon is cute enough, but Stefan should be softer looking, IMO. He is really nice though. LOL
Honestly I like the show way better than the books. I think it was the third book, the return series, that really made me think less of the series. It was terribly written imo. Like a very rushed 5th grader wrote it, so different from the first ones. I know that may sound terrible, but I haven't picked up L.J. Smith since.
Vanessa I agree, that book was horrible and I haven't read any of them since. I actually did like the first few books tho. Also, I liked the Secret Circle books and I like that show also.
Has anyone been to her website? Wow!
Vanessa 'Pixi' wrote: "Honestly I like the show way better than the books. I think it was the third book, the return series, that really made me think less of the series. It was terribly written imo. Like a very rushed 5..."Doesn't sound bad at all! There are waaay too many books out there to read to waste time on something you don't love. I didn't realize just how many fabulous authors/books until I found Goodreads!
Im not a fan of the books either. They are ok, but to me they are a little too childish. The tv show is so much hotter!
Rebecca wrote: "Im not a fan of the books either. They are ok, but to me they are a little too childish. The tv show is so much hotter!"Plus Ian is a total hottie =) *drool*
I think everyone in the show is hot! That has to be one of the hottest casts ever!
Vanessa 'Pixi' wrote: "Honestly I like the show way better than the books. I think it was the third book, the return series, that really made me think less of the series. It was terribly written imo. Like a very rushed 5..."Im with you.....and at the same point i dropped the series too! i also have not picked up another book either! i have to say i love the tv shows and wish the book was more like them!
ONE OF MY TOP 5 favorites:The Darkyn series by Lynn Viehl & her the final kindred book is coming out Nov. 2011
THE DARKYN SERIES
KYNDRED SERIES
I never heard of either. Can't wait to read them!Thx, Ezinwanyi
So! I stayed up LATE reading the 3rd and what I thought was the final book in Richelle Mead's 3-book Dark Swan series. I had 20 or so pages left and I was not going to bed without finding out how it ended. I was really wondering how she was going to tie it up so quickly! LOL WELL, it is VERY fortunate the real last book is coming out soon, Dec 27 to be exact, cause when I turned the last page of that book and nothing was resolved, well, it wasn't pretty. Can't wait to read it but that was very disappointing at 2 am! Good series, btw, not as engaging as Succubus,IMO, but by the end of the 3rd book, the character grow on you. Love Mead's writing style.
Hi Ezinwanyi, I've got the Darklyn and Kyndred series on my TBR list WHEN i get up to date on the ten or more series I'm currently reading. I hear its pretty dark and angsty which are the kinda books i usually like. PS How's your beautiful baby going??PM. What did you think of the cliffhanger at the end of Iron Crowned? I loved it makes for an interesting resolution in the final book. I agree not as good as the Succubus series, though.
**Dark Swan SPOILERS AHEAD**I have liked Dorian all along so I was very happy with where it went. She had a dream of she and he holding a child and overlooking a battle or something and I think that is where this will go in the end.
i wouldn't be surprised if it turns out to be his child, conceived before the antibiotics. After reading the last few chapters, I actually like the book more that I was thinking I did and I think it deserves a deeper examination than I have given it so far. Not Seth Mortenson, but hey...
OH my goodness Lisa! I just had a thought and had to add this! Eug says to Dorian, top of pg 373, "I think sometimes Kiyo does too," referring to Dor saying people will think he, Dorian, is the father. Kiyo was, shall we say "shooting blanks"!! Kiyo knows he can't be the father because he got fixed after he impregnated the Willow Queen! That is why he doesn't care about killing the kids, something that Eug is so shocked about. Maiween wanted to stop Eug from getting preggers so sent Kiyo to be her lover, knowing he would not get her pregnant and if if she was in a relationship with him no one else would either. What do you think of that theory?? LOL
SPOILERS; DARK SWAN. Whoah, Whoah, PM, I have lent my copy to a friend so can't refer back at the moment. Where did you get that bit about Kiyo shooting blanks? I didn't pick that up at all. Mmmm, not a bad theory and does explain some stuff. I actually think that the twins will have different fathers, even though Dorian and Eug didn't actually do the deed so to speak if you read that scene where they were together there is a chance he got her pregnant by alternate means...
