hah, no worries, I post a LOT of book reviews and I don't expect people to keep track of all of them!
At this point it's been enough time since I read the book that I actually don't remember the game-changing sequel-bait information at the end of the book that I reference, so it's no longer a problem for me :P Anyway yeah it is interesting how the way the author frames that kind of new information at the end of a book makes such a difference in terms of whether it's clearly setting up a sequel or not. I usually prefer books to be sufficient unto themselves, even if they are part of a series, even if the books in the series do work better if they're read as a series. But when I end a book I want to feel like I've finished something!
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At this point it's been enough time since I read the book that I actually don't remember the game-changing sequel-bait information at the end of the book that I reference, so it's no longer a problem for me :P Anyway yeah it is interesting how the way the author frames that kind of new information at the end of a book makes such a difference in terms of whether it's clearly setting up a sequel or not. I usually prefer books to be sufficient unto themselves, even if they are part of a series, even if the books in the series do work better if they're read as a series. But when I end a book I want to feel like I've finished something!