There are so many trilogies ending this year! I know how it feels as a reader to have the excitement of finding out what the final outcome to the story will be while simultaneously weeping inside because it’s over. I thought it would be fun to see how authors think and feel about ending their trilogies. So, I’ve contacted some writers about doing guest posts to talk about the other side of trilogies…
Today’s guest is Tellulah Darling! But, before we get to her post, let’s check out the last book in her Blooming Goddess trilogy.
To say that Sophie Bloom is at the top of her game with one only week until spring equinox and the final showdown with Zeus and Hades would be, well, lying. The Goddess of Spring feels more like the Goddess of Bzz Thanks For Playing than the savior of humanity. And could her relationships be any more messed up?
Good times.
Sophie is convinced that things can’t get any worse than crawling back to her mother Demeter and begging for help. But she’s about to find out how very wrong she is.
It’s a race against time for Sophie to implement the big battle strategy in the YA romantic comedy/Greek mythology finale My Life From Hell. Love meets comedy with a whole lot of sass in book three of this teen fantasy romance series. Save herself; save the world. Humanity may be screwed.
Sounds amazing, right? [Hint: it totally is!] Now let’s welcome Tellulah to the blog!
Writing trilogies is crap! What whaaaat? Yeah, you heard me. Wanna know why? Because that’s three books worth of living and breathing characters that I then have to say good-bye to when I’m done. And speaking from personal experience, it truly sucks!
When I finished writing my first novel Sam Cruz’s Infallible Guide to Getting Girls, I felt euphoric. Same when I finished My Ex From Hell and My Date From Hell, the first two books in my YA romantic comedy/Greek mythology The Blooming Goddess Trilogy. With each of those, there was a joy and an incredible sense of accomplishment.
But see, when I finished writing My Life From Hell, the final book in this series, I couldn’t even bring myself to type the word “Three” in the final line “END OF BOOK-“. All the excitement and fear I’d had in the previous two books of the trilogy at moving deeper into Sophie’s journey morphed into sadness in this one.
My husband, who was the first person I texted when I’d completed book three, said that I’d spent so much time with them that I had Hades Syndrome. Which was like Stockholm Syndrome, but evil-er. Which made me laugh. Which helped.
With the release of My Life From Hell racing toward me this March 20, I can honestly say that I miss Sophie and her wacky crew already. I spent more time with Sophie et al than with most of my friends these past couple of years.
Logically, I know our time together is not yet done. There’s all the launch stuff. I’ll still get to live in their world, be in their heads for a bit longer. But on a most basic profound level, the journey is over.
Trilogies just mean it’s three times harder to bid my fictional friends good-bye3. But I wouldn’t have changed a single second spent with them.
Thanks for having me today!
Tellulah
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Huge thanks to Tellulah for taking the time to talk about this. Make sure you’re following her on Twitter, liking her Facebook page, subscribing to her blog [she sends awesome gifts when you do] and adding all of her books to your GoodReads shelf.
Now. Haven’t had a chance to pick up this series yet? Tellulah has so graciously offered to give away signed copies of My Ex From Hell and My Date From Hell, the first two books in the trilogy! The winner will have the option of having the books personalized and this contest is international!
**Good Luck!!**
I would say my favourite finished trilogy would be the Under The Never Sky. I still have to read Allegiant, though I suspect the Divergent trilogy will also be on this list. And I’m sure I’m forgetting some…
Thank you for the shot at the giveaway!
May favorite finished trilogy…. that would be Under The Never Sky, but Pure trilogy by Julianna Baggott is coming to a close second. ;)
My favorite finished trilogy is The Hunger Games, thank you for the giveaway!
My favorite trilogy is The dark visions trilogy by L.J.Smith.
My favorite finished trilogy…Hmm, the first one that comes to mind is The Hunger Games. LOVE that series! Great post! And thanks for the giveaway!
My favorite finished trilogy is the Divergent series. Thank you for the giveaway :)
Does the Lord of the Rings count lol? They are the top of my list :)
That’s a really hard question! There are so many amazing ones. The Shatter Me series is definitely up there.
Definitely The Hunger Games as of right now, although I was not a fan of Mockingjay.
The Hunger Games.
I think it would be a tie between The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins :) thanks for this awesome giveaway! :D
Tough decision… I think The Hunger Games is probably my favourite finished trilogy!
Hard to pick just one, so it’s a tie between Under The Never Sky by Veronica Rossi and Unearthly by Cynthia Hand. Thanks for a giveaway! :)
Definitely Vampire Academy!
My favourite trilogy is an older one written by Thea Beckman (a Dutch author). I don’t know the English titles (or even if it is translated). It’s about the future in al land named Thule (now Greenland). The Dutch titles are: Kinderen van Moeder Aarde, Het Helse Paradijs and Het Gulden Vlies van Thule.