![]() ![]() For Katniss, she's lost Peeta despite surviving the Games yet again. Work these emotional stakes into your middle book. ![]() For Harry, it's the fact that Voldemort can now touch him, that his last defense is gone. " Realizations like this often leads to a dark moment for the hero, a feeling that all hope is lost. New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu called Taken, Erin Bowman's debut novel, 'an action-packed thrill ride from beginning to end.' The action and suspense rise to explosive new heights in Forged, the epic conclusion to the Taken trilogy - and the perfect next read for fans of The Maze Runner and Gone. Elana Johnson points out in her " writing a trilogy " posts that this is when "we realize how far Voldemort will go to achieve his desires. Again using Harry Potter as an example, book four is when everything changes. Just as every book has a point of no return, so should your series. There's a lot of setup that happens in book twos-tensions rising, getting the characters in place for the final showdown, etc, etc-but if this is all that happens, you're left with a book of preparing. Or perhaps more importantly, Book 2 is the point of no return. ![]()
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