Humans are more-ish types of people, and if one is good, we usually think another is better. And it can be! But of course, we all know that this can quickly snowball into a losing proposition. See: a second round, sending ‘just one more email’, another wide legged jean.
You know a series is good if you read it out of order and it still is good. That happened to me with Hekne series which includes the Bell in the Lake and The Reindeer Hunters written by Norwegian author Lars Mytting. There's a third book that's written but not yet translated. These two were so good that I'm figuring out if it's faster for me to learn Norwegian or wait for the English version!
I just finished Iron Flame, enjoyed the second half but the first half was a slog. I’ll keep reading in hopes that, as you pointed out, the second is often the worst in a series. As for the Maas books, I read ACOTAR a few years back and found the writing so traumatically bad I’ve blocked it all out and can’t give the others in the series, or her other series, a shot
You know a series is good if you read it out of order and it still is good. That happened to me with Hekne series which includes the Bell in the Lake and The Reindeer Hunters written by Norwegian author Lars Mytting. There's a third book that's written but not yet translated. These two were so good that I'm figuring out if it's faster for me to learn Norwegian or wait for the English version!
I just finished Iron Flame, enjoyed the second half but the first half was a slog. I’ll keep reading in hopes that, as you pointed out, the second is often the worst in a series. As for the Maas books, I read ACOTAR a few years back and found the writing so traumatically bad I’ve blocked it all out and can’t give the others in the series, or her other series, a shot