Ezinwanyi wrote: "ONE OF MY TOP 5 favorites:The Darkyn series by Lynn Viehl & her the final kindred book is coming out Nov. 2011
THE DARKYN SERIES
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BJS wrote: "Ezinwanyi wrote: "ONE OF MY TOP 5 favorites:The Darkyn series by Lynn Viehl & her the final kindred book is coming out Nov. 2011
THE DARKYN SERIES
[bookcover:Pri..."Is this a really good series? What would you compare it to?
Never heard of Darkyn! I'm looking it up right now.....**Spoilers Dark Swan, Slight Merry Gentry**
As to Dark Swan. Lisa - Have you read the Merry Gentry series? I don't want to say much if you haven't but your comment about twins with different fathers is very interesting. There are several times in Dark Swan when it reminded me of Merry and her harem of men.
Lisa wrote: "Hi Ezinwanyi, I've got the Darklyn and Kyndred series on my TBR list WHEN i get up to date on the ten or more series I'm currently reading. I hear its pretty dark and angsty which are the kinda bo..."My son is 4months today!!!thanks for asking Lisa, he started sleeping through the night this week, and of course, i chose this week to get my kindle stolen.
So I have been trying to decide whether I should get my same Kindle (the one with the Keyboard) or get the Kindle touch or get the Kindle Fire.
Hubby wants to get me the Kindle Fire for Christmas, but I can't wait until Christmas.
Plus, I heard the regular non-tablet Kindle was much better for those of us who read a lot. So I can't make up my mind. But at least I got some paperbacks handy.
I really really love the Darkyn series. they are up there with BDB, Night huntress etc for me. I actually read it for one of these goodreads challenge and I read the next five immediately. I like the author's writing style.
The writing is gripping and I can't put them down.
The Darkyn series is dark like many said because the heroes have a past of abuse like the BDB hellrens. Nothing like Vishous, and Zsadist the headcase (LOL).
But you know, we love our tortured men and the ladies that bring light into their lives.
What I like about the Darkyn women is that they have their own powers (like the Midnight Breedmates). Each had and still have their own stuff going unlike the shellans.
The Heroine Alexander Keller is one of my favorite heroine of all the books I have read. She is what my mother would call a "saucy" girl. Very sarcastic and witty. She makes me LOL at her comments. the hero michael Cyprien seems like a mild mannered guy, and I guess he would have to be, right?
I am reading Dead Dead Witch Walking, finally getting to the Hollows Series, but this series isn't over.
Night Huntress Series by Jeanienne Frost with spin offs to Night Huntress World Series.Jeaniene Frost
Reading Order
Halfway to the Grave
One Foot in the Grave
At graves end
Destined for an early grave
First drop of crimson (spinoff)
Eternal kiss of darkness (spinoff)
This side of the grave
One grave at a time
This series isn't finished. I believe she said she has at least 2 more books for the Night Huntress series and she has not mentioned an end for the Night Huntress World series.But my #2 favorite series.
Ezinwanyi wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Hi Ezinwanyi, I've got the Darklyn and Kyndred series on my TBR list WHEN i get up to date on the ten or more series I'm currently reading. I hear its pretty dark and angsty which are..."Thanks, E, that series sounds great. I'll definitely get to it soon, nothing I like better than some angsty, emotionally tortured men (only in books, of course)
PM, haven't read Merry. Is that Laurel K Hamilton?
I liked the Merry Gentry series a lot, (despite the creepy ick factor.) but her books seem to take so much time to come out, I lose interest. I would love to read another one, as the last one left sooo many unanswered questions. Hopefully it doesn't drag out like her Anita Blake series.
Possible Anita BLake and Sookie Stackhouse SPOILERS!!!Agree, Nichole. I love Jean Claude and Anita, but that series has gone down hill and is dragging on, as in fact has the Sookie Stackhouse series. If you started reading the first book, it was in 1993! The storyline is suffering too. I like Merry even though there are multiple men, which I do not like so much for Anita. For Merry there is a reason that pertains to the actual plot. For Anita it is just, well, more men to write about. There are to be 15 Merry Gentry books.
