Will There Be More? An Explanation, Not An Answer.

6/2/2017

If you're here, it's because you probably already finished Darken the Stars. Thank you for reading the Kricket series. You're awesome and I'm grateful. If you haven't read the series, the next bit will contain spoilers.

Now, you're probably either trying to find a link to a fourth Kricket book or plans for a fourth book. Many of you have resorted to leaving comments on my website's Darken the Stars release post from 2015. I've read all of your comments there, even the ones I didn't allow to post for various reasons. I've been reluctant to answer your questions and comments on my website for a few reasons, although I have talked about the ending of my series in several places, which includes: Facebook groups, Facebook comments, blog interviews, podcasts, Instagram comments, Goodreads questions, book signings, and in private emails. The reasons for my reluctance are many. Here are some of them:

The ending of Darken the Stars was a brave choice. I knew after I wrote it that I would incur the wrath of the HEA (Happily Ever After) crowd by suggesting that Kricket's freedom was an HEA and more important than any other way that I could end the series.
My editor and publisher are happy with the ending to the series. My editor helped me find the ending to the series. We discussed it. I had written several different endings and outlined another scenario. This is the one we thought had the greatest impact and was the most true to Kricket. (See reason #1). The publisher is content with it ending here.
It was always meant to be a trilogy, so there's no contract for a fourth book.
I've always said I'm open to writing more for this series, and I am. Right now I'm in the middle of a new project. I'm currently under contract to write 3 books in the SECONDBORN series. The first book, SECONDBORN, is finished and will release on August 1st, 2017. I have to deliver the second manuscript in the series in July of 2017. The next one is due in early 2018.
When I finish my other books, I'll have time to write something else. I, like you, think about these characters all the time. ALL THE TIME. My characters don't just go away after I'm finished with a story. Most of the time, they want to tell me the next part, which has been the case with this series. However, I'm not Kricket. I don't know what will happen in the future, and not knowing for sure is why I've been reluctant to talk about it here because there's no plan for this series to continue.

But, I have been exploring my options with this series. I've written more in my spare time to see where it will lead. Here's a peek:
(Please be aware that this is copyrighted. You are not allowed to use any of this material in any way.)
Also be aware that this has never been professionally edited. It's raw. This is how I write a first draft. Ugly.
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PROLOGUE

KYON
Fulton is a blurry figure on the other side of the medical tank's transparent wall. I blink a few times, trying to clear my vision. It’s no use. Everything is still out of focus, but I’d recognize my mentor anywhere, even half-blind. His perfect posture is his hallmark. It doesn’t matter how old he gets. His three thousand years hasn’t changed that. I turn my head. It aches with shooting pains. My wet hair waves in front of me, floating—weightless in the water. Chin up, my back arches. The mask covering my nose and mouth forces air into my lungs in a deep inhalation. Bubbles in the water travel to the surface of the tank. Machines exhale for me. Bright, halo-light from above makes me squint and turn away.
Fulton touches a holographic field on the other side of the glass. It activates a speaker inside of my medical tank. His voice is deep and stately. “You are being discharged from stasis. Try to relax, Kyon.”
My eyes narrow to mere slits.
His hand moves through the ghostly light of the hologram again. “Yes, good point,” he replies. “You never relax. Fine. Try not to fight us then.”
The heavy lid of the tank slides open. A steely claw enters from above, forming a head of a snake. Its silver torso slides through the water like an anaconda. Coiling around my body, the mechanical beast grips me against its metallic scales. The liquid drains through the open valve in the floor. No longer weightless, I’ve become a thousand-pound shark. The pain of gravity is fierce. I groan. The mask covering my face has amphibian tubes that tentacle from it and force air into my lungs.
The snake-headed claw slithers near my mouth. It snaps forward—its serpentine jaws clamp onto the nozzle covering my nose and lips. Yanking the mask away, the hoses attached to the breathing apparatus embedded in my nose, throat, and bronchial passages rips free. My gag reflex is triggered. I vomit, expelling liquid akin to embryotic fluid. Snot drips from my nostrils. All the ways that I can smash this machine into a thousand pieces color my mind.
Naked, I’m drawn out of the tank, dripping wet, and deposited onto a wide, cushioned table. Warming lamps trigger. The ferocity of my trembling enrages me. I despise weakness, especially in myself. A shadow dims the light. Fulton covers me with a soft blanket. My jaw is rigid; I can’t open it wider than the chattering of teeth can produce.
Kricket, it’s the name I’d force from my lips if I were able. My eyes follow Fulton’s, willing him to look at me. He keeps his expressive features averted, arranging the fabric to cover more skin. The shaking in my bones is less desperate than the cauterized feeling of my veins. It’s as if my heart has gone missing from my chest.
Kricket, her name screams in my mind again. The echoes of an awful dream compete with thoughts of the silkiness of her skin, the way she smiles when she thinks she’s right, the soft shapes she takes when she cuddles into my side at night… Memories of…of torture—cuts that tear deep into my flesh—of bleeding in torrents—unbearable fear.
Excelsior has Kricket.
A thorny ache bristles in my chest. Strength wiles its way through my arm. I lift it despite the pain, groping for Fulton’s sleeve. My hand brushes it. His eyes shift to my gnarled fingers struggling to get his attention. A jagged exhale comes from Fulton. He gently takes my hand in his, holding it. His focus falls on my face.
“She’s alive,” Fulton murmurs. Those two words allow me to take a breath, and then another. “Kricket fulfilled the prophecy. Your father is dead.”

CHAPTER 1 – IN A BLACKOUT

KRICKET
Six Months Earlier
One hand waves free—my other grips the hoverboard’s deck. I crouch down to make a sharp turn. Soft lavender light glows beneath my feet, illuminating the pavement. Long blond hair streams behind me, drying in the warm autumn breeze. Stars twinkle through the branches of ash trees. The trunks are ghostly white beside the winding blacktop. Phlix rides her flipcart next to mine. The double yellow lines lead to a green traffic sign. CHICAGO. The white arrow points to an expressway heading south.
My heartstrings tug me—my belly clenches. The call to diverge in that direction is almost overwhelming. I resist. Chicago isn't home anymore. It can’t be. I know parts of it better than I know myself. So does Giffen. He watched me grow up there.
And I know my enemy is coming. Giffen isn’t walking. He’s running.
I look over my shoulder, half-expecting to see him behind me in the moonlight. The man can’t let me go. Neither can the rest of the “lost boys.” My father won’t allow it—for Astrid’s sake. When Giffen finds us, he’ll crush me before I can slip away from him again, ensuring that I never return to Ethar. They’ll make my sister the empress in my place. I’ll be just a memory--
The dizzying flash of a future event parades before my eyes. It’s a swirl of colors and faces. A nagging sensation in the back of my mind urges me to trade my body for a spirit form that will show me the future. My consciousness teeters on a tightrope, almost slipping away. I force my focus to remain in the present by sheer will alone. The vision of the future careens away. The hoverboard above the street wobbles and my thighs burn trying to steady it.
“Do you need to rest?” Phlix calls to me. Worry is a mask she wears now.
Gnashing my teeth, I shake my head. We need to get as far away from the cave and the inter-dimensional channel that we traveled through before daybreak. Phlix and I are too conspicuous, and it’s not just the Etharian technology of our flipcarts that makes us stand out. It’s in the way Phlix speaks—her Etharian accent sounds foreign when she says the English phrases she knows, which aren’t that many. No one will be able to pinpoint just where she’s from, of course, but they’ll notice it all the same. She looks different, too: ethereal with an otherworldly pair of blue eyes. There can be no trail for Giffen to follow if we want to live.
I veer in the direction of the white arrow that points toward ANN ARBOR. Phlix doesn’t miss a beat, following me into the darkness.
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Hi again. I just want to reiterate that this doesn't mean that there will be a fourth book. It means that, like you, I'm curious to see what happens next. I'm enabling the comments here. If you want to leave a comment, you can.

537 Comments

Tara Burger

6/2/2017 02:57:49

An expression. That's what it all comes down to for me. It's a simple as how I visually build the characters. What Brennus looks like, how Kricket kicks ass.. its all personal perception and your writing is just that. To be so fearless is inspiring. To put pen to paper and give us your stories on paper is more than any of us could ask for. It's nice to be surprised. It's nice to sit back and re-read to get a different and sometimes clearer perspective on this story. How ever it ends it will always be worth the ride Amy! Thank you for your continued commitment to giving us your all! X

Deana T.

6/2/2017 13:14:44

I agree!

Lesley Miller

7/7/2017 08:17:34

Love your books, cannot wait for my preorder. But I'll simply leave the word BEGGING..<3

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6/17/2019 05:25:15

I guess, all of us have experienced being frustrated in our lives. Well, there are situations that will surely make us feel that way, but it should never let you be take into a negative light. Personally, I've been frustrated a hundred times, and I didn't know how to handle my emotion before. I let my frustration turn into anger, which is not good the moment I realized it. I had a change of perspective and promised to be a better person. Then, it happened!

Amanda Puente

9/1/2017 17:00:15

I just read all three books in one weekend... this cannot be the end please finish her story for us. I absolutely loved how you were able to make us fall in love with all the characters.. but please don't leave me hanging on all these loose ends Amy.. please give us at least two more books for this series!!

Maria Munoz

9/23/2017 17:39:50

It's been awhile since I finished the Kricket series, but once I started reading this snippet, I was once again immersed into her world. Oh, how I've missed her! I would be 1st in line to purchase book 4. Please!

Taylor

10/9/2017 08:22:29

Please, please, please. I need the resolution to this. I feel like there's so much more left.

Charlene j

10/21/2017 17:24:07

Yes, please give us two more books in this series. I really want to see more about these characters and to know what happens next.

Kayleigh

1/12/2018 23:16:53

My heart is breaking thinking that you will not write a 4th book. You are so talented and have changed my outlook on life forever. This series is so far from finished. How she left it with Trey is so heart wrenching. Please for all of your fans, write another book.

Jamilee

7/20/2018 13:08:17

I agree!! I just discovered this series, I have dishes in the sink, laundry climbing from the hamper, kid to feed and yet I could NOT stop reading!!! I love Kricket and am praying for more in this series! Now off to discover every other book written by her!

Tara Rae

1/6/2019 22:55:20

Krickets journey is not over! Amy, we are begging you to let us in on the next chapter.

On a side note, the entire time I read these books I kept picturing how amazing it would look on screen. So...once you’ve finished all six or nine in the series, I see Kricket coming to the big screen!

P.s. I’m not blonde, and unfortunately will never be able to achieve blonde, until my hair turns grey, but I would LOVE to play any other character in the film! Keep me in mind 🤗

Julia Walter

1/25/2019 00:01:29

Kricket is one of the most dynamic and powerful female characters of any series I've read. The ending of her story never fails to make me cry, but also smile. I keep hoping for more, and while I have enjoyed the other series, I think Kricket will always hold a special place in all of your fans' hearts. Hopefully, she will continue her journey in the future.

Hilda

5/13/2020 20:28:17

Just re-read the Kricket series for the 4th time... it has become a comfort.... a series still begging to continue after all this time.... your fans, who have been with you from the start, need more Kricket.... and you, Amy, we need you to let your imagination run wild with all the possibilities.... editors and contracts aside.... but just for your readers. Thank you for the stories that take us to another world.

Jennie

8/12/2022 23:00:09

I just discovered this series and devoured all three books over the weekend too! I’m heartbroken that there aren’t more. I would love to read at least 2 more! I’ll be first in line to buy them! I want to know what happens with Kricket and Phlix on Earth….I really want Kyon to reunite with her…what is Astrid like and does her Father control her…who will be Empress??….more about the prophecy because it doesn’t seem like it’s about Astrid..so what happens then??so many questions left unanswered!….Amy Barton please, please, please write more!!

Htssoul

10/14/2017 15:02:27

Thank you from Denmark 😊

Skye R.

12/7/2017 15:18:27

I just read all 3 books and I am obsessed! I really hope there is going to be another book, it’s was so easy to get attached to the characters and it seems like they still have so much more story to tell. Fingers crossed!!

Kristin

1/4/2018 22:42:48

This was a great series to dive into! I became obsessed and had to finish the series within a few days. I understand the ending selected for the last enstallment to the series, however I know you have more. The series still has so many open ends that need to be discovered. I confess I am a HEA type of reader and you ended with a note of hope. Now I hope you will add on to the series with the majority written from Kricket’s point of view, but adding in chapters dedicated to other characters such as Kyon and Trey would be inticing. I know you’re open to continuing the series so I hope your growing popularity with the series and as an author will help convince your publishing team for another Kricket contract. Please add on and continue the story that so many of the readers fell in love with!

Jenika Coop

7/13/2018 19:02:07

AMEN!!! I also just finished the series and I LOVED IT! You’re a very talented writer and I hope to see more of this series. Fingers crossed!

