I hate cliff hangers!
924061
How did I miss this was part of a trilogy? I am so disappointed with myself for not catching that.

Anyway I loved this book. I really like Slate, he's a good man even when he's being stupid. lol  I adored Dr. O'Donald/She-Doc/Becky so much and spent a lot of time rolling around laughing at her thoughts. Cute, smart romance with a seriously evil character snuck in there.
1658148
I am so upset right now, I could scream! I loved this whole story right up until the end...or should I say "Non-ending. The story line was great, the characters were amazing, and the story had such and easy flow. And...if not for the trickery with the ending, I would have rated this book with a 5 star rating. But..because of the tacky non-ending I'm only giving this a 2 star rating.

Like some other reviewer stated

(Quote) "This isn't a full story. I was really frustrated with this because I saw "book 1" and assumed that this would be part of a series, but it would be a self-contained story within itself. I suppose I should have paid more attention, but I think that it should have been labeled "part 1" or "episode 1" rather than "book 1" because the last implies a certain level of completeness that isn't there."(un-Quote)

And she also stated that she would be buying the next two books, because she wants to know how this ends.

Sorry...but she's more generous than I am. I would not buy the next two books, no matter how curious I am. Heck at this point I probably wouldn't even read it if the author sent it to me free, I'm just that ticked off!

I thoroughly despise these kind tactic's, that some of author's are using now. As far as I'm concerned, it's nothing more than a game of bait and switch, and I for one, am not going to fall for these types of games. If I like your work I will by more of your books. And I would have gladly paid for the next book in this series, because I found this book very well written and I loved the story line. That was right up until I got to the very last page. I've read a few other author's who I could have gotten hook on in the last year and a half, but because they resorted to these kind of tactic's, they have been permanently wiped off my author's lists for good.

Would I recommend this book? Heck NO!!! If I did my friends and fellow reader's would tear my head off, when they got to the last page. Why? Because every single of of them have told me how much they despise these games, too.
3931397
WORST ENDING EVER. with out giving anything away if you read the first and second book the third book is like taking all those problems with the same people only Gideon and Eva handle them rationally  now. I really wish I didn't buy it now because I am still waiting for the same info on Gideon as I was in the first. I honest don't think i will be buying the next just to be left with  another bull crap cliff hanger when its totally unnecessary. It feels like she is just dragging it out for money.  I am so unbelievably disappointed right. i don't even know what to say I'm just disgusted. (-_-) some trilogy. . .
3883713
The only thing I hate is the cliff hanger at the end with no idea when the next book will published. The author always leaves you wanting more and with anticipation to what comes next, but this one made me scream and want the throw my kindle. Ughhhh.
192347
I just don't like cliffhangers. I don't like serials either. I'm too impatient. Also, I read SO many ebooks, I tend to forget the story line.
2907647
Let's see if I can do this in a spoiler-free manner...

If you like the Maker's Song series [which I do/did], you might enjoy this book because it's a continuation of the story you've already read and enjoyed.

If you like to understand what you're reading, just skip this book and wait for the 5th to come out. Honestly, you will get nothing out of this book that you can't get from a review or summary online. Oh sure, plenty of stuff happens, but 90% of it is pointless and nothing is resolved - NOTHING. Not one single thing! The author basically released a book that introduces unnecessary story lines that are left hanging open like a rickety screen door. And since we, as readers, don't know where the story is going, we're stuck reading through all this muck with the hope that the author will remember to tie up all of the 50 different story lines and provide a satisfactory ending. Seriously, too many story lines. Jumping back and forth between the various story lines made reading this book downright miserable.

No spoilers, but it's getting close...
- How many 'bad guys' do you really need?! There's trouble coming at one dude from like, 9 different directions! If readers don't get lost trying to follow the various 'bad guys', it'll be an outright act of God.
- How many times do we have to read about Chloe dying? I felt like too much of this book was dedicated to rehashing flashbacks we've already read more than once.
- I hate the author for killing off [not a spoiler] the one person in the Wallace family that cared about Heather. And I hate JW so much, I could barely stand to read the chapters involving him.
- This whole 'I'm leaving you for your own good' thing is getting REALLY old!!! It wasn't hot when Edward Cullen did it and it's not not hot now. No wonder women are so insecure.
- If Purcell doesn't suffer miserably before he dies [and he better die... oh, he better...] in some future book, I'm burning down my local library. I know it's just fiction, but I seriously HATE this character.