PM wrote: "Agree, Nichole. I love Jean Claude and Anita, but that series has gone down hill and is dragging on, as in fact has the Sookie Stackhouse series. If you started reading the first book, it was in ..."It's weird - I can remember reading an interview years ago (just after Stroke of Midnight came out) and I swear she said Merry would be 6 books total. That said it's not the first time a series has been extended.
Merry Gentry SPOILER!!!That is what I read too, that it was originally going to be 6 books. It now will go beyond just having the babies and saving the world or whatever, and I fear will get into the same nothing much happening doldrums as Anita.
So this series has a long way to go then if she is just on book 8. I remember when I worked at B&N in 2000 I got the first book for free and I didn't even know what it was. It didn't sound interesting to me but the store manager thought I would really like it. I still haven't read it, but it sounds like he had my number, because I thought paranormal sounded dumb until I read Twilight and got addicted about 3 years ago =) It just took me awhile to catch up to what he already knew about me =)
That is about when this all started for me...same book, too! LOL Which series do you have book 1 for - Anita Blake or Merry Gentry?
I think Merry Gentry, which from the descriptions of both I think I would prefer that one because it has the fae. Though it seems people don't really rave about LKH anymore, they are just annoyed with her. And I think the slutty heroines would really bother me. So I haven't decided to read it yet, though it's still on my bookshelf 12 years later =)
ANITA BLAKE, MERRY GENTRY, SPOILERS!The first several Anita Blake books are VERY good and the heroine had a moral center at that point. I loved them, then they went astray. I would still read them though, Jean Claude is not to be missed and Hamilton's writing is so good. The Merry Gentry books are really good too and as I said previously, the multiple men are relevant to the story. It IS a harem thought and you may not like that, relevant or not. The many and multiple men with Anita Blake are very not relevant and by now, just annoying. The books that center on Edward are still fine.
Well I think I am kind of prudish when I read, because I even thought Sookie Stackhouse was getting too whorish, and I never saw anyone else who thought that. Everyone seems to think that about LKH's books so I'm not sure I can handle it. If I do decide to read them it will probably be a long time from now because I prefer to read finished series first, and I have a lot of those on my TBR list =)
Yeah, I'd stay away from LKH, then. I would consider quite a few of her books more on the erotica side. It's weird, because she eases you into it. The first few books are sex free, and it gets steadily more racy, then downright "whoa!" as it goes on.
** Dark Hunter/Dream Hunter/Were Hunter** ( Sherrilyn Kenyon )
1. Fantasy Lover
2. Night Pleasures
3. Night Embrace
* 3.5 * DragonSwan (short story)
4. Dance With The Devil
5. Kiss Of The Night
6. Night Play
7. Seize The Night
8. Sins Of The Night
9. Unleash The Night
10. Dark Side of The Moon
11. The Dream-Hunter
12. Devil May Cry
13. Upon The Midnight Clear
14. Dream Chaser
* 14.5* Fear The Darkness (short story)
15. Acheron
16. One Silent Night
17. Dream Warrior
18. Bad Moon Rising
19. No Mercy
20. Retribution
** The Others (Christine Warren) **
1. Wolf At The Door
2. She's No Faerie Princess
3. The Demon You Know
4. Howl At The Moon
5. Walk On The Wild Side
6. One Bite With A Stranger
7. You're So Vein
8. Big Bad Wolf
9. Born To Be Wild
10. Prince Charming Doesn't Live Here
11. Black Magic Woman
** Immortals After Dark (Kresley Cole) **
1. Playing Easy To Get
2. A Hunger Like No Other
3. No Rest for The Wicked
4. Wicked Deeds on A Winters Night
5. Dark Needs at Nights Edge
6. Dark Desires After Dusk
7. Kiss of A Demon King
8. Deep Kiss of Winter
9. Pleasure of A Dark Prince
10. Demon From The Dark
11. Dreams of A Dark Warrior
** The Argeneau Series (Lynsay Sands) **
1. A Quick Bite
2. Love Bites
3. Single White Vampire
4. Tall Dark & Hungry
5. A Bite To Remember
6. Bite Me If You Can
7. The Accidental Vampire
8. Vampires Are Forever
9. Vampire Interrupted
10. The Rogue Hunter
11. The Immortal Hunter
12. The Renegade Hunter
13. Bitten By Cupid (anthology)
14. Born To Bite
15. Hungry For You
16. The Reluctant Vampire
** The House of Night (PC & Kristen Cast) **
1. Marked
2. Betrayed
3. Chosen
4. Untamed
5. Hunted
6. Tempted
7. Burned
8. Awakened
8.5 Dragons Oath
9. Destined
Plus the Dark Ones series by Katie MacAlister was a SUPER good read too!
