Books that the ending sucked!!!!!

loveromancelhjb · Joined: 27 Apr 2009 Posts: 7

What books have you read that the endings have shocked you, left you in tears, or made you furious, etc. and why?

loveromancelhjb · Joined: 27 Apr 2009 Posts: 7

Another thought...maybe a leading charater died or the H and H were seperated indefinatly....

Rebekah · Joined: 10 Feb 2009 Posts: 32

I cheat. I tend to read the end before I start a book to make sure I get what I want. If not...then why would I spend my time reading it? I have to read enough depressing books in grad school.

xina · Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 6628 Location: minneapolis

I can't think of a romance novel that didn't have a HEA. I mean, that is the nature of the beast, isn't it? Outside of romance...When They Last Met by Anita Shreve. The last paragraph changes the entire story. I'm not sure if it was a brilliant move, or a poor joke...on the reader.
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xina · Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 6628 Location: minneapolis

iluvarake · Joined: 26 Jan 2009 Posts: 719

I know I read A Knight in Shining Armor. Why do I not remember the unhappy ending?
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Natalie · Joined: 25 Mar 2007 Posts: 1566

There was an older Bertrice Small fantasy romance where the characters only united as reincarnation. Some people also felt cheated by it. But then Small wrote a lot of what I'd call historical bodice rippers - they're not typical romance, heroes and heroines can have multiple partners and there's always a forced sex scene Rolling Eyes

Ellie · Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 102

Laura Lee Guhrke's Secret Desires of a Gentleman. I was really enjoying the book until the last page. The last page ruined the entire book for me.

Mark · Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 1242

The first Colleen Gleason Gardella Vampire Chronicles novel The Rest Falls Away.

Diana · Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 1044 Location: Washington DC

A book by "debut author" Cameron Cruise that was marketed as romantic suspense but wasn't. I later discovered that this "debut author" was Olga Bicos who has been around for a long time. The h/h walked away from each other in a pfffff ending. Can't remember the title, but I'll remember the author's name - both of them. :?

ETA: I looked it up. The Collector by Cameron Cruise. Stay away.
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Lea AAR · Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 403 Location: Oklahoma

Lover Unbound by J R Ward - Jane's final form was too much for me and therefore, I was very unhappy with that particular ending.

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iluvarake · Joined: 26 Jan 2009 Posts: 719

desiderata · Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 226

Funny, it looks like I'm the third person who immediately thought of Lover Unbound and Jane as the ghost. It was ridiculous and actually turned me off the entire series. I haven't read a JR Ward since.