I guess it's a good sign when an author can make you passionately despise a character - it means the character was written well enough to 'come to life'.. but I don't LIKE hating characters so much that bile rises in the back of my throat, literally make me nauseous. That's... I dunno. I don't like this book.

Morbid side-note: I can't help but wonder how much cognition the Holy Trinity slug has... *shudders*
4127144
I wish I had read the reviews before purchase. I agree that while the book was good, what there was of it, it is beyond frustrating to end with a cliff hanger.  I will NOT be purchasing the additional books.  I don't buy serials.
2786561
Every book leaves us at a cliff hanger, and then
Says wait for the next book.  What a come on. No
More !!!
3092977
I cannot believe I was sucked into yet another series with a cheesy cliffhanger.  Looking for light reading in the mystery category, I fairly enjoyed the first three books and, even though the last line of each was a lead into the next novel, these three did have endings.  I should have known something was amiss with this fourth book when there was a problem with plot development and such a plethora of editing errors.  I am so disgusted; it makes me want to not buy any more Kindle books unless written by a reputable, well-known author.  I have learned the hard way that "New York Times Best Selling Author" means nothing.  Paying for these books was bad enough but wasting my time?  Ugh.
3733596
I don't like cliffhangers!  Not a bad story.  The hero is a crazy mixed up dude.  He blows too hot or cold for me.
3054088
I just found them... infuriating, I suppose.  I really dislike the "I know he's all powerful and I'm not but I'm going to do what I want anyway because I can't just sit here" mentality, and these books were full of that.  And full of obstacles to a happy ending that felt super contrived, like the books were just dragging on for the sake of writing more books.  I wound up skimming through the last 2 just so I could see what happened without being any more invested than I had to be.
4302788
A cliff-hanger really???  I hate that I worked my way through this book to get left hanging off a cliff!!  I don't like cliff-hangers on T.V. series and I sure don't like them in my books.  The story started out so slow I almost gave up on it.  The only thing that kept me going was I liked Iris and her friend Zoe (and Iris's attraction to Colton).  It took over half the book to really get anywhere and then when it really took off...bang!  Buy the next book?  It had such great potential but it ended up making me feel like I had wasted my time.  I think I'll pass on the follow-up book.
3158580
I struggled through this slow-moving never-get-to-the-point book, filled with errors of the verbs "to lie" and "to lay" and hundreds of unnecessary commas, thrown in willy-nilly. Then I was angry to find that the ending was a cliffhanger!

Many books of a series are stand-alone books. When there's a cliffhanger ending, potential readers should be warned. The book was "free," but my wasted time was not free.
492338
I despise cliffhangers in a book. Finish the book!!! If your writing is compelling enough, readers will read every single thing you write. Coercion is not a nice way to sell additional books.
875573
I'm getting sick of authors making these short series' with cliff hanger endings. I know it means more money for them but it's really frustrating as a reader. I really enjoy this series and the characters. But the wait for the next book and drawing it out to who know how many short stories is getting old!  This book is a good quick read but when the authors note started the book with the comment about changing the series at book 2 into an unending series or something.  I'm not feeling it...
2171556
I don't usually post comments but this hit a nerve.  I don't like cliff hanging season finales on television and even less in books. The disappointment when I reached the ending over shadowed whatever enjoyment I had while reading the story. Or, to possible explain it all, maybe I didn't receive the chapters after 16 when I downloaded? I don't plan on purchasing any further books by this author.
2698092
Maybe I am tired of these short serials. It would be better if they just write one novel/novella for a price and we get that.. These cliffhangers are just horrible.
What I liked about the book- Carrie, the heroine was the perfect balance, not a virgin but not a hoe, a lady in the streets but a freak behind closed doors and a professional in a business meeting. She wanted Gavin to work for it and he made moves to make things happen but it wasn't easy, at least for what she thought it wasn't. Now Gavin was what every typical hero is in an erotic romance novel- filthy rich, alpha male, sexy, gorgeous and mysterious! They are both mysterious but the book is so short, you get excited for the sex scene but that was about it. Cause when something comes up.. the end of the book is here and your left saying seriously?
What I didn't like- it was short, cliffhanger ending was bad and it was missing something.. I guess that was the point but now I have to get hooked and pay the $0.99 to find out what happens, but I will see about getting any more. If I still feel the same way, I will not purchase another one from this series. It just didn't grab me like other series similar to this book.