ANITA BLAKE SPOILER!!Nicole R. Duchess wrote: "Yeah, I'd stay away from LKH, then. I would consider quite a few of her books more on the erotica side. It's weird, because she eases you into it. The first few books are sex free, and it gets s..."
I just got her next one. I keep reading them, like and idiot, hoping they will come back to how good they used to be. I just know Jean Claude is out there somewhere waiting to come back!
3 finished series by Lilith Saintcrow that everyone should read.
The Jill Kismet series was very good but I am especially loving the Dante Valentine series. Romance in the Kismet series is somewhat slight and hence while I like "him," he is not memorable. Lilith even says that relationship was an not originally intended to be something that lasted for the whole series. In the Dante Valentine series the romance is much more central, but since I am not finished, who knows where it will go! LOL
FYI, look at what she says about ending a series. Wish some other authors had this pov:
Pamela: There are certainly many authors who would try to continue a best-selling series as long as they possibly could. How do you know for yourself when a series is finished?
Lilith: When it's stopped moving but hasn't started to stink yet? (Laughs) As soon as I start a series I know where the arc ends. Sometimes it isn't possible to write the entire arc from soup to nuts, for a variety of reasons, so I have to bring the series to a place of balance, at least. That's very rare, though; it's only happened once to me. I'm very lucky to have editors who listen when I tell them, "This many books is as long as this series can be; these are the reasons why.
Series that are done: Erin McCarthy's Vegas Vampires, Michele Rowen's Immortality Bites, Keri Arthur's Riley Jenson, L A Banks Crimson Moon. Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse series is suppose to have 1 or 2 more books then it's done. Marta Acosta's Casa Dracula is done.
@PM, I'm just a casual reader but it is true that sometimes series are extended beyond their utility life as it were. I admire authors that know just when to quit a series.If I could just make a side note. Another example is the tv show Iron Chef, they made an American version but the Japanese one finished before anyone could get bored. even some manga series only do 2-3 seasons and leave you wanting more but satisfied with the resolution.
There is a GR group called SOS (Serious Overload of Series) and it has lists of most series, completed or in progress. It has been pretty helpful to me.
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Wicked Lovely
Ink Exchange
Fragile Eternity
Radiant Shadows
Darkest Mercy
Fallen Series:
Fallen
Torment
Passion
Rapture (coming 2012)
Halo Series:
Halo
Hades
Heaven (coming 2012)
Vampire Academy:
Vampire Academy
Frostbite
Shadow Kiss
Spirit Bound
Last Sacrifice
House of Night series:
Marked
Betrayed
Chosen
Untamed
Hunted
Tempted
Burned
Awakened
Destined (coming 2012)
Twilight Series:
Twilight
New Moon
Eclpise
Breaking Dawn
(Short Second Life of Bree Tanner)
Shiver series:
Shiver
Linger
Forever
The immortals series:
Evermore
Blue Moon
Shadowland
Dark Flame
Night Star
Everlasting
The morganville vampires series:
Glass Houses
The Dead Girls Dance
Mighnight Alley
Feast of Fools
Lord of Misrule
Carpe Corpus
Fade Out
Kiss of Death
Ghost Town
Bite Club
Last Breath
Gifted Series:
Out of Sight Out of Mind
Better Late Then Never
Here today, Gone Tommorow
Finders Keepers
Now You See Me
Speak No Evil