Ok, can you please explain to me why you had to end it this way AND not even take the time out of your day to write a sequel? I mean, come on! I read a simple book review about your book and thought it’d be interesting. If I knew that you weren’t going to create a sequel and that the book would be just so darn intriguing, I wouldn’t have bothered even reading the darn thing!

Have you ever had a similar thought go within that brain of yours? I’m sure all readers on the history of this entire Earth have and most likely always will. I suppose this piece of writing is just me venting about how ridiculous it is that authors write such amazing books, end it in a way that makes you want to read more, and then not even give it to you! I’m a huge fan of a woman named Ally Condie (I’m sure many readers have heard of her). She recently wrote this book called, “Atlantia.” This book isn’t supposed to have a sequel but the way it ended, it had me balling my eyes out, wailing at my pillow literally at 2:30 a.m. in the morning because there won’t be another book continuing it! I mean most of the time when this happens to me, I simply create my own continuation, but hey, when you read such a good book, you don’t want to ruin it by continuing it.

Honestly, I have no idea where I’m getting at now, just that I’m so irritated by it. Woo! I have an idea! How about this be a letter to those wonderful, extraordinary, and marvelous authors out there!

Authors:

My name is Jasmine and I’m writing you this friendly letter on behalf of all of your dandy little readers! We would like to ask you to not again publish a wonderful book without completely finishing it or making a series from it. Also, to make it better for you, I hereby pledge to always read the entire series (meaning if it’s a trilogy, I won’t just read the two first books, most of the third, and the last page of the third one to see what happens). Trust me, this means a lot for me to actually pledge this since it’s been a habit of mine since I was a very tiny girl to just read the first books, most of the last book, and the very last page. Therefore, most of the time, I don’t even read the entire last book (sorry Suzanne Collins!).

Sincerely,
Jasmine

Thank you all for putting up with my brain for the last 5 minutes or so…means a lot. Have fun reading the rest of the wonderful work in Teen Ink!