SOS: Serious Overload of Series discussion

Hi ladies!

So lately I've been looking for urban fantasy or PNR series to read... But all of them are still in progress! I hate having to keep up with them and having to wait a year between books. Are there any series out there that are finished? The only ones I can think of are Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld, and recently Kim Harrison's Hollows series.

I can't wait to find a new binge-worthy series :D Thanks!

The only series i can think of that is finished would be Feral Warriors series by Pamela Palmer. This is the first book Desire Untamed

oh and also Dragon Lords series and the spinoff Lords of the Var series by Michelle M. Pillow, don't know how I forgot them since i absolutely love them

First in Dragon Lords The Barbarian Prince

First in Lords of the Var The Savage King

Have you read Karen Marie Moning's Darkfever series? It's a (completed) 5 book series and it's amazing!

How about series just finished the last one last night

Georgina Kincaid series Richelle Mead (6 books)

Will be starting this series next

The Nightwalkers series Jaquelyn Frank (6 books)

Both are complete

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Thanks guys! Will check all of them out.

Sally - Yes, I've read the Fever series! Completely forgot about those. Maybe a reread is in order

Hi Celine,

I don't know if you've read this but here are some completed series (the covers below have the first book in the series):

The Edge by Ilona Andrews (4 books)
Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris (13 books plus novellas)
Night Huntress by Jeaniene Frost (7 books plus novellas)
Succubus by Richelle Mead (6 books)
Demonica by Larissa Ione (5 books) * just note that there's spinoff that's still going

What a lovely list, D.G.! I had no idea The Edge and Night Huntress were finished already. And I'm fine with ongoing spin-off series, as long as the main story line is completed (:

A couple more

Riley Jensen a Guardian series by Keri Arthur (9 books)
Arcadia Bell series by Jenn Bennett (4 books)
Jaz Parks series by Jennifer Rardin (8 books)
Weather Warden series by Rachel Caine (9 books)
Disillusionist series by Carolyn Crane (3 books)

Celine wrote: "What a lovely list, D.G.! I had no idea The Edge and Night Huntress were finished already. And I'm fine with ongoing spin-off series, as long as the main story line is completed (:"

When it comes to the Spinoff of the Demonica series by Larissa Ione there is only 1 book left to the series and it comes out in December so by the time you read all the other books it will probably be out by then.

This is shaping up to be a wonderful list. Thanks Lis!

Stephanie - Ah, that's wonderful news. Even more finished stories for me to dig in (:

A few more, sorry for the double entry.

Completed
Anna Strong Chronicles by Jeanne C. Stein (#9 out of 9)
Arcadia Bell by Jenn Bennett (#4 out of 4)
The Blades of the Rose by Zoe Archer (#4 out of 4)
Blood Destiny by Connie Suttle (#10 out of 10)
Bloodhound Files by D.D. Barant (#6 out of 6) 
Brotherhood of Blood by Kathryn Smith (#5 out of 5)
Codex Alera by Jim Butcher (#6 out of 6)
Connor Grey by Mark Del Franco (#6 out of 6)
Chronicles of the Warlands by Elizabeth Vaughan (#4 out of 4)
Dante Valentine by Lilith Saintcrow(#5 out of 5)
Dark Age Dawning by Ellen Connor (#3 out of 3)
Dark Days by Jocelynn Drake (#6 out of 6)
Darkyn by Lynn Viehl (#7 out of 7)
Demonica by Larissa Ione (#5 out of 5)
High Demon by Connie Suttle (#6 out of 6)
Highlander by Karen Marie Moning (#8 out of 8)
Lords of the Var by Michelle M. Pillow (#5 out of 5)
Night Angel by Brent Weeks (#3 out of 3)
Night Huntress by Jeaniene Frost (#7 out of 7)
Nikki & Michael by Keri Arthur (#4 out of 4)
Otherkin by Eve Silver (#4 out of 4)
Parasol Protectorate by Gail Carriger (#5 out of 5)
Riley Jenson Guardian by Keri Arthur(#9 out of 9)
Rogue Mage by Faith Hunter(#3 out of 3)
Sabina Kane by Jaye Wells (#5 out of 5)
Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris (#13 out of 13)
Thorn St. Croix by Faith Hunter (#3 out of 3)
The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice (#10 out of 10)

What an amazing list Valerie, thank you :D

❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Torin Keeper of Diseaseღ♥ღ wrote: "oh and also Dragon Lords series and the spinoff Lords of the Var series by Michelle M. Pillow, don't know how I forgot them since i absolutely love them

First in Dragon Lords [book:The Barbarian P..."


Just so you know Michelle M. Pillow has just written a few more in the Dragon Lords series and I'm not sure she has stopped.

Ah, thanks for the heads up Sandra

Sandra wrote: "❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Torin Keeper of Diseaseღ♥ღ wrote: "oh and also Dragon Lords series and the spinoff Lords of the Var series by Michelle M. Pillow, don't know how I forgot them since i absolutely l..."

I thought that the last one was The Dragon's Queen i haven't read it yet so maybe there is more and it somehow mentions more people that haven't been introduced yet.

I do know that there are 3 more spinoff series that are connected to the Dragon Lords and Lords of the Var series.

Zhang Dynasty - has 2 books
Space Lords - has one book out and another coming out soon
Galaxy Playmates - has 4 books

I haven't read any of these books but I do want to read them,

Also, the Rachel Morgan ( the hollows ) series by Kim Harrison is complete! If you can get past a slow first book, the others are amazing!

