Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
The rules are simple:
- Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
- Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to The Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
- Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists.
- Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.
10 Series We’ve Given Up On/Don’t Plan to Finish
- The Bone Season – Samantha Shannon
We tried. We really did, but we couldn’t finish The Song Rising. This series seems to be a love it or hate it and while we certainly didn’t hate it, we put it down and said NOPE. It was too slow-paced and we couldn’t sit back and watch Paige make yet another dumb decision.
- Queen’s Rising – Rebecca Ross
This book was a little too ridiculous for us. We thought the writing was good and the heroine was great but we could not get behind the insta-dad yo-yo games and 0-60 love story. It was a good book but not worth investing time in the next books in the series.
- The Selection – Kiera Cass
The first 3 books in this series were solid. They were quick and easy reads that hooked us. Sure, they weren’t the next great American novel but they were good. The Heir, however was garbage and we couldn’t even go near The Crown. Cass should’ve ended it with The One and left a good thing alone.
- Darkness of Light – Stacey Marie Brown
This was just a giant hot mess. While we appreciated the idea of the book, the execution was not there for us. It felt like we were jumping around constantly and we couldn’t deal with the abusive relationship happening.
- Rush Duet – Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward
Despite our love and respect for Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward the first book in this duet, Rebel Heir, was too much for us. The plot twists were predictable and ridiculous plus it contained some weird kink that made us cringe.
- Vampire Academy
I read the first five books no problem, but when it came to number six I just had to take a step back. Now it’s been so long since I read them that I can’t remember what happened to put her in that position. I really don’t want to sit and read the first five all over again.
- Cinder
Unpopular opinion I know, but I didn’t like Cinder. It wasn’t engaging to me or interesting at all. I read it a few years ago so maybe my opinion would be different by now, but I’m not willing to read it again to find out.
- Written in Red – Others Series
This was a super intriguing book and both of us started reading the second one, but there is still this awkward tension and no romance to speak of. I’m not saying I have to have romance to like a book, but we need something in a six book series other than uncomfortable tension.
- Red Rising – Pierce Brown
I’m a huge fan of the original Red Rising trilogy but I truly hate when a series “ends” then suddenly come back to life. I’m dubbing this experience “zombie books” because I cannot stand this trend. So, I won’t be giving Iron Gold or the next books in the series a read.
- House of Night – P.C. and Kristin Cast
I read this series in high school, which was basically 5,000 years ago, and I’m not even remotely sure what happened in the last book I read. I felt like this series was never going to end and bad things just kept happening for shock value.
What series have you given up on? Let us know in the comments.
Follow us!
Twitter || Goodreads || Instagram Teagan || Instagram Jess
Thr selection and Rebel heir seem to have made it on quite a few people’s lists! Ha ha. I’m glad I haven’t started either of them!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Haha yeah, to be fair the first 3 Selection books are great but the last 2 are a hot mess! And yeah I wouldn’t recommend Rebel Heir!!
LikeLiked by 2 people
I didn’t like Cinder either. I don’t think I ever even finished Scarlet! I am sometimes tempted to try again because so many people love it but I don’t think I can force myself to do it!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I refuse to try again. I think it has just passed for me. We can have the unpopular opinion together. lol
LikeLike
Ohh god House of Night… I think I read 10 but I had totally forgotten the whole point of it 😜😜😜
LikeLiked by 1 person
Right?? It was never ending and got so pointless.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I know… just increasing the number of books without a significant plot is so irritating 😠
LikeLiked by 1 person
I gave up on the Selection as well! I don’t even remember most of what happened in the House of Night series lol! Great list 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you! Haha yeah, House of Night was never ending and didn’t really have a point/plot!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ugh, could not agree anymore on The Selection. They should have kept it a trilogy, but no. They just had to make a fourth with Eadlyn who’s THE WORST. And I somehow missed The Vampire Academy boat?? I’ve always been kind of curious about them, but idk if I have the energy to actually read them. Lol.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Eadlyn is the literal worst! and yeah Vampire Academy looks like a commitment – but probably not worth it! Too many books, too little time!!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yessss she was TERRIBLE. I don’t understand how America and Maxon created such an awful person. And good, I’m glad I’ve stayed away then! I kind of get a very “meh” vibe from that series 😂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Nooo the Others is my favourite series haha 😆 I admit the romance is the slowest burn of life. But I love the world and all the misfit family feels. I even loved the spin off Lake Silence!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I liked the world and characters but the slow burn was so painful!!!! I’ve heard good things about Lake Silence though!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I get it I get it! A lot of people were upset of the ending of their “love” story. For me it was what was unsaid more than what was said if that makes sense.