Dahlia

6/8/2020 08:09:54

I just finished the trilogy and I must say it was a great read. I was hopeful for a conclusion to some of the situations. It just felt open to so many possibilities that your brain thinks of all that it could be. However since it is not a world of my creation I'm left longing. Again great series and I do hope to hear more from this work. However if the love is lost I can understand and look forward to the other works you may produce for us as readers. Thank you.

anna brennan

2/15/2018 08:47:37

Oh I hope another story comes alive! I miss tha Cavars and especially Trey and kricket! Hopefully she has a little cavar baby'haha! Thank you Amy for your amazing stories and we will all just have to pray we get more to our fav characters one day! In the meantime we will love your new stuff! Thanks again!

Kasandra Roth

7/17/2018 12:14:27

Just finished all three books over the past few days! It’s so tragic how broken Trey is in the end, I miss the Cavars! I hope you write a few more books to the Kricket Series! They were so fantastic! Please let us know soon if there will be more!

Khatt

9/13/2018 11:53:03

Please Amy give the fans a 4th book. This can not be then for it ‘‘twas far to quick and the setting has already been set up for 4th book if you so choose. I believe that your 3rd book was far to fast of a read and the fans will/ have a craving to see this series go further and continue the story of kricket , trey and kyon and further tell the tail of the iconic triad 😃. Thank you for an Enthralling Tail - khatt

Mary

4/6/2019 12:45:21

I have re-read this series and still need MORE Kricket.....please

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10/14/2018 21:37:21

It's 2018 now. Will there be a 4th book for Kricket?

Cynthia

12/3/2018 16:44:00

I absolutely love this series. It has been all I can think about since I started reading it. I just finished the last book. Your bit that you added for us to read has me dying for more. I pray that you are able and willing to continue the series. I crave to know what happens next. I will looking forward to the possibilities of the next book(s) to come. I would read it even if you made it into a blog. I have to know more.. Thank you for creating such an amazing story that took hold of every emotion.

Nina Young

12/19/2018 21:28:38

So its now approaching 2019. Please tell me there will be one more book. I need to know what happens.

ocean

1/27/2019 16:32:10

I simply love the books and I am a book worm,. I got the 3 books for Christmas 2018. It is now 2019 and it is January and I finished the books and I was crying for and hour straight because of what happened to Trey and Kricket. I loved there relationship not so much with Kyon but still it was very cute and I loved it and wish to see more, but, alas, it is your choice. I hope to see the second book to ' Secondborn' soon I loved the book it is good but again I was sad with what happened to Roselle and her lover. But I am excited to see what happens between her and Dune!!! Good luck and God bless you!

Katy

3/13/2019 08:12:45

Am I the only one who thinks there should be a 4th book set like 50 years in the future where her sister has died so the boys have to go find kricket from earth again and beg her to come rule?

6/25/2019 01:51:45

Please do write the next book in this series. I am eagerly awaiting it. Right now there is so many questions unanswered.

Christie

7/27/2019 20:01:14

I truly hope you have decided to write some more about Kricket. I just finished the series and it just feels so UNfinished. I can get behind the no happily ever after ending but there are just so many loose ends. There is no way Kyon would just let her go, if he had died I could buy it more. He isn’t the type to let someone he loves just walk away and no one would be able to convince him to. There is no way any of the lost boys or Pan don’t follow. They have invested too much to leave any loose ends and they obviously don’t see her for who she is and would always see her as a threat. Her sister is far from in charge so while the letter to her sister was touching and interesting, it does not wrap up those loose ends with the lost boys. I could kind of buy Trey letting her go back to Earth. He could feel that he did her wrong by taking her in the first place and so letting her go back is his penance for betraying her by choosing his family over her, but then why have the other priestess say that there story isn’t over?

This was far too good of a story to be left so unfinished. Please finish it! This was one of the most captivating stories I have read in years and years. Don’t leave it unfinished, please!

Lindsay

9/2/2019 22:21:34

I agree with this so much! I finished this series in 3 days and I need more. The story feels so unfinished.

Nykky

10/1/2020 00:19:11

I could not agree more!!! It's been 5 years since the last book was published, and we need more!!! There are so so many loose ends. Kricket doesn't need a HAE ending, but we need some kind of ending!

Brandi Hanvy

10/23/2019 10:22:14

I would love for you to release all the alternate endings !!! I think that might give some better closure to all of your fans of the series! I think from reading all the comments that we will always want more in this series and in my favorite The Premonition series! I started with that series and I felt like a good friend had died when it was done. So I picked up the Kricket series and it took me a little longer to get into it but then I was hooked, but soon I would be left in the same situation when I finished😭. Feeling a deep loss and wanting my friends to come back to me. I have now started the Second born series and I am sure I will love it also bc you wrote it. Your characters are brought to life so vividly! You have a great gift and I am so glad I get to come along on the ride. Please hurry and write more bc I don’t know what I will do when I have read your last series you have out!!! Thank you for giving me something to look forward to for weeks on end!

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3/4/2020 08:20:27

PLEASE CAN YOU AT LEAST TELL US WHO SHE ENDS UP WITH? AT LEAST ONE MORE BOOK. Also, it doesn't make sense that right after Kyon takes her back to his house, how does she just fall in love with Kyon? She just said that she loved TREY a some time ago?!

Grace

3/4/2021 21:42:48

I havent read the books again because I keep looking for that 4th book! Loved Krickett --tough as nails!!! She loves Trey but she had to survive Kyon. Even Trey accepts that! I also want to see her father eat mud! She is stronger than Astrid, smarter, and earns respect without the help of an army! Going back to Krickett's freedom! Is she really free? She deserves a world where she can fight a fair fight. Whether its Earth or..... please give her a chance!!!

Imogen

8/25/2020 07:18:53

Hi Amy, so I know its been a few years since you ended the series - I finished it in 2018 - ever since then I have been rererereading the books and DYING for the next one in the series. Please, please, please write another book! Lots of love, wishes and hope xoxo

Eva

3/10/2021 18:23:08

Please, please, please for the love of god...write a 4th and/or 5th book of this series.

Queenie treh

6/29/2021 21:16:17

Likewise, I had read the books when they first came out and to this day, I STILL find myself coming back to this blog post every 6 months in hopes that there might be news of a fourth book. PLEASE I BEG OF YOU

Whitney ky

10/31/2021 23:58:34

I have fell in love with the Kricket series I really hope we see more!!! Thanks

Christine Craighead link

3/5/2022 11:57:02

PLEASE continue kricket series. I am dying to know what happened. I check at least once a month to see if a miracle has happened!!

Clementine J Karl

8/24/2022 05:06:17

Same, girl, same!

Rachael Mazzorana

6/2/2017 05:50:08

Absolutely perfect! While I am partial to St. Clair Shores, Ann Arbor is a perfect place for Kricket's story to continue. Thank you for sharing your words and characters with us and for giving us a little more.

Deana Thompson

6/2/2017 13:14:22

Thank you for providing us with this! I truly enjoy your books and hope you continue Kricket's story. If you do not, it is still one of my favorite book series. Thanks for sharing your stories with us!

Beatriz

6/3/2017 10:38:39

I love the ending that you chose for this trilogy, but I def would love to read more about what comes next. Like many of your readers, I can't get enough of your stories and your characters. Given the choice, I'm sure many of us would prefer for there to be like 10, 20, or more books to each series, simply because we love getting lost in your words. As always, listen to your characters, let them be your guides on where your stories go or where they end. ❤️

Fallon S.

6/3/2017 10:55:45

I love this excerpt! I really hope this continues on to something more. I cannot wait to see what unfolds.

Rose Ann King

5/20/2019 07:37:47

Yes! I have enjoyed this series enough to purchase the books for my permanent collection. While Trey has some good moves, my interest is piqued by Kyon. Imagine being loved with such commitment and passion. Kyon can't be considered a "monster" when comparing to Trey. Trey sacrificed Kricket to keep his own world/family safe. Kyon willingly sacrificed himself to Kricket. If nothing else, I'd enjoy a series based on Kyon and his journey after losing Kricket to planet Earth.

Judah

6/23/2019 14:29:36

Yes! I second this! As much as I wanted a happy ending I know that what we got was more fitting. I've read the series twice now (the third book 3 times) and I know that if it continues Kyon would eventually find Kricket. I'd settle for books that continue his story though. :)

imogen

8/25/2020 07:26:11

If nothing else continue the series for my love of Kyon!!!!!

Kristen

4/6/2021 18:09:12

100% agree with this comment!

I have read through this series four separate times and am enthralled with it every single time! It always evokes a deep emotion in me.

I canNOT get over Trey’s betrayal of Kricket and his not choosing her in Darken The Stars. After everything Kricket has been through, she deserves someone to put her first. That’s all she’s ever wanted.

This entire series, those closest to Kricket chose someone else besides her... never her. Except for Kyon! In the end he chooses her with his entire being and sacrifices everything for her. Someone finally chooses her and so I can’t help but wholeheartedly root for Kyon!

Michele R

10/8/2022 12:39:32

Could not agree more! Kyon is a fascinating character and wondering about his back story has kept me up all night. I am a voracious reader. I came to read this series after finishing the Secondborn series. This is such a compelling set of characters and circumstances. I mean, Kricket and Phlix aren't going to age on Earth. They won't be able to stay anywhere for long. That alone will mean that in time, Ethar will become more appealing because their only living relationships will be with those on Ethar. Another book would be a genuine gift to your fans.

Amanda

6/3/2017 11:01:31

What a wonderful surprise! Thank you for addressing the future of this series, I am here hoping Kyon will show up in your dreams to let you know where they are all going. You are a wonderful writer! Great choice for the audio books narrators, they did a great job. Thank you, thank you.

Sarah

6/3/2017 11:58:00

Love this, would absolutely love a second book, the Kricket series in particular is one that has stayed with me since I've read it, very often think about what could happen next. If there is ever a chance of a 4th book I'd love to read it. Looking forward to second born anyway. Thank you for your wonderful writing Amy, you are my absolute favourite author

Stacey

6/3/2017 12:33:45

I can not LOVE this enough!! Thank you! You are amazing. BTW Ann Arbor is awesome !! Go Blue!!

Alesha

6/3/2017 14:03:53

I really enjoyed this. I can't imagine having all of these stories in my head and not sharing them, so thank you for the glimpse. Even if there's not a fourth book, it was still nice. Thank you!

Tammy J

6/3/2017 15:29:52

Oh wow, it's already pulling me in and sounds epic Amy! I hope the voices of Kricket keep talking to you so we can have another book. Thank you for this gift!

Ashley

6/3/2017 17:33:55

I loved the ending of the 3rd book, it definitely felt the most true to what Kricket had wanted all along, but I was hoping it wasn't the end of her story all together. This little glimpse is amazing and hoping that there will be more! Thank you Amy!

Trish

6/3/2017 18:13:52

Ah! Love this!!! Made my heart so happy ♥️ I hope you're able to continue their stories!

Micheline Phillips

6/4/2017 12:46:58

Thank you for this... in my heart I know there is no way he would have woken up and not reach for her. What do we have to do to get you another 3 book contract for the Kricket series? Who do I have to call or write... I will do it. I love your stories and hope they continue, Thank you.

6/5/2017 13:20:35

Please continue the Kricket series, there's so much potential!!! I don't want a happy ending, I just know there's more story there. It feels unfinished, I'm sure you can write at least 3 more books for this series!

Carrie Juratich

6/5/2017 15:20:28

Me and my coworker absolutely love the Kricket series. We read a lot of books and this series is a favorite for both of us. There are so many more variables we think about. Does Trey or Kyon live? Does Cricket get pregnant with a priestess? Will she be happy back on Earth or does she want to go back for one of them? We would love for you to write a fourth book if one comes out. We've also enjoyed the premonition series as well. We enjoy your writing style and all the characters you present. I can't wait to read more of your books. Thank you. We are Michiganders as well. Go Blue!!!!

Patricia

6/6/2017 00:20:35

I must say that I was so caught up in Kricket and her world, her perspective, you enriched it so well that it became reality.

I am, for this reason, now addicted to the thought of Kricket. I do hope that you are able to create a spin-off for this first trilogy into her new life with some closure on her old life.

If for whatever reason we never hear from Kricket, Kyon, Trey, Wayra or Jax again, they will remain some of my most favorite characters.

Danielle

6/6/2017 10:53:02

This makes my heart so happy! Even to get a glimpse of where they're all at has calmed me down. I love these characters so much! You take us away into other worlds with your beautiful work. I hope her story continues someday but in the mean time I'll enjoy the premonition and second born series! ❤️

Jill Rajewski

6/7/2017 12:19:38

This is Carrie Juratich's coworker, I'm just seconding the motion. It would be a tragedy not to give us a book 4.

Michelle D

6/15/2017 18:16:48

This series was an incredible read. The characters are phenomenal, I couldn't get enough of them. As happy as I am about the enjoyment these books gave me, I would be ecstatic if another book were to follow. While I appreciate the ending of the book being true to Kricket, I can't stop thinking about what would or could follow. I feel like she was just starting to really get to understand herself and her abilities. Thank you so much for this series. Outstanding!

Laura link

6/15/2017 21:04:40

Oh Amy, thank you for the snippet, and also for the love you have of your characters! I am just so enthralled by these characters!! I understand more now as to why you ended the series as you did!!!!!! I get it!!!!

Rochelle Smith

6/17/2017 20:13:18

I am enamored with this series! I have never had an author write in a way that creates instant images in my mind! Amy you spared no detail and it felt like reading a movie! Huge fan, and I'm on to the next series!!!

Amanda

6/20/2017 21:44:43

YES! YES! YES!! I know this is no commitment, but I feel like just acknowledging it and giving us all a taste of what is in that brilliant brain of yours with this story is what I have been wishing for. Favorite series.

Kialie

6/22/2017 12:41:52

I n.e.e.d (I wish...) for another book. My heart is wretched. This series has captured my heart and soul, 100% completely.

Britt

6/22/2017 17:54:29

I would absolutely loveeeee a continuation of this series! I finished it right after it came out and I still check your website every once and awhile to see if there are any plans for a continuation. While I didn't hate the original ending, it didn't completely satisfy me either. After three books I really wanted a way for trey and kricket to be together. I thought they were so great, such an un selfish and true love.

Jasmyn

11/29/2017 01:37:26

Exactly! The failure of their relationship was bizarre and unwarranted in my eyes. It was so sudden. And yes, Kricket is independent and would cut people off. But Trey wouldn't give up on her, and there are so many other incomplete or unfitting things that happen in the end.

Naarah

11/30/2017 23:00:53

I have just finished the third book. I am new to Amy Bartol's stories through the Premonition series! I was very upset it took so long for the final book to be released. When it was released, years later, I protested and refused to read it for 2 yrs! Smh lol (I know, just dramatic! Lol). I finished it last week and the ending was so disappointing.

Fast forward to this series and again I fall in love with the Kricket Series and finish the books in record time. But again the ending is not satisfying at all. I'm glad Kricket escaped, but it should have been with Trey! He is her HEA! I was not happy at all about the connection with her and Kyon. She broke my heart! I know I won't be able to help myself, if she ever releases a fourth book! I will read it...smh, but I think these types of endings will happen with Amy. No real HEA in my opinion, and my heart can't take that. Respectfully, I'm done with the writer!

Trudy Jones

6/23/2017 14:18:37

I like what I read. I hope there will be more.

Mimi

6/26/2017 04:32:45

Can't wait for more. Maybe your publisher needs to give you another 6-book series contract!!

Jess

6/27/2017 14:59:32

Love

Jummai Akale

6/27/2017 18:07:56

Thank you, really appreciate this little snippet. My desperation for a fourth book is ridiculous, I'm so surprised at myself. I blame your amazing writing. I'm so in love with your characters. I've already pre-ordered Secondborn.

Suzanne

6/28/2017 15:51:52

Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! I need closure! There are too many unanswered questions!

Tiffany Jay

6/29/2017 19:57:54

Amy you're a fabulous person, thanks for a Kricket "fix"! ❤❤

Madeline Hobson

6/30/2017 02:34:26

Ahhh I absolutely love this! Even just the prospect of another book to continue the story makes me so happy. I especially love seeing something from Keon's perspective which is new. I love the prominition series, and I'm excited for Secondborn, but the kricket series is my absolute favorite. I've re read it so many times! I just love your writing. If there's anything I can do to secure another book I'm in! I'll keep my hopes up, and thank you for this lovely little teaser! ❤️

Melissa Martinez link

6/30/2017 15:49:01

I just started reading the series and I'm curious to know if there is an Ethar dictionary? I'm trying to keep my own but I know I'm missing a bunch of words.

Melanie R Ridgeway

7/3/2017 12:12:42

I just finished your Kricket series in three days and went to hunt for the chance of more. They are excellent. I loved the ending but I'm so not ready to be done! So many questions unanswered. I will keep my fingers crossed for more but I admit I would love another set of three books added not just one. There is a world about to be remade into an empire and it doesn't seem like a single book could cover it!

Hanh

7/3/2017 18:47:34

Thank you, Amy! This has given me hope & no matter how much books I've read after this series; my mind always wanders back to it. I hope you'll consider finishing this story once you find the time. *fingers crossed* I look forward to reading your new series, which I'm sure will be just as great.

Sara

7/4/2017 01:21:47

I have never in my life, leaked as much fluid from my eyes as I did reading Krickets letter. It touched me on so many levels. It was perfection.

That being said, Kricket is my favorite character ever! I didn't think it would be possible to top Evie, but she did. I don't want her story to end. I don't want, nor need the happy ending. I am just not ready to give her up.

My hopes still bide their time in the Bartol waiting room. Biting their nails and waiting for the potential delivery of her next chapter.

Thank you for the snippet. It was so nice to meet her again for a moment.

Crystal

7/5/2017 00:06:21

Need more of the Kricket series!! I loved it and of course I loved the Preminition series as well!! But at the end I was not expecting her to leave and leave Trey!! Hopefully you will see something with the characters to write another book.....here's to hoping and enjoying your other books as well!!

Mary

7/7/2017 07:27:22

Oh my gosh. Heart ripped out. I came to your website as soon as I finished book 3 and laughed when I read the kricket blog post. Glad to see I wasn't alone in my desperation for more answers. Loved loved the little snippets above. Praying for a 4th book or at least some more snippets. Although I'm torn on Trey vs Kyon. Loved them both by the end. Would also love to see more of Astrid and her perspective. Oh and read second born and loved it. Dying that I have to wait for next year for the next book. Keep up the marvelous story telling.

Doe

7/11/2017 14:26:48

I'm glad I found this before I got any further through book three. What a disgusting thing to do to your readers.

Amy

7/11/2017 15:31:16

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." --Theodore Roosevelt

Amy

7/11/2017 16:03:21

I should give you fair warning that just because you comment as "Doe" doesn't mean you're anonymous. My website provides me with your IP address. I can publish it if you don't believe me.

Ashley

10/18/2018 03:18:18

I want to start by simply saying Thank you.
Thank you for sharing these stories with us all. For the work and time put into it and for being brave enough to do so.
I think sometimes it's easy to forget for some that authors are human. That writing isn't as easy as 123 publish and forget it's a creative process not something that can just be demanded. Ordered n filled. That these stories are Yours you created and decided to share. Not anyone else's and not something any have a Right to.
When it becomes a profession of course an author has responsibilities to their fans. Expectations that need to be met etc. I agree with any readers that might say things that...
Which is why now I'll also thank you for the explanation. Id heard different things about a poss 4th book and just the not knowing who was right n what was up was driving me mad. I actually had never once thought myself after reading it though that it wasn't meant to be the end. I was shocked to hear talk of another book not the other way around.
I thought it was perfectly fitting. Sure After achieving freedom maybe something later could change. One can hope! Lol but I assumed I'd have to conjure it up in my own mind bcuz Kricket Did get her HEA .
Her freedom was always what was most important to her. What she wanted n needed most of all. But even More so after learning all she did and after so much betrayal from those that were supposed to love her. I mean I could be wrong of course but the Kricket I read about n fell in love with was determined to be free. To no longer be a pawn and decide her own fate.
I too would love more . Had hopes of things going in other directions with the romance side of things but am perfectly happy with it as is.
I seem to be at odds with most others with that And about the romance though. Trey is not who I see her wth. He let her go before the end. And again him protecting her while helping her leave for good made perfect sense to me. He betrayed her. His guilt alone would make him feel he Had to let her go. That he owed it to her.
My poor Kyon however, now He is the only thing that makes me want more tbh. I'm satisfied with all else. But I have to admit it guts me to think of him at the end. Even if not with kricket I wanted him too to have a Hea.
But Still, I can appreciate the ending focusing on the main character and what was true to her n her alone. Overall the series was amazing and the ending fitting.
Kudos to keeping it real Amy Bartol and bravo for having the courage to do so.
PS- I feel.like a disclaimer is needed that I'm not trying to call anyone else out for feeling differently than I do. I simply wanted to explain my own thoughts and why I am personally happy with it all. As well as give some encouragement to an author I appreciate. 😊

Sara

7/11/2017 17:26:41

Dearest Amy,
I have been "your reader" since you hit publish on Inescapable (or shortly there after). I don't read your books for a HEA. I dont expect or feel like I deserve anything from you as "your reader." I am grateful for the story, wherever it may take me.

I have no expectations other than buying a book that is an amazing read. A read that transports me to world I never imagined existed.

The best part about books is that they are not "reality." If I don't enjoy them, I can put them down and walk away. I don't have to be hurtful to the author for not writing the book I wanted. It wasn't my story to tell. I am merely along for the ride.

Thank you for sharing your worlds with us. I look forward to many more amazing reads.

Jacquelynn

7/11/2017 22:15:45

I'll continue to read all that you have published. I finished Secondborn the other day and can't wait for the next. Even though we don't know if you will release any more in the Kricket series, at least we know you're thinking about it! I'm definitely one of the people that would love to see more Kricket!

Tina

7/13/2017 19:27:55

Thank you for providing this snippet! Like most I would like to see what happens after book 3. Does Kyon look for Kricket? What does her sister think of her note and plastic crown? Does Kricket ever visit Kyon or her sister in the future? Does Kyon let the rebels win? Does Phlix settle into earth and make a life or fall in love? So many questions I would like to see answered.

Kate

7/13/2017 20:28:22

I chose Secondborn as my Kindle First book, devoured it in a night (fantastic read! Wonderfully imagined and really well written). Then, of course, I went to see what else you had written and read the Kricket series in a night and a half. At first, I didn't care for Kricket and her world quite as much as the Secondborn world (I think your writing has gotten even stronger by the next series) but then I kept reading and was just enchanted by Kricket and the rest of the characters. The ending took me by surprise, as well - for a YA book, I fully expected a typical HEA, and when that didn't happen, I was taken aback for all of three seconds, after which I loved it! If you continue the story (fingers crossed!), I'll be thrilled! If not - her ending, and this great glimpse of a potential future are fabulous. Thank you for your writing!

Nanda

7/14/2017 07:48:04

I loved the series, please keep going... I really would like to read the next chapter for Kricket.. so many open questions and the characters are so rich and complex that is impossible not to want to more!!I I could not stop reading Kricket's story and same with The premonition series which by the way would love to continue reading too!! ;).. thanks for giving us a bit of hope that it is going to happen..

Dawn

7/16/2017 06:57:46

So happy to see this! I was dying to know what happened to Kyon. You made me hate him, then love him and then AHHHH! Keep doing what you do, you are AMAZING!!!

Angela

7/21/2017 21:20:52

Dear Amy,
It's hard to put into words how much I have enjoyed and continue to love re-reading the Kricket series! The Preminition series was amazing, but the Kricket series is one that excels amazing on an entirely different level. When you shared this blog, I had to only read the first few paragraphs so that I could later come back and finish reading the short post to appease my yearning/curiosity/hope/wish/desire to discover what continues to unfold with Kyon and Kricket. Thankful that you were able to share with your readers this post letting us know your thoughts on the possibility of continuing (?) this series. As a reader it's hard to wonder what happens, but I can only imagine how much more difficult it is for you as the writer! Good to know that you wonder and think about what happens to Kricket and Kyon as well! That brings some hope that there may be another book to come! I'm sure you know that there are tons of us out there ready to support the 4th book the second it comes out! ❣️

Kori

7/22/2017 13:49:49

Thank you for this. I have been a ball of anxiety and sadness and torn apart over this lol. I love it. I love you. You are by far one of my favorite writers. I loved the premonition series. It left me with a book hangover that lasted months. I wasn't even able to start kricket for around 4 months after I read premonition. I am glad I waited. And I want you to know even though my heart is broken for kricket, it is in my top 5 favorite series. Along with premonition. I am starting secondborne today! Thank you for having your books so graciously easy to access on kindle unlimited ♡ please please please let kricket keep talking to you. Brennus as well ♡

kellie

7/23/2017 16:20:47

i am going to be brutally honest here. i need this 4th book like i need air. i did not brush my teeth eat or drink. i ignored my children the whole weekend, and i still don't know where there are as i write this. some people might be okay with how it ended, i am not one of them. i need more !!!! i love this series and i am begging you for a 4th!!!

Carmen

7/24/2017 19:47:28

I'm 100% with you! My kids were neglected over the past two weeks.

Jummai Akale

8/11/2017 23:05:22

lol

Colleen

8/26/2017 19:06:39

I agree! Mine were too! Please write a book 4! Or 5 and 6! I'm a HEA girl and need closure!
Absolutely love your writing!

Carmen

7/24/2017 19:46:31

Please, a million times, please write more books. I've read these two times and listened to the audio books in the last two weeks. I think I understand why Trey and Kyon can't give up Kricket. I can't either. Thank you for these books and I'll gladly pay anything for this series to continue.

Meissa

7/25/2017 09:45:00

I agree! I'm on my second round of reading (back to back). I am not ready to let go. I <3 Trey!

Carmen

7/25/2017 18:29:07

I can't let go of any of them. Kyon, Giffen, and Trey! I'm so obsessed.

Jane

7/25/2017 17:20:45

Oh. My. Stars. It has been two years since I read "Darken the Stars," and it still feels like yesterday. Your characters in the Kricket series are some of the best I've ever come across. I absolutely loved the plot, the pacing, and especially Kricket and Kyon! I absolutely agree your ending was perfect for Kricket. But so much is happening on Ethar, and Kyon is in grave danger from Pan and his little band of thugs. I really want to read what happens next (and I REALLY want Pan to get what he deserves), but I will have to settle for Secondborn. Can't wait to read it and thank you so much for this unexpected and delightful treat!

Kendra

7/27/2017 09:48:37

I just finished reading the Kricket Series, after reading the Premonition Series. I need more of both! I do believe there is so much more of Kricket and her two worlds that must be told. In the meantime, I will read Secondborn, and at least be temporarily satisfied. Thank you for taking this Teacher on adventures. I can not wait to suggest them to my students!

Melissa

7/27/2017 11:36:27

Is the preminotion series good? I feel so bored right now with Evie and Reed. I adored the Kricket series though.

Brandi Hanvy

10/23/2019 10:58:59

Please just hang in there with The Premonition series bc I was so blown away once it picked up! I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. I think it really started around the second book bc in the first you are getting to know the characters and her world which is needed in order to fall in love with them! I can only pray for a miracle that we will get more on this series and Kricket !!!

Amanda

7/27/2017 19:39:17

I absolutely adored these books (and the ending). However, my heart absolutely bleeds at the thought of Kyon not finding Kricket again.

7/31/2017 18:32:42

I adore the Kricket Series. Please continue the Kricket Series! It keeps me up at night wondering if they'll ever be a 4th book. Does Trey go back for Kricket? Will she forever be heartbroken? Please Amy I need closure.

Carmen

7/31/2017 18:46:44

I'm so with you. I am not a happily ever after person. Just give me closure. Even if Kricket dies. I'm dying for more.

Sonia

8/1/2017 02:06:39

Amy!
I fell head over heels in love with the world and characters you created in the Kricket series! Such amazing talent to write like you do. I liked the way it ended and was hooked from the very beginning.
Thank you for sharing a bit more. If you end up writing another book I would love to escape to this place again.
PS I listened to the Kicket trilogy on audiobook and they are still a go to fav for me today.

Manar

8/6/2017 01:29:11

I don't care whether I have to wait for 2018 or 2019 or 2020 until the next book comes out... As along as I see kricket and kyon reunite. They were made for each other. Thanks Amy for this snippet it gave me more hope that a book might eventually be released

Vivian Guerreschi

8/6/2017 02:53:44

****SPOILERS: don't read if you haven't finished the series!******

Oh how I fell I love with these characters and the vividness of Ethar. I've probably listened to each book at least three times now, and just can't get enough. Here are but a few of my questions that crossed my mind:
Did Trey really think there was a possibility of a future when he chose literally everyone's life over Kricket's? How was he at all surprised that she felt betrayed?
If Giffin fell in love with Kricket, how does he reconcile Following Pan'a orders?
Kyon stated that Kricket's mother foretold the future empress receiving her gifts (that is being able to read the future). As far as we can tell Kricket is the only one that received this gift, therefore she is still fated to be empress even if Pan has been manipulating the future.
Jax and Wayrah (sorry if misspelled- I listened to the audiobooks) how did they respond to Trey's decision to sacrifice Kricket? We're they the ones that pushed to help Kricket and Flix escape?
I could go on and on...I'm not sure where this story may lead but my heart tells me that it can't end with Ethan and all our beloved characters in ruins.
Thank you again for such a fantastic series! <3

Vivian Guerreschi

8/6/2017 02:55:33

**Ethar... my autocorrect seems to like the name Ethan lol

Samantha Heare

8/10/2017 12:35:59

Vivian, what great questions! I'm with you all the way. Team Kyon and Empress Kricket.

Jummai Akale

8/11/2017 23:42:12

Yes I'm with you on the Trey front and agree about Griffen's 'tainted obsession'. (I think someone below used that phrase and it's perfect to describe whatever Griffen feels for her.)

I really thought Trey was right for her, up until his conversation with Pan and the resulting lack of action to protect Kricket.

During that exchange I was waiting for him to defend her, to explain to Pan that for whatever reason he had it all wrong, they had misjudged Kricket. I was waiting for him to at least try the impossible, to try to get them to give her a chance but instead it went the other way. It was such a betrayal, made me question if he really knew her, and his idea of love. He was so easily swayed, didn't even put up a fight. He doesn't trust her, he doesn't believe in her, not enough.
I could understand him picking his family and his homeland over her. That was an impossible choice but understandable, he's a soldier and duty first so I can rationalise. Him actually asking her to make that sacrifice not so much, it's a common trope and the 'hero' always says 'I can't ask you to sacrifice yourself' but Trey felt no such compunction. Him not telling her the whole truth about what her father planned to do after she'd completed her task, was also unforgivable. He loves her, the best he knows how. But it's not enough, his love isn't enough. It doesn't match hers, it's not as fierce, it's not as deep. He f**ked up. I was so surprised. She needs someone who is willing to fight for her, to sacrifice for her, who is able to put her first. Presently that doesn't seem to be Trey.

Vivian

8/25/2017 01:57:37

Exactly Jummai!
Trey always said that Etherian women didn't do thing and that when Kricket wanted to learn something. He wanted to change her into something that fit his world.
Kyon on the other hand loved her for the person she was, and was willing to teach her how to be even more powerful.
His love in my opinion was the healthiest in the end.

Crystal

5/5/2018 21:51:33

Totally agree with everything you said. You made good points. I really hope we get to see what will happen in the fourth book!

Sarah Y

6/27/2018 05:11:04

Agree to everything above!

Nicketa Mcconachy

10/7/2018 04:39:14

Yes! Perfectly said. When I finished this book I was so angry at Trey. I’m firmly team Kyon and Kricket - even thought T/W/J saved Kricket and Phlix.

Trey threw Kricket to the wolves in my eyes once he talked to pan. Kyon showed that he valued Kricket as an equal, when he not only stepped out with her at the same time, but when he told the guards it was her home. When he defies his father to keep her from him. It might have started out selfish, but I do think it became more. He was firm, at times very aggressive but he always explained why and his intentions were always clear. He also literally sacrificed himself to try and get Kricket back when Excelsiar had her. Where was Trey? He wasn’t there. He off mopping because shed had sex with Kyon.

From what we see also trey never really tries to understand Kricket either, he doesn’t try to get to know her either. We never read about him seeing her files. It was always Jazz (bless his soul!) or Kricket filling him in. He sees her face value and what she’s forced to show everyone.
Kyon saw who Kricket was, from the first dinner they had together. He never lied to her because he never seen a reason too. He took the time to learn everything about her, and who she was, and what made her mind work. He always let her take charge if she wanted to, knowing that she needed to be the one to confront her problems instead of being pushed behind him constantly.

Kricket only represented something to Trey but she WAS something to Kyon - in my opinion anyway.

Michele R

10/8/2022 12:58:36

Just to pile on, was anyone else obsessed with Kyon's motivations like I was? I kept wondering why he felt so strongly that she belonged to him. Over the course of the third book, I came to understand why he believed that and why it was true. We all misjudged Kyon. He and Kricket are essentially one and the same. He knew she was going to be his from childhood. I really wish I knew more of his story.

DR.

10/28/2017 01:47:49

I hope there will be a 4th book and Darken the stars was good a bit rushed at the end. What I don't understand is some of the comments about Trey betraying kricket, first you have pan and his lost boys holding Trey's family,wrays,and Jax hostage and threatened to turn them over to the Alameda. Oh yeah I guess someone forgot the lost boys all these powers Trey was upset about the relationship between kricket and kyon but remember he tried against all odds to get help with a rescue mission but he no longer had the resources and even kyon could not help her at towards the end and kricket saved him also Trey and his men covertly helped them escape to portal to Earth. Trey was a honorable man kyon has the potential to be honorable and remember kyons father was a evil man and killed kyons mother. Pan chose to be cruel and twist the prophecy because he mentioned different scenarios of kricket mother s visions. Astrid and kricket are split a part because of others ambitions. In the end I hope kricket gets her hea in book 1 she planned to go to college and hopefully kyon, Trey and will not interfere with whatever chose she makes, who knows Amy flip the script and she chooses a human male for her future partner and remains on Earth now that would be shocker but will never happen. Forgive the long detail but I felt sorry for Trey's character with all the comments about him betraying kricket now think about it what if a group of very gifted determined rebels held your family hostage especially your parents would you just throw them under the bus?

Mbb

1/16/2018 22:02:09

Agree with you above in a big way. Although I did feel Amy as a writer abandoned Trey in a way, he really didn’t abandon Kricket. He helped her get away, was always looking for a way to help both her and Ethar, and basically just got douched all around as Kricket fell for Kyon. Now when I say Amy abandoned Trey what I really mean is - let’s actually look at Kyon, the character so many, including Kricket, are drooling over by the end. I found it impossible to forget who he really is - apsychopath much like Pan who could coldly shive s foot soldier through a portrait to display the grisly death that would result should Kricket go thru. Nice....really sexy. I’m sorry but he hit her multiple times, helped decimate Rath. He might be better than his evil Dad, but not much. Amy abandoned Trey and tried to make Kyon a viable Love interest, but he left me cold. Trey forcing her to eat and NOT hitting her broke my heart. He’s a hero. Kyon is just a psychopath who finally felt love.

Kaz

1/18/2018 17:53:48

In reply to Mbb. I understand where you are coming from in regards to Trey and feel he has been unjustly treated but try looking at it this way, and this is how I perceive Kricket (and Amy the Author) felt about it. Firstly let me give you a personal present day example, I have a child and my love is absolute, I couldn't sacrifice my childs life for anyone, my parents, sisters even to save the whole world, does that make me a monster, I don't think so, because I WOULD sacrifice my OWN life to save my family, the world, but nothing on this earth could make me give up my childs life, because my love is absolute, now you have Trey, his love isn't absolute because his love for his people and family outweighs his love for Kricket, don't get me wrong he loves her deeply, but just not absolutely, which isn't wrong, and morally its right,, but from Krickets point of view he is just doing exactly what her family did, instead of trying to make a plan where everyone can be saved and again if they had had a child it would mean he would be willing to sacrifice THEIR child for his people, just like her dad is doing. Now lets look at Kyon, nothing is more important to Kyon than Kricket, not his people, he killed loads of them at the island, not family, and not even the revenge on his father in the end as Kricket had to sneak off to sacrifice herself and Kyon handed himself over to his evil father knowing he would be tortured an killed after finding out. Kyon's love was absolute because he didn't want her to sacrifice herself and no one was more important to him. He was definitely a major Asshat through most of the books, but you must remember that Trey and Kyon came from different cultures, his psychopathic behaviour was normal in his culture, Kricket fell in love with him because they both had terrible childhoods, fathers that wanted them dead and she could see he slightly broken, which her love was healing. She fell in love with Trey because he was good, protective and his morals were high (more human like). Don't get me wrong I loved Trey and was all Trey through a lot of the book, but he had a happy childhood, growing up with a loving family and great friends. I think the reason why a lot readers don't mind her falling in love with Kyon too is because he was broken by culture and family and it was good to see him have some happiness and to see his character developing to be more human. I hope this has helped you understand a bit more why other readers are o.k. with Kyon too. x

Sarah Y

6/27/2018 05:17:00

Agree with Kaz. I understand Trey has to save his family, but he can't expect to have it both ways, asking Kricket to die for them and still want to keep her. I didn't like Kyon at first either, but I believe in second chances and that people can change, and I think he's more than made up for the wrongs he's done to Kricket and has proven his love for her over and over.

Brandi Hanvy

10/23/2019 11:27:33

I was so sure that her father and the other rebels knew that she was the one to be the future empress but that for some reason they weren’t letting her or others know that Until the vision where she killed kyans dad and the brotherhood had come to fruition . I thought that maybe they were protecting her and the vision her mother had of her being empress. I thought for sure they were all just waiting for when she killed kyans father and then they would become her new army and The new Ruling house of ether of the misfits ! That some how if she knew they were there to support her before that moment then it would have altered that reality. That after everyone seen her confronting their evil dictator and The brotherhood only then would they all would see her as The queen of the little ppl and all bow to her! I guess I couldn’t fathom in my own mind a father and all the other misfit rebels just not wanting her especially after she proved herself to be the one who had the guts to stand up to the injustice! Although this seemed clear what wasn’t clear was who she would end up with in the end romantically speaking. Amy Bartol did such a good job of making us fall in love with trey that I was so startled when then I also started rooting for kyan also! For those reasons I don’t think everyone could be totally happy if she had picked one over the other. I don’t think there was enough time left at the end of the book to neatly tie up all those loose ends which hence leads me to plead my case that more books should be written in this series in order to give better closure or a spin off! Having said that I now do agree that Kricket getting her wish of freedom was the only way to end this book but not the series haha gottch ya ! Thank you so much for two of the best series I have read The premonition series and this Kricket series! Now it’s on to Rebel born series but I will always be checking back for more.

Mary Miracle

8/6/2017 04:31:26

I have read this series over again multiple times. I am team Kyon because of his journey to love with Kricket, I think thier chemistry was by far the best out of the whole series. I was just pissed the whole time at each characters willingness to sacrifice Kricket for their own selfish gains and then turn around and kick her when she's down. I can see something spectacular happening to her on earth and then they began dragging her back there again. After that long letter to her sister, which should have had them all hanging thier heads in shame, you'd think that they would have just let her be. But it's that Giffen and his tainted obsession with her that will most likely screw things up on earth. I'm going to say that she is forced to leave Earth again, but I'm so hoping that you get some really good juices flowing towards a book 4! Here's hopin'!

Kathy

8/7/2017 21:36:23

Please please please!

I stumbled upon this series after reading your first Secondborn book...and I LOVE it! Your character and relationship development is fantastic and has me hooked.

I love how Kricket finally chose herself, but now I'm dying to know her future!

Andrea

8/10/2017 02:42:15

Thank you for creating such a fabulous series. So many books these days have the same thing over and over again. The world you created in the Kricket series was amazing. I hope there is more to come!

Connie

8/10/2017 10:53:15

I love your books and really love this series. I understand the ending because krickets freedom is her happiness but if you write more would love it. Not just to see kricket evolve but also the other characters. The sister, her friends all of them. ❤️

Samantha Heare

8/10/2017 12:31:54

Wow, Amy (I hope it's okay to call you Amy even though I've never had the opportunity to meet you)! If this is an ugly 1st draft, I'm beyond impressed and amazed (and honestly a bit envious) of your mad writing skills. If I was still a HS English teacher instead of an ES Librarian, I would be begging to have you skype with my students as inspiration. Unfortunately for my K-5 students, your work is way above their understanding. I can't find the words to explain how your stories make me feel. I found your Premonition series at the beginning of the year and feel in love. You have an ability to make the bad guys lovable, and show that they're not all bad. Brennus became that for me. It proves nothing and noone is ever black and white. The characters are described in a way that makes the reader know them intimately, and their stories and emotions are so intricately woven that the reader become invested. After the Premenition series, I couldn't bring myself to read the Kricket series; it just didn't seem like it could live up to how the Premonition series made me feel (the blurb didn't entice me). Thanks to Kindle, I received Secondborn as a Kindle First. The write up was okay, nothing that said read right now, but I knew I liked your Premonition series, and it was free, so I downloaded it. It too was fabulous, and I'm so happy to hear there is a contract for two more books. The world you created and again the characters left me enthralled. At this point I was jonesing for more, so I turned to the Kricket series.Boy have I've been missing out. I don't know how you made me go from cheering for Trey, Kricket, and the cavars and hating Kyon, to loving Kyon and wanting Kricket as Empress. She deserves to be Empress after how she has been used and abused. She is definitely the stronger daughter. Although I appreciate your ending even though theres no HEA, these characters are too special to end here. There are too many what ifs, Kricket's stone/paper heart is torn in two, she's back on Earth that has nothing for her, and she has a deadbeat dad that needs a reckoning. I hope the characters keep talking to you because there's more story out there for Kricket, Kyon, Trey, Giffen, Phlix, Pan, and Astrid, and I for one can't wait to see more of what you come up with. Your mind is an inspiration! I'm waiting impatiently for what's next!

Jummai Akale

8/11/2017 22:36:45

Lol, reading everyone’s posts and I’m like me too!! So many questions but in a giddy way though not demanding. That must be stated because some readers seem to have such a strong sense of entitlement. It's horrible.
I want the questions answered but more importantly I want justice for Kricket, lol.
The men are secondary, I don't care if she ends up with one of them or on her own, as long as it's true to the character.
I'm just tired of her being pushed around. I think for me the reason it feels unfinished is because she's on the run. I hated the fact she was on the run, with no sense of security, more than likely being hunted. That isn't freedom and I felt like it was being sold to us as freedom and she deserves so much more, she needs to demand and fight for more for herself, for Phlix and for all the other girls like them. And her father and that douche, they think so little of her, I have no words. The casual unthinking continuous disrespect, I mean! Like she was honestly meant to be grateful for that prison, to be treated like their pet. After all they’d witnessed her go through for THEIR world, STILL these assholes couldn’t even show her compassion or even gratitude because that prison was neither.
But my main problem with them is that their method of controlling/ managing her is emulating her abusers. It’s so f**ked up on so many levels. Firstly that controlling/ managing/utilising her is all they seem interested in and that they watched a child suffer physical and emotional abuse, did not lift a finger to help in any real way and all they took from that was what type of pressure to apply to get her to comply. I…
They never even gave her a chance. Never. That’s the worst part. It’s so frustrating, bordering on illogical! She has done nothing wrong, and they always seem to think the worst of her and expect the least. I want them to get their comeuppance so damn much, even if it’s only seeing how wrong they were about her. ALL of them, her sister too. Because if it were the other way around Kricket would never let this stand. Agree for her sister to suffer for her safety, never. Then allow, however reluctantly *rolls eyes*, allow for her sister to be imprisoned for the crime of existing or worse still hunted. Nah. None of these people care or at least not enough, not enough to make any real sacrifice but are far too comfortable asking her to sacrifice. I mean after all she’s used to it.
I think that’s what makes me so angry at them, those little glimpses of comparison for her. They don’t want to admit to themselves that they’ve wronged her. That they are bad people, however reluctantly. They wanted to get what they wanted, which meant mistreating her but keep their conscience clean.
And her dad…it just breaks my heart, she didn’t even bother getting angry at him. It was just irredeemable. I need someone to get angry at him on her behalf though. She doesn’t need it, but I want her to have someone in her corner. She’s worthy of so much more. I just want the character to know that and running and hiding isn’t a way of life. I want her to stand her ground, to have an element of security in her life and sis needs to learn how to physically defend herself, like take a krav maga class or two.
AHHHHH!!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this series. It’s just so amazing!!! Fourth book or no, I’m just so happy I found this series.

Carmen

8/12/2017 19:50:21

I found no one in this thread fells entitled. All are excited for the series to continue and feel strongly about it. You raise some good points and I would love to see more answers. But I understand that there is no more planned at this time and may never be. I can take it.

Shauna Witle

2/23/2018 23:40:22

I agree with what you said and one other thing that made me even more upset. She told them that It in would rape her and the men acted like so what use your body to get what we want. She could be a toy as long as they got what they wanted. Yes Astrid freaked out but she is a pathetic whimp that bends to men. I too want Revenge although I don't think that Kricket is vengeful but in the 20 plus stories I've written Kricket takes down her Dad with Kyon at her side. I love Trey but Kyon was a strength and partner, Trey was a lover and protector. I truly hope there is a book 4. I think I have reread these books 4 times now and I love the characters.

Sarah Y

6/27/2018 05:52:43

Agree. I swear to god if Giffen calls her an ignorant selfish child one more time...!!! >:(

Alex

8/12/2017 19:05:55

Hi,
I fell in love with these characters and hope with all my heart that this isn't the end for them. I definitely agree with what many of the others said regarding treys betrayal and hoping for kyon to not give up on her and to maybe go look for her. Whatever you choose to do I 100% respect it. Thanks so much

Rose Ann

11/8/2017 08:09:11

I think the Kricket series is fantastic. It's a series that I just can't seem to let go. I liked the ending. I thought it was perfect. My money is on Kyon for protecting Kricket in the future. Hated him at first, but softened up when he introduced Kricket to yummy sweet puffs cooked in the fire pit on his island. That scene built an intimacy along with Kyon's and Kricket's crafting of the "crowns" of death for his father, that diminished Trey's role as a lover/protector. Now, while I understand the ending for this series, I believe there is a certain intrigue in the character, Fulton, Kyon's mentor, and would love to read more about Phlix who has to have amazing courage and spine to jump into a new world. She is certainly no wall-flower. How about it?

Tracey Kenkel

8/13/2017 13:42:00

While I agree the ending in the third book was the only valid possibility where Kricket controlled her destiny, (that was the premise of the series after all) there were too many other characters to just leave hanging with uncompleted storylines. I'm not usually a HEA kind of girl, but I believe this story deserves more exploration!

Becca

11/30/2017 01:48:09

I agree. I usually am ok without a HEA but I feel like there are so many loose ends. I hope there is at least 1 more book to close some of the story lines. Even if she doesnt end up with a love interest hopefully she can stop running.

Desiree

8/13/2017 18:08:43

I loved this series! I read all 3 books over one sleepless weekend. I literally could not stop. I really hope you get a contract for another Kricket book or two. I loved the world building, the characters were amazing. I loved how I started the series thinking Kyon was a huge "knob knocker". And finished heartbroken that he was going to lose his chance at a future with Kricket. All of the characters evolved so much. Love love loved it!!

Elizabeth

8/13/2017 21:52:50

I love love love how you ended book 3, but I felt like Kricket's story wasn't done. I really hope to see what happens after, because often in stories as in life, the after did when the most interesting things happen to us and bigger mountains than we've ever seen appear on the horizon!

Betsy

8/14/2017 15:06:03

Amy, thank you for sharing your gifts with us! I love this series. I have a sore back because I spent the entire weekend on the couch reading it instead of doing anything else.
I totally get why it ended the way it did and completely respect the decision to end it, but like everyone else on this blog, am hoping for another book (or five) because I love the characters so much and want to hear from them again!
BTW, am I the only one who thought Giffen was Kricket and Astrid's brother?

Elese

8/21/2017 20:07:45

Betsy
No you are not the only one to thinkk that Giffen is Kricket's brother. I have thought the same thing!

Carmen

8/25/2017 10:27:32

I never even thought about him being their sibling. It would give more credence to why Pan and Arissa were so into saving the boys with gifts. Maybe Arissa's child from another union? Perhaps she was pregnant and knew he was male and that is why she escaped from Alameeda?

Crystal

5/6/2018 08:17:37

I never thought he was her sibling, didn’t he say he got his telekinesis from his mother? As far as I know that wasn’t Krickets mother.

Alyssa

8/14/2017 19:35:45

Ugh! I both love and hate this series. Pretty sure that last book drug me through the ringer. I need more! I know you may not but seriously even if it's snippets like this I will go on but I can't live without knowing what more goes on for kricket! She has way more to tell in her story.

Erin

3/8/2019 12:06:19

I have such a book hangover from this series! I loved them but the ending was so not satisfying. It reminded me of the ending of the divergent series a bit - it leaves the reader wanting and there is not enough closure to the series.

Hannah

8/15/2017 01:47:46

Long time fan here! If your name is on the book, I buy it, no questions asked. All of your stories are completely captivating. I usually just cancel my plans on a release day and read nonstop much to the annoyance of my husband. But let's be real, the Premonition and Kricket series men are just so much better than real live men! Lol

Truly though, if a fourth book were to be published I would be over the moon. While I do love your books, I felt like the Premonition series ended on a bit of a cliffhanger and so did the Kricket series and it seems Secondborn will do the same for a bit. I just want some closure for the Kricket series. The Premonition series you can kind of make up your own mind and play out some different scenarios. But with the Kricket series it just seems like there's already a fourth book written that is just totally missing. There is so much to that story that I need to know. So many unanswered questions. And it would be nice to have your female characters have to really choose one male and commit for that HEA we all want. *cough cough* Kyon *cough cough* Just saying...

No matter what, you've got a fan for life. I hope one day to meet you and have you sign my books. I've already got one signed copy and that's just not enough for me! But to meet you would be an honor! To read another Kricket book would be an even greater honor!

Nichole

8/17/2017 17:45:05

Out of the thousands of books and endings, Kricket's story just seems soooooooo unfinished. I need more understanding about why Trey did what he did. I need to know if Kyon is going to find her. I need to understand why Pan chose Astrid over Kricket. I feel like there is more to that part of the story than we know. Maybe he was manipulated by one of the other priestesses. I dunno. The trilogy ending left me with more questions than answers.

I'm pretty sure it would take another trilogy to explain them all ;-)

Kristen

8/17/2017 19:54:50

PLZ MORE, I just binge read this series in 2 days and I feel like a drug addict going through withdrawals not knowing what comes next. PLZ IM DYING!!!!

Sue

8/20/2017 11:46:12

Ditto here. Stumbled on this on amazon prime and bought the lot (trilogy) to keep. Looking forward more in this series!

Summer

8/20/2017 14:38:17

Amy,

You are an amazing and beautiful writer. The character development in Kricket's story was undeniably brilliant. Although I was left feeling very sad and incomplete with the ending, I have to respect your bravery in not offering the HEA. It must have been very hard knowing your might disappoint your readers while trying to stay true to Kircket's character. My hope is that you will continue with Kricket's story after you complete your other obligations.

This was the first series of your that I have read, only having just discovered you. I will read everything you have written or will write in the future. Thank you for sharing your gift.

Summer

Erin

8/21/2017 02:52:31

The end of Darken the Stars left my heart aching. I finished all 3 books within the span of a week because I was addicted. Never have I clung to characters the way I do to Kricket, Trey, and Kyon. Not knowing what happens next leaves me with an odd sense of anxiety, as if I were Kricket, Kyon or Trey myself. I respect your creative process, but as a loyal fan I have to beg for more! Please don't leave us with this unrest.
Regardless of what you choose to do, know that these 3 books are among my favorites. Your beautiful writing lit my imagination on fire. Thank you for sharing your gift with us.

Erin

8/21/2017 03:07:25

I'm a bit scared to start the Premonition series. I have the books waiting for me to read, but based on the comments it might leave me feeling the same sense of melancholy as the Kricket series. So I'm wondering, should I save myself and not read it? Or succumb to your talent and let myself get entangled again?

9/23/2017 22:33:23

Yes. Read premonition. You won't be disappointed.

Carmen

8/21/2017 11:30:54

I'm completely obsessed with these books and, yes, anxiety is the perfect feeling description. I've read the books a few times each and I keep relistening to the books at work and when I'm sewing. I don't really know how many times I've listened to them.

I started the premonition series, but for me it just isn't the same. I should finish the books, but I just haven't had time.

Joann Holstein

8/23/2017 02:40:00

I read second born and really loved it unfortunately I have to wait for the next book in the series. So I looked up other books you've written and found the Kricket series , loved it. I'm hoping that if enough of your fans request another book or three that I'll be reading them soon. I want to know why Pan chose Astrid and abandoned Kricket with hopes she'd be killed on earth . I'm thinking maybe he's a liar so she couldn't be around . Trey's a no go, Griffen's worse since he watched her be abused as a child and did nothing .Kyon the man ,started out rough but sounds like he was abused too so he has a better reason to be a wanker than the other two.

Amanda

8/26/2017 11:24:41

I just finished the Kricket series and I loved the way it ended! No it's not a 'Happily Ever After' but I didn't think that Kricket needed that. In the end she chose herself, and she chose freedom. If you choose to write more of Kricket, Kyon, Trey, and everyones story I would love to read it but its current ending has its own beauty that I love too.

Thanks for bring it to us

Sarah

8/28/2017 17:10:13

I have to say that I actually did not mind the end of book 3, however I feel that these characters have so much depth and chemistry that I would be sad to not see more of their story! Love the excerpts posted above, hope to see more!

Jessica Kilt

8/31/2017 13:54:07

I read the entire kricket series in less then a 24h period. It was great the ending left me in shock. I got so caught up in the books I literally cried from the heartbreak. There's so much of a story left to be told. I hope you are able to write a 4th book.... I hope kricket & trey or even kricket and kyon end up back together in the future. I usually don't read books that don't have a happy ending because my heart/head can't handle the emotion. But I loved this series. Thank you

Sasha

8/31/2017 14:27:40

I first of all would like to say thank you, this was such a refreshing trilogy to read. I love Kricket's fearless personality and how she grows into it throughout the books. I couldn't stop reading, your attention to detail brought Ethar alive in my mind. I loved that Kricket got to experience 2 different loves, a warm trusting love and a passionate fiery love. I hope that you are able to add to this wonderful story. Thank you for your beautiful imagination and these books! I look forward to reading them all!!

Monica

9/1/2017 17:25:23

Hi Amy,

First I just want to say THANK YOU for the new peek into Kricket's world! Desperate is an understatement for my desire for more of Kricket's story and I'm very grateful for your share. I loved every bit of what I just read!

Reading this trilogy was an emotional rollercoaster for me. I did not expect the fierce attachment and interest in the characters you created. I could not put the books down. I devoured them.

I love your flawed real characters. I felt the relationships were honest and you are amazing in your ability to show the different dimensions within the characters you create. I never expected to love Kyon so much.

I have also never had an ending to a book effect me the way yours did. I cried because it was over and I wanted so much more. I did not feel as if I had closure. I do not believe I am a HEA girl necessarily, but I was so invested in the world and characters you created I was no where near ready to let them go.

I was actually unable to read new books for awhile because I could not stop thinking about Kricket's story. I felt she had so much story left untold.

The fact you created a world and characters that made me feel so much surpassed any disappointment at the ending though. Your writing just pulled me in completely.

The questions will not stop swirling through my head though...

Is Giffen Krickets brother? Will Giffen and Phlix eventually have a relationship? Why did Kricket have the gift of truth as prophesized if she is not meant to rule?

I also felt that though leaving may have been true to her character, it was also a temporary escape that cannot last. Giffen and Pan are not going to give up, and Kricket will never have any HEA(even a HEA without her former or new loves) if she doesn't face them.

I also believe Kyon would search for his love with every breath he had. Sorry I cannot stop rooting for Kyon :)
He would never give up on Kricket.

I am hopeful that after Kricket and Phlix have some time on earth, that Kricket will bring Ethar together, with Kyon at her side ;)

I hope/pray/beg you will continue Kricket's story when you have time, but am grateful for the peek you gave us. Whether you continue Kricket's story or not, I think her world will be one I never forget. You are a wonderful writer!

Thank you!

Carmen

9/1/2017 18:06:59

So so how I feel. I've never been this invested in a series and I'm an avid reader. I listen to the stories over and over. I'm not sure how many times I've listened. I am obsessed because it can't be the end.

Kala link

2/4/2019 21:32:17

Exactly! I am still unable to pick up another book. My imagination is reaching for more resolution to Cricket's story.
I am so happy l found this blog post to know that there is hope for another book. Hope springs eternal.

Jillian

9/2/2017 01:23:58

Wow, thank you for the Kricket series. I couldn't stop reading them. I hope that since the characters are still alive within you that their stories will continue through you. This is my favorite series I've ever read, out of many. I hope that there is no publisher out there ridiculous enough to deny another however many books you want to add to this series (if any). I am now a huge fan so if the wind takes you in Kricket's direction please sail! Thank you for the ride, it has been an amazing journey and I'm now a lifelong fan of your work. I'm so inspired & so curious! Loved the peek at where the characters are now! Thank you & I will be back to check for more, over & over! Here's to hoping for a glimpse into Kricket's & Ethar's future...🙏🌖🌔💫

MamaSaurus

9/4/2017 22:45:48

I loved the series, but as a proud member of the HEA club, was like 'OH NOES'. I am of two minds, in that I love Kricket being free to do her own thing, but also ...want the HEA.

I feel that at this point, if you don't come back and write book for - or a standalone novella, or another series - it stands on it's own. I'll always have the romantic yearning for Kyon to come find her, but it is what it is.

However, I also feel like if you write a WHOLE OTHER SERIES IN BETWEEN (I gobbled up Secondborn in 48 hours, SO GOOD) then writing another book/series with an HEA doesn't cheapen Kricket's freedom at the end of the first trilogy. It's not like she's gonna sit around with her thumb up her bum crying in a corner because her bed is empty. But it's also not like she wouldn't check in on...someone...if she can..across dimensions...

Sississ

9/4/2017 23:48:21

I like so many of your other fans have read and reread all of your books many times over. I go outside and find other authors to read other books but in the end I do compare them all to your writing. I am not necessarily looking for a hea ending but an ending would be great. You gave Evie and Reed an ending, why not Kricket? This series does feel unfinished, there are unanswered questions and that's what is frustrating. I do enjoy all your books and your writing style. Thank you for being that writer for us to enjoy😀

Carrie

9/5/2017 16:28:32

Amy, I loved this series, the fascinating world you created, and the strong characters with witty dialogue. My only disappointment was in the ending. If feels unfinished and untrue to Kricket. The prophesy states the "strongest" sister will become empress. Kricket's mother gave her gift to her "strongest" daughter… that's Kricket. So in my mind I think…what if Pan didn't like the prophesy about bringing down the house of Rafe. Maybe if Pan and his lost boys (Pan - Peter Pan and his lost boys -- pretty funny) decided Astrid should be empress…hoping this would change the future. But since she is not the true fated empress…Astrid fails to be accepted and chaos takes over the land so they need Kricket to save their world. Kyon and Griffen could be searching/hunting for her at the same. There's other story possibilities… Arissa didn't really die on earth, further struggles with her step-sister and Astrid, and confrontations with her father. I just don't believe she slinks away back to earth. She's a fighter and a leader. Would love to see more!

Michele R

10/8/2022 13:12:32

Anyone else think Trey will find solace in Astrid's arms? Wouldn't that be an amazing book 4? Kyon and Kricket v Trey and Astrid.

Lindsey Roe

9/6/2017 01:47:18

A girl can only hope...
I absolutely LOVE this series, including the ending. Amy broke my heart into so many pieces, but it was all worth it. I love the blurb and of course want more, but I'm ok with what we've got. Thank you Amy! I look forward to whatever lies ahead.

Lindsey Roe

9/6/2017 01:47:58

Shanna

9/7/2017 19:56:47

Please, please, PLEASE write more of Kricket's story! Even with the little teaser I NEED more! I just can't let these characters go!

Kerry

9/8/2017 21:44:00

I just read this series and LOVED It! I immediately went to find the 4th book... and there wasn't one. :( I can wait but not knowing if it is coming is torture. I am a HEA person but I don't even know if I want her to be with Trey or Kyon. I love them both differently (right now I am leaning towards Trey but that may change). The last scene with the protein bar....

Please write more.

Lindsey Roe

9/9/2017 19:17:50

Oh yes, the protein bar! Trey and Jax (I'm guessing Wyra too) in the ending was so bitter sweet. I knew they still loved her, but man....

Katmo

9/9/2017 16:39:41

Thanks for saying something. I left an unhappy comment a few minutes ago because I hadn't found any comments about Kricket.

Amanda Puente

9/12/2017 08:40:36

Sooo I'm reading the books over again still battling between trey and kyon... ugggh it's so hard because I love them both.. and yes that last seen gutted me with the protein bar.. he leans his head against hers and she gave him nothing :(... but I get it.. but then phlix had to go and say that part about it not being over and that's why they didn't say goodbye... (insert crying here) and then I randomly thought will she live thousands of years on earth?? She needs to go back to Ethar.. she belongs there.. my only hope is that the people will riot for her return after watching her take out excelsior on that live feed.. that maybe she has visions of the future knowing she must return so that it is of her own choosing..😭😭😭😭
Sooooo many possibilities for at least two more books..
I need more with her sisters and pan.. more with her mother.. why would she want kyon to go find her if she was meant to stay hidden on earth? Uggggh my heart and this book..
*best series evvvvver Amy.. thank you for these characters!*** please give us more 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Kelly

9/13/2017 12:51:56

Love Love Love the book!
I can't wait for the next book (Amy please hurry!!!)
Love the love and hate relationship between Kricket and Kyon is so fun to read. Im definitely on "team Kyon" he's so mysterious, maybe because of his past he's so hard on Kricket.(very Cristian Grey) Im so exited to read more about Kyon's character.
I have the series on kindle but now, I definitely want to have the hard copies. Looking forward for more....

Ulyana Gomon

9/14/2017 13:19:25

I just couldn't get enough of the books, can't remember the last time I was engulfed in a story. I really hope there will be more to this series.

Julie K

9/19/2017 00:07:53

PLEASE release another book in this series!! It's the BEST SERIES EVER!! I CANT LIVE WITHOUT BOOK 4!!

Emily

9/20/2017 08:12:12

Amy, I love your writing style! Your passion is apparent. I have never been so emotionally invested in characters before! Please write at least one more book in this series, I must know what happens to all the beloved characters!

Erika Hannold

9/20/2017 11:12:14

I'm crossing my fingers that there will be more to this series! I read all three books in a couple days because I couldn't put them down, and that was between painting my porch and work. Whenever I sat down I was reading... even while eating. I need more and soon! :)

Samantha

9/20/2017 23:18:52

I fell in love with your characters, I don't know if I was just emotional but I cried for Kricket more than once, I'm not ashamed to say. At first I was team Trey but now I think Kyon is who I'd see myself with if I were her. Thank you so much for these books they are definitely on my top five series if not my favorite. You are an amazing writer and I cannot wait for what you have for us next!

Lindsey

9/20/2017 23:32:29

I agree, I became 'Team Kyon' by then end. As Kricken stated in the end, Trey gave her up to save the world, and she would have gave up the world to save Trey (I apologize , that's not the exact words used, but I hope ya get the point 😄). That broke my heart 😥

Crystal

5/6/2018 08:23:58

Totally agree, team Kyon, his love is absolute, treys was not.

Stephanie

9/21/2017 07:34:04

I have read thousands of books. Hundreds of love stories. But only a dozen or so have ended with freedom. Freedom is an interesting word here when we think about the love triangle Kricket was enmeshed in. A lover who lies and a love that she had chosen. Freedom is a choice but in this instance it's a prideful and cowardly one. I understand the need to give Kricket the space she needed to be free and to think about her life without the men in her life fighting over her like dogs. But I think she has to resolve what she left behind. She is too brave and too fierce to run away. To have her story end in a place where she doesn't belong. But, it's not my story, it's yours Amy. Thank you for telling it.

LORI link

9/23/2017 20:54:36

YES! This was my thought exactly.

Heather

9/21/2017 13:07:33

Thanks for the story, at first I felt alone at the end of 3, I know I will move on as I read more but to be honest I believe it to be the perfect ending for #3...not for the story...you writing is amazing, I am grateful to have stumbled upon a subject I might not normally have chosen to read. if we get a #4 it will truly be a gift and I know we will all be grateful. Thank you.

Jessica Lehmkuhl

9/22/2017 23:02:58

Please please please please please give us more Kricket! I'm reading these for the second time and I'm desperate for more.

Lori link

9/23/2017 21:05:46

Hi, Amy,
Thank you for leaving us with your thoughts and this little snippet...and maybe just the hope that there may, one day, be more to Kricket's story. This series has affected me (and others, it appears) so deeply. I picked the books up while waiting for the next in the Secondborn series, and ran through them all in a matter of days. Could.Not.Stop.Reading. I'm a 40+ year old woman--former English teacher--but I was absolutely enthralled with Kricket's character and story.

I'd like to slay your editor, however. While the end of Book 3 is a beautiful ending for the 3rd in a series, it does exactly what it needs to do for a continuation--leaves the reader desperate for resolution, and dwelling on what might be happening in the lives of these characters for days and nights afterwards.

Kricket is a fighter--not a runner (think of that leap of faith she makes to Trey!). Giffen is violently mission-oriented. Pan is resolute in what must and must not happen. And then, of course, there are Trey and the Cavars and Kyon. I have to confess that after Book 3 I am squarely on Team Kyon. He's every pirate, scotsman, and Viking fantasy rolled into one, and he's showed he's willing to sacrifice everything for Kricket and bend on nothing. Trey...not so much.

The point with all that is that none of these characters would just let her go. Kricket wouldn't even let it go. Maybe for a time, but never permanently. She's too "savage."

We love your heart, Amy, and how it beats in your characters. Please, please when you finish Secondborn, allow it to beat once again in Kricket.

Jen

1/2/2018 18:35:33

Couldn't agree more!

Morillo

1/22/2018 14:39:44

Lori,

I completely agree! #TeamKyon

Lori

9/24/2017 23:38:34

It can't be over!!!! What happens in Ethar?!?!? Does it come back together? Does Trey move on? does Kyon go looking for her on Earth???? Even without the traditional HEA there are too many open ends!!!!!!!!

Jen

1/2/2018 18:36:32

Exactly! HEA or no, we need some sort of ending!

L Quimby

9/25/2017 01:30:40

Having just finished reading the trilogy for the second time, I was ecstatic to find this snippet. And while I am also on pins and needles waiting for more SecondBorn, evidence suggests I am not a very nice person because I desperately, desperately want more story so that Pan can get what's coming to him. The cowardice it takes to abandon a child in the hopes that someone else will kill her? No honor. None. Either have the courage to "do what must be done" or don't. Kyon or Trey? Love both for very different reasons. Let Astrid have the throne, whatever. But Pan needs to get flayed, dangit. IMHO, YMMV.
Thanks for the amazing worlds, Ms. Bartol. You are serious talent.

Ellen

9/25/2017 08:06:30

Some Hope! Please finish the story Amy!

Chloe

9/29/2017 15:37:25

I just finished reading the Kricket Series. It took me about a week. I lOVE this series. I've never felt so connected with characters from a book before, it left me wanting more. Once I was done reading the 3rd book, I went looking for a 4th and realized that you haven't written one. Please write another one, I feel that the book was left with to many open ended questions, I feel like there is still more to her story that SHOULD be told. Also I just finished read Secondborn this morning at work (lol) , and although I did enjoy it, my mind still wonders back to Kricket. I am starting Inescapable this afternoon. I hope it gives me just as much joy to read as your others have.

Dawn

9/30/2017 15:07:45

Wow thank you so much for this gift. I am a book junkie and you are BY FAR my favourite author. You write with an intelligence and detail that is sadly uncommon in this genre. If this is all I get, I will treasure it as I totally stalk your websites in hope of book 4. Thanks for putting me out of my misery so I know there won't be a fourth book. I can try to move on now haha rather than continuing to check and wait. There are so many directions her story can go so I hope you find inspiration to continue her story. You are an amazing writer and I'm so grateful for this little tidbit to tide me over.

Joanna

10/1/2017 11:24:23

I just finished reading the Kricket series and the first two books of the Secondborn series!
Such great reading! I love how I become immersed in the world and so emotionally connected to the characters. Please write another in the Kricket Series, I would love to be immersed in this world once again and watch Kricket claim the world that she fought so hard for!

Cindy

10/8/2017 08:47:01

You could seriously write another trilogy about Kricket.

Jennifer Martinez

10/10/2017 10:35:34

Picked this series on Amazon, while on a business trip with my husband. He was ignored while I read this series. I tend to get involved with my stories that I read, but this is another experience by itself. I adore your writing, and hope that I can see Krickett get what she truly deserves, after a lifetime of surviving. Thank you for taking me to another place.

Candace

10/10/2017 14:00:10

Thank you for the Kricket Series. It is a joy to read and I will continue to revisit it every 6 months with wishful thoughts for more in this series.

Mary Sylvester Schuldt

10/11/2017 00:38:54

I hope your characters keep bugging you to continue their tale!

Deanna

10/13/2017 09:04:34

I would like to see Kricket a few years later with a set of 3 year old twins (boy and girl) both with blond hair. The boy(Keagan) a mirror of his father Kyon but with violet eyes. The girl(Kaeleigh) a mirror of Kricket but deep blue eyes. They live in rural Michigan to keep them safe. Astrid's daughter (Celeste) keeps talking about her cousins but she doesn't know their her cousins just their names. And Keagan and Kaeleigh know about Celeste. There is a telepathic connection between the 3. I'm not sure what the new threat would be. But something will bring Astrid and Kricket together to save their children. I'm still torn on Kricket's love interest. Because she loves both Kyon and Trey.

Nadia

10/16/2017 02:32:11

Hi Amy,

I have to say honestly that I never leave comments on websites. I don't even post on yelp and I've have yet to leave a review of a book. So, why now?

I just finished the Kricket series and I loved it! Like others, when I got to the ending I felt so strongly about it that I felt that I needed to throw my opinion into ring.

I loved the series and was pleasantly surprised by it. It reminded of how I felt when I finished another series that I equally loved, Shatter Me.

I recently read an interview with Tahereh Mafi and in it she discussed the new Shatter Me series and how she made the decision to revisited her series. In essence, she reread her books and experienced the same exact feeling that I had after I finished it.

What she and I both experienced was that the books ended at the beginning.

Your series is the same. We are all requesting more because this is just the beginning of Kricket's story and thats not because she hasn't had a HEA or because she chose herself instead of one of the guys. It's because the story ended right when she was finally getting to know herself.

Stories don't end when you begin to understand who you are, it's when it starts to get interesting.

Since I'm a newbie to this, I'm not even sure if you'll read this, but I hope you do and maybe it'll add another push in the direction of revisiting or provide a little inspiration from Tahereh Mafi.

Jen

1/2/2018 18:31:03

You said it perfectly.

1/22/2018 15:52:21

I feel the same. I was disappointed to find out there isn’t a fourth book. Book three is just the beginning! I hope Amy decides to continue the series.

Kylie

10/25/2017 10:15:47

Thanks for the series. Beautifully written with a wonderful heroine.
I do like a HEA but Kriket gaining her freedom would have been enough of a HEA for me to be satisfied. The thing is that Kriket didn't gain her freedom, not really. The way the story ended pursuit by Giffen, Kyon or Trey is just a matter of time.
It just feels inconclusive, too many loose ends.

Jamie

10/26/2017 03:48:29

I love this story but it is not done. This is not my opinion but a literary fact. It is incomplete. I hope with all my bookworm heart that the author chooses to expand sharing this world. There are loose ends that my mind has no right to tie.

Jessica

10/27/2017 04:07:08

Hi Amy
Thank you so much for this incredible story. I completed your cricket series a few days ago. I have read many novels in my life and I can say with absolute conviction that you have created something that will relate and strike at the hearts of most demographics. I sincerely hope that you will roll out the rest of this story, not just for your readers but for yourself. Currently cricket has been consigned to a fate of propetual fear and looking over her shoulder for the rest of her life. Especially now she will undoubtably feel responsible for philix and anything that happens to her. Most of us who have invested emotionally into your story would be devistated for your Cricket not to receive the resolution she deserves. So I sincerely ask/beg that you continue your journey with Cricket and embrace her future as we are all longing to do. I know that she is a fighter and she deserves the opportunity to carve out her own future. She is what you made her. Please don't abandon her on earth like her family did. She needs you.

Emilie

10/31/2017 22:27:22

Read all three books in two days.
Devoured might be a more appropriate word choice.
Thank you.

And, please—if word of Kricket and the lives of those we’ve come to know shapes itself in your mind—do share.

Lisa Ferguson

11/3/2017 11:04:13

I just found your Kricket series and burned through them in a few days on audiobooks.
If you were to continue the adventures I would be the first in line to purchase. IF you are in need of living in Ann Arbor to help research the area for the book I would be happy to treat to you lunch at Arbor Brewing Company and then go next door to Liberati Book store to hang and chill!

amy smeester

11/7/2017 10:12:52

GREAT books! No negative coming from me :) Just wondering if we might see these turned into a movie some day?

Lazerus

11/7/2017 23:00:52

O...M....Goodness

Nic

11/8/2017 13:12:48

I was uncertain about reading this series as it was for young adults...and I'm definitely NOT young! However, I've absolutely loved it, leaving my poor children to fend for themselves in the kitchen! I would love one final book to complete "Kricket's" adventures, and fingers crossed, find her Happily Ever After? Both the heroes/anti-heroes are so compelling, surely one of them will follow her to Earth? After all her sacrifices, she needs you to give her peace and not be lost & abandoned again! PLEASE! And what about Phlix, there's a whole new potential series? Whatever you do, thank you for this wonderful series...can't wait for my daughter to be old enough to enjoy this. Xx

Kristen

11/11/2017 18:47:20

I have left a comment before, but I just read the series again and I love you as a writer and I have read you other books but this series was the best! I will always support you as a writer but PLEASE PLEASE write more for this series!
#FeelingLikeKricketBecauseItFeelsLikeIveBeenForcedToLeaveSomethingILoveBehindAKAThisSeries #VerySpecificHashtag

Carmen

11/15/2017 13:53:46

I agree 100%. It's so hard to let go of the world that has been created.

Ashley

11/15/2017 16:11:18

This leaves me melancholic for more....finishing this series had made me feel as though I’ve lost a friend. 😫

Jane

11/17/2017 15:07:52

Hi Amy!

Not sure if you can (or want to) answer this, but if you were to work on a 4th Kricket book would you release it after your current series is over? I've been stalking this blog since the summer for any possible updates, and it occured to me to maybe just ask in case you've thought about when you would release if you were to write the book. I LOVE the snippet you gave us. Thank you so much for considering returning to these characters and the amazing world of Ethar.
Thank you! You are my author hero!

Carmen

11/17/2017 15:10:46

Glad to hear I’m not the only one!

Savannah

11/17/2017 15:28:15

The Kricket series is one of the best I have read in a long time. I became so emersed in this world and was devastated to leave it behind. This little snippet was the perfect salve for the wounds left gaping when I turned the last page of Darken the Stars. I understand why it ended the way it did. As happy as I was for Kricket and the strong female lead she is, I am too selfish not to wish for more of her story to be told. This salve may last throughout the Secondborn series (already loved the first one), but I desperately hope Kricket doesn't relent until a fourth book is inescapable.

Chiquita

11/18/2017 20:20:54

For me the issue isn't that Kricket didn't get a happy ending. It is that the end of the book didn't feel like an ending at all.

Yolanda Garza

11/20/2017 19:44:28

Thank you that was amazing!!!
I am also BEGGING :D

Ramona

11/24/2017 20:24:37

I read a lot!! So not many new series of books have much impact on me. For some reason, Kricket has a special place in my heart. Maybe its my own history. However, I feel like this Trilogy was very lacking in the ending.

In the beginning I loved Trey, but as the story progresses I see that Kricket was betrayed by her family. And it is obvious that during the entire series, Kyon was always trying to take care of Kricket. Maybe for selfish reasons in the beginning, but I can see that things changed.

I did not like the ending!!! Too many ends untied!!!

It is very necessary that you bring this story back to life. I know how I want things to go. However, you as the writer have all the say. And I trust your creativity.

DON’T LET THIS SERIES DIE AS IT IS!!!!

Charissa

11/30/2017 13:11:08

This may have started out as a trilogy, but what in life happens just as we plan?

This series needs a 4th book, because you've got Kricket's father that needs to be put in his place, a love triangle that Kricket needs to choose, and Kricket who needs to find a place she can finally call home. Kyon will never leave her, and he has to protect her from her father. Trey will probably just watch from the shadows until Kyon (or Giffen) finds her. Also, Alameeda loves Kricket and saw her as the rightful ruler. I don't see Alameeda agreeing to follow Astrid, especially when Kricket was responsible for Excelsior's death. Kricket earned the right to rule, and Alameeda is too strong of a House to let anyone overpower them, at least not without a giant war.

Kricket is a fighter, and she needs to fight back against her father. Even if Astrid tried to rule, she's a puppet being controlled by their father. Until Kricket can find where she truly belongs (which I think is with Kyon and ruling over Ethar), this isn't even a happy ever after, even if some people choose to believe that. Kyon and Kricket compliment each other so well, and they are willing to do what is necessary. Kyon puts her as #1, and Trey did not. Also, Trey can't protect her like Kyon can, which it's amazing how many times Trey couldn't protect her, whereas Kyon only failed once.

Anyways, sorry to rant, but you have such a good storyline that needs to be finished, that I had to type this up. Thanks for writing this snippet! Now, I'll be daydreaming all day... :-)

Mimi Garza

11/30/2017 17:55:32

I agree with everything you just said. THANK YOU!!!
I also would live to see a 4th book please.

Jen

1/2/2018 18:26:03

You said it perfectly! I don't think this ending was very Kricket. Maybe the Kricket before the books that had to run and hide most of her adolescence, but Kricket grew so much that to just end it with her just running away and hiding again seems to undermine the great potential she has as a strong female lead. "Everyone is against me and I can never be happy in life so I will run for the rest of my days and hide from my destiny." That is what I got from this ending and I think that is beneath Kricket. Check even if she does heroically or something at least that would be becoming of her.

Rachel O Brien

1/12/2018 14:43:33

I absolutely agree, there potenting for at least another 2 books and a spin off for phlix

Bernadette

2/3/2019 14:57:12

I agree with your comments. Do you think that Pan’s first objective will be to destroy all of the Priestesses in Almeeda? Then only his band of mis-fit boys will have powers. Makes ruling the whole planet easier, and Pan wishes to rule through Astrid. His objection to Kyon and Kricket’s Empire is not saving Rafe, but his desire to rule Ethar. He as as ruthless as any other villain in this story. Kricket says it best, “We both have Daddy issues”.

That is what I love about Amy’s stories, they are complex and contain plot twists you don’t anticipate. Not the same old boring stories you so often get. I often think I could write the next fan fiction line for some books. Not this trilogy! Which is why we need a fourth book,

Sara

12/1/2017 16:11:19

I actually came to peace with the ending. At first I didn't get it and felt a little shocked. But as I moved forward and went on with my life I realized that was what Kricket was doing. And I can trust that in her way she found what she was looking for in the long run. I'd love to have a chance to read it though! Thank you for even considering this. If you decide to go through with this idea or leave the trilogy as is I am now and always a fan. Thank you for sharing your talents with the world. :)

Sarah

12/1/2017 16:11:30

I read this trilogy several years ago. I reread it about every six months and check to see if you have plans to continue. I was excited to see this snippet. I don’t think continuing the series is a betrayal to the ending if the first trilogy. Knicker has a lot to answer for and her life now is about so much more than choosing who she wants to be with. I think many of us would read simply to see how she manages to make it. While she earned her ‘freedom’ it really is only a temporary thing given the issues at play. I hope you decide to continue this series after you fulfill your obligations with your new series. Off to check that out now. Thank you!

Emily

12/5/2017 12:58:35

I really enjoyed this trilogy. I was surprised by how I fell in love with Kyon. He really grew from scary bad guy to such a wonderful dark hero. I do hope you decide to write more in this series.

Marilyn

12/9/2017 10:41:31

Every few weeks I’ll type it in Google is there going to be a fourth cricket book I’m so happy I came across this I love the series and I need to find out what happened with cricket so I’m so happy you’re considering writing a fourth book

Yanin Llamas

12/9/2017 18:00:39

I love the concept of Kricket never being owned by anyone, so i appreciate the end. I see how both her lovers represent aspects of herself. I thought she would end up ruling, and unifying her world by have something like two consorts. I thought this story might have been her journey in which she learns to accept all aspects of herself and keep them in balance. I don't like the idea of the book series endeding with Kricket on the run. I had hoped she might at least had some peace and a home.

Geena zakaria

12/10/2017 21:42:45

I just finish this series.. i love kricket she so strong n brave.. i love kyon too.. hope kricket n kyon will continue their journey together again.. n wish Pan n Griffen die in next series if its happen.. cross my finger n wish to star that d series will be continue

Carmen

12/14/2017 02:05:52

I very rarely finish a book or a series feeling so very in love with the characters that I truly cannot wait to hear more about what happens next in their lives. The ending, for me, felt very apropos of Kricket. When I would love to hear more of is what adventures she has next with your new sister and about all the rest of the boys 😉
I deeply, deeply loved this series of stories and all of the characters.
I can feel that there is so much more there to explore ❤️

Lindsie R.

12/14/2017 23:51:39

I loved this series!! I couldn’t put it down and I’m so bummed it ended so abruptly! I got so invested in these characters and their stories and I felt like so much was left open ended and unresolved. Kricket hadn’t even fully explored and understood her powers yet, the love stories that she started were left hanging (especially after after Phlix said that Kricket and Trey weren’t finished yet) and a whole host of other stories that just kinda dropped. I really hope that we get to see more of this story, I will keep my eyes open for more! In the meantime I’m going to read Secondborn!!

Jen

1/2/2018 18:18:12

Exactly. All those Wonderful Characters and we have no idea what happends. It's like never knowing what happens to all your friends after they move away or something.

Crystal

12/15/2017 15:49:21

Hello!

Like all fellow readers I absolutely fell in love with this series. I just finished reading for a second time (which I don't do with many books) and it leaves you with so many questions but at the same time it's so Kricket! However, the fact that so many readers are so passionate about finding out if a 4th book is coming that we stalk your pages (myself included.... how I found this blog lol) shows what an awesome writer you are! Thank you for this little insight and like others hoping for a book 4! :)

Laura M

12/15/2017 19:29:33

I understand why you want Kricket to live happily ever after without a man Ms. Bartol. I really do. Im a feminist. But...I still want her to live HEA with Trey! I love the Kricket character. I am extremely independent. An island. Please let Trey and Kricket be together. BTW I live in Ann Arbor. Just finished the Premonition series. Good books but I like Kricket more than Evie. Thanks.

DawnieBB

12/16/2017 15:55:48

Best series EVER. I can only beg and plead...PLEASE...we need to know what happens!

Megan

12/18/2017 18:00:47

Loved this series! The world and characters really pulled me in. I understand the point where the third book ended but would really love to read more books with these characters! Crossing my fingers on another trilogy to tell the story of Kricket’s independence after her return to Earth and the rebuilding of Ethar.
Thank you for your other series as well. Loved them all. After being away from books you made me fall in love with reading again!

Kristen

12/30/2017 04:35:24

YES!

Marisa

12/18/2017 22:54:13

I love this series too much. I've read it twice knowi g I would be heartbroken at the end again. I'm not a fan of never happily ever after, but I also can't be dissapointed. The ending stayed true to Kricket's character. However I loved the snippet so thank you for posting. I do encourage you to leave us hanging please explore the possiblities. You are an amazing writer.

Jasmin

12/28/2017 07:50:33

I really enjoyed the Kricket series, however I feel the conclusion to the series was left too open ended. It's left me wanting more and I don't feel the series has been concluded. It feels like there should be another book to tie up loose ends or even to continue the story for a few more books. I was team Trey at the beginning but after the last book I felt there was more depth to Kyon's character and changed thoughts about who Kricket should be with. Kyon suits who Kricket became through the hardships. She changed. I really hope you write another book because the ending disappointed me and felt there was too much left unsaid (especially with the way Kyon's character ended in the books). What happened with Kyon, did trey and the others survive. What about her survival on earth and what happens with that.You only just started to touch on her friendship. Will the people accept Astrid's rule?Etc. Too many questions.

Jen

1/2/2018 18:14:35

I completely agree. The story as a whole is unfinished and needs some form of closure.

Kristen

12/30/2017 04:34:32

I literally just binged this series in the matter of less than 3 days...I'm dying for another book, PLEASE. Now I'm going to proceed to binge your Premonition Series!

DawnieBB

12/31/2017 09:19:45

2nd post...Was reading through all the comments and the Kricket fan base is just amazing. Truly a character that is near and dear to all of us. There are so many options to continue this story and when you are ready to revisit this story Amy, I know we will be as enchanted with the next phase of Kricket’s adventure as we were with the first!

Dml

1/1/2018 00:21:47

Awesome story, frustrating ending.

Kazzjess

1/2/2018 17:19:06

Loved this series, listened to the audiobooks and they were brilliant. I thank you for what you gave us, but will live in hope that you will give us more of this amazing series. You call the above a rough draft but it had me hooked and love the idea of different POV if you do give us more of Kricket, Phlix, Kyon, Trey etc. Thank you for sharing your amazing imagination with us readers/listeners, you have become one of my favourite authors. x

Jen

1/2/2018 18:12:11

Hi Amy,
Let me start off by saying I love your books. I love your writing style, intricate plots that keep you guessing, and the mixture of genres you blend together so well.
Upon completing Darken the Stars( I finished the entire series in 3 days they were that good), I was very confused to find there was no 4th book. While I can understand the want for a non traditional ending, this seemed incomplete. In comparison to the rest of your writing this seemed like the story just stopped mid thought and offers the reader Zero closure to any of the major plot points. We are left with her still being chased, a war still raging, family drama that is still very much unexplained, and several characters that we have no idea what will happen to them. It was like watching 3 seasons of a great tv series only to find it had been cancelled without any explanation to how the series would have ended if it had been allowed to continue. I like your series so much, coming to the end of this book was like finding out Firefly had been cancelled all over again. I immediately wanted to go on fanfiction.net just to see if someone had finished some of the plot in any form or fashion.
I was happy to find this preliminary excerpt that you had written. I believe this story and it's characters deserve more and I would buy every book that followed this 3rd book. I do hope you continue this series.
I have read Secondborn and it is a good series so far, but now I worry that that series will end in an unsatisfying way as well and it makes me hesitant to continue. I was going to start your inquisition series but find myself holding back afraid that it will be the same.
Please finish the Kricket series, as it has no closure at this point, leaving us readers feeling a little let down.
You are a wonderful writer and I hope that I can continue to read more of your work.

1/8/2018 01:21:05

I tore through this series desperate to see how Kricket would fare. You left it in a way that leaves the reader begging for more. It’s like her story could roll off the tongue and be told again and again. Please finish it! I need to see Kricket truly free from the life everyone else wants for her! Griffin needs to go and there needs to be peace for Kyon and Trey. They deserve an ending as freeing as Kricket’s.

Diana

1/8/2018 15:27:51

I just found your books. I read the premonition series in record time. I didn't know how you would top that series and didn't really want to read the Kricket series. I loved your writing so much, that I decided to give it a try.

I loved it! I had to have read the books in a week ( a big feat when you have two small kids). I'll be honest, I'm lost. What do I read now? Do you have any suggestions? what do you like? Should I just reread the series? I miss all of the characters already and I just finished it Saturday. lol I'm a mess. I would not be opposed to a continuation of the story. As much as I respect your ending, I feel like there is still more to be said about Kricket. After premonition, I felt satisfied. I felt like I knew this was the end. With Kricket, I have too many questions.

I look forward to reading your newest series. Thank you for sharing your gift with us!

Calypso

1/9/2018 01:42:48

Oh my...I just found this and I'm so happy to read a bit more about Kyon and Kricket. Thanks, Amy.
This book got me obsessed. I don't usually get so head over heels in love with the book characters. This is a first for me. I love your writing style and the development of characters. I'd never thought that I'd fall in love with a guy like Kyon, but in the end I can't help but root for him and Kricket.
I understand the reasons, but still...Please, we are begging you to give us more of Kricket and Kyon. Fill the emptiness in my heart...

Thanks, Amy, for being amazing!

Cynthia Howe

1/9/2018 17:09:49

Please please please write another book or two I need more Kion and cricket I’m obsessed!I need them so bad!!

Amber

1/10/2018 16:16:02

I finished the books in 2 days. I feel in love with the characters and the worlds you have created for us. I hope you decide to make a 4th although I understand if you don’t. I would love for Kricket to kick some ass again! I would love to see her completely free, and closer or peace for the broken hearts she left behind!

Melissa Tuli

1/12/2018 10:04:39

Thank you for this sneak peek!
Although I loved the ending to you book; the fact that Kricket saved herself, while loving both Trey and Kyon, was so