Kelleigh - I know! It's one of my favourite series, I think I've read the first six so far :D Really looking forward to see what Harrison does next

I second and . All three are absolutely amazing. Good luck on your search :)

Thank you Komal! I'm really excited about starting those ^^

I think The Bloodhound Files is really great and isn't well known enough. Its got a little bit of everything.

And I LOVE The Parasol Protectorate . And there is a YA spin off prequel that is still going and another spinoff that comes out next year.

Another one that I love and only has two books is

Thanks for the Cherie Priest rec, Ashley! I only know her from her Boneshaker books and those are still ongoing

First and foremost . However, this is a technicality because the series is only over from Mac's perspective. She picks up in book 6 (which, book 7 is due out in hardcover in January) from Dani's perspective. I just finished this series last week (up through book 5, Mac's last) and it's one of the best series I've ever read.

Then I also second .

Helen Harper's Blood Destiny series is finished, first one is

Ooo, Bloodfire looks good. Thanks!

I really liked the series :)

Celine wrote: "Ooo, Bloodfire looks good. Thanks!"

This series is one of my favorites too:)

My favorite (finished) series are:

I also just started the Experiment in Terror series, and although I'm only reading the third book I can already tell it's going to be a favorite: The series is also finished.

Great recommendations, Cmkage! I really enjoyed the Mind Games books by Kiersten White, I'll have to give the Paranormalcy books a try as well.

Great recs! Many of my finished favorites listed already.

Ashley, I loved Cheshire Red too. I keep checking to see if any add'l will be coming out, but nada. :(

This saga was completed today!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JA0ZO5C

Hi Celine, I've been creating series reading order lists and thought of your post. Some of the series have ended and may be of interest. You can find them in this folder. Completed series have an * before the series name. I'm also indexing those threads here for quick reference, but that's a work in progress and will be updated as new series lists are created.

Anyway, just another way you might find series that have finished. :D

Ooo, that is fantastic Steph! I've already spotted a few I didn't know about. Thanks :D

:D You're welcome!

Sally wrote: "Have you read Karen Marie Moning's Darkfever series? It's a (completed) 5 book series and it's amazing!"

Yes and No...the first 5 books are a complete set but then she decided to continue it for another 5 books of which only 2 are out.

Right. I think initially they were meant to be Dani books, but she got a lot of flack and switched back to Mac.

While waiting for the next book in Devon Monk's House Immortal series, I recently started her Allie Beckstrom series (#1: Magic to the Bone; final book #9 rls'd in 2012) and I'm really enjoying it so far. It's a magic-filled world and in that world ... when a magic user uses magic, magic uses them back. Basically, the user suffers (sometimes aches/pains, memory loss, etc) or proxies the "use" to another. I'm not explaining this well, but if you like UF books about magic, you may enjoy it. :D

Is it just me or do you all have two goodreads windows open too? Everytime I pull up a thread I end up opening another tab so I can mark stuff "to read" and not lose the thread. My "to read" pile has grown considerably since joining this group!!

LOL at the moment I have 5 GR windows open.

Sandra wrote: "LOL at the moment I have 5 GR windows open."

**Bowing to Sandra**...I'm not worthy! ROFL

LMAO

Steph wrote: "Right. I think initially they were meant to be Dani books, but she got a lot of flack and switched back to Mac.

While waiting for the next book in Devon Monk's House Immortal series, I recently..."

I was saddened that Moning decided to switch back to Mac. I feel like fans are at the point where no one feels they got what they were looking for.

As for Devin Monk's series, it looks really good! I have it on my TBR ^^

Pam wrote: "Is it just me or do you all have two goodreads windows open too? Everytime I pull up a thread I end up opening another tab so I can mark stuff "to read" and not lose the thread. My "to read" pile h..."

I got three Goodreads tabs open right now :D

LOL! I don't think I spend a day on GR where I have less than 4-5 windows open at once. Main page and SOS open always - the rest vary depending on what we've got goin' on @ SOS.

Yeah, I wasn't sure I'd like ICED b/c of all the controversy I was hearing, but I really enjoyed it and was actually looking forward to more of Dani and the boys. And, while I liked Mac and Barrons, I was a bit disappointed when I read BURNED and learned she'd switched back to focus more on them. :/ Sad.

ETA: Forgot to say, if you like listening to audiobooks, I recommend listening to that series - the narration is great (IMO)!

Hope you like one or both of Monk's series. I bought, but never started her Allie series, then read House Immortal #1 soon after #2 was released and thank goodness b/c by the end of #1 I was choppin' at the bit to know what happened next. Now, I'm stuck waiting for #3 to be rls'd, that's why I decided to finally start Allie Beckstrom. I'm really liking it and it's very different from her House Immortal series.

Celine wrote: "I was saddened that Moning decided to switch back to Mac. I feel like fans are at the point where no one feels they got what they were looking for."

Ditto! Mac has always annoyed me and I was looking forward to Dani growing up and coming into her own. Oh well...

Yeah, me too, oh well is right. :/

BTW - Devon Monk's House Immortal series was really a trilogy, so upcoming bk3 is the finale.

Celine,
If you enjoyed the Frost series definitely move Rardin's Has Parks series higher of you list of to be read. Also, I really enjoyed the Urban Shaman series by C.E. Murphy which is a completed UF/Para series. A shorter yet complete paranormal series, The Crimson Night(s), by Marie Hall written under the pseudonym R.S. Black was a refreshingly unique storyline involving demon characters based on the 7 deadly sins.

Thank you for the recommendations, Meredith!