I loved Lake Silence but it looks like she set that one up as a *cough* slow burn as well lol 😂
I’m convinced Anne Bishop has something personal going on cause every main female character was somehow oppressed by a male character in the past, thus preventing love from really happening. But I digress… *talks about it for a million hours*
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh god I should look up spoilers but it will make me mad so I can’t! I wouldn’t be surprised if Bishop had some personal issues she was working through because the crap her characters go through are disturbing! I could barely make it through some parts of Written in Red!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Haha right?!? Trust me, it will probably make you mad ! So many angry comments on goodreads lol. People were desperate for some Simon and Meg steaminess.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I totally agree about zombie books! Drives me crazy! I read and really liked the first two books in the Red Rising series but I haven’t read the third yet.
LikeLiked by 1 person
The third Red Rising is amazing I totally recommend picking it up. I did it on audiobook and it was a long haul but worth it. It’s a good ending!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’m so happy to hear that! I think my boyfriend has the book, so I’ll just borrow it from him! ❤️
LikeLiked by 1 person
Let me know how you feel about it! If you need to vent your feels I got you covered 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Sounds good! I might take you up on that offer!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I only read the Red Rising from your list but i did like it. That said, i still haven’t moved onto book 2. Hehe. But i will…
I don’t know the rest, but i have Bone Season and i thought it sounded pretty good. I might still not like it when i eventually read it.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Bone Season is great – its the books after it that are not our favorite! Though some people really love it. I’d say try it out and see where you fall on the spectrum of feels.
You definitely need to continue on with Red Rising it gets soooo good!
LikeLiked by 1 person
House of Night Made my list. And now there’s a weird spin off too.
My ttt
http://www.thehauntedgravebooks.com/2018/06/top-ten-series-ive-given-up-ondont-plan.html
LikeLiked by 1 person
Weird! That series will never die.
Oh, I like that you put Black Dagger Brotherhood on yours. That series’ plots are so repetitive.
LikeLike
Yikes! I didn’t think Queen’s Rising turned out like that. I’m glad I didn’t pick it up.
LikeLiked by 1 person
It’s not *bad* its just not great and it’s really strange at parts!!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
As many have said, I could not agree more with your Selection argument. I really enjoyed the original trilogy but the add ons were like watching a dumpster fire. I’m not sure why I subjected myself to it because it yielded very little entertainment. I’m bummed to hear about Rebel Heir. I have that sitting on my Kindle app currently. Oh well!
Thanks for the follow btw!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Dumpster fire is the only way to describe Eadlyn and those books – I approve of that description!
No problem! Always glad to make a new book friend 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
It’s awful when books get tacked on to a series that had ended smh. The Selection is my guilty pleasure lol. The last two books are trash though. I really liked Cinder and the rest of the series. Admittedly, it did take me a while to get into.
LikeLiked by 1 person
The first 3 Selection books are amazing and totally my go-to guilty pleasures too! We will have to give the second Cinder book a try and see how it goes 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
I have a lot of series I still have to finish but I hope I will someday! Like Shades Of Magic, 5th Wave and Women Are Some Kind Of Magic
MY TTT: http://www.arvenig.it/blog/ttt-1/
LikeLiked by 1 person
You should definitely finish the Illuminae Files! So. Good.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Great choices! I gave up on The Selection series too. I couldn’t stand America.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh god if you couldn’t stand America you would die reading from her daughter’s perspective!!! Be glad you didn’t continue on with books 4 and 5!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh no! Was she as stupid as she was?
LikeLiked by 1 person
WORSE.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’m glad to know I didn’t miss anything lol!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I didn’t like Cinder either, but I really enjoyed the rest of the series. I find I get really frustrated when I don’t like the main character, but thankfully each book in that series is narrated by someone else, so yay. 😛
LikeLiked by 1 person
Interesting! We might need to give the second book in the series a chance!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
[…] Jess and Teagan @ Fiction No Chaser […]
LikeLiked by 1 person
I liked the lunar chronicles but I completely agree with you on the house of night series
LikeLiked by 1 person
We are thinking we might need to try the 2nd Lunar Chronicles book – everyone says it’s worth it! And yeah, HoN was a hot mess.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I think the series get better as you go further. But I read it a long time ago.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ooh I’ve only read the first 2 books in The Bone Season series but for now I’m not continuing because there are going to be 7 books or something. Ooh I adore Cinder and Red Rising! I’ve only read the first book in the Red Rising series so I’m excited to continue.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yeah, Bone Season is going to be a long one… The second and third Red Rising books are awesome and totally worth continuing with! It’s the new books after the original trilogy that I’m not wild about. We’re thinking we might need to give the second Cinder book a try!
LikeLike
Even if you didn’t like Cinder I would really recommend continuing with the series because the books get so good! The first time I ever picked up Cinder I had trouble getting into it as well, but then a couple years later I tried again and I loved it, and then I read the series and it became one of my absolute favorites. Plus if you haven’t read Cress, you’re really missing out on Carswell Thorne 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
Omg you’ve convinced us! I need a new book boyfriend and Carswell seems like just my brand of roguish book boyfriend material 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
He’s so hilarious you’ll love him!
LikeLiked by 1 person
[…] Top Ten Tuesday: Series We’ve Given Up On […]
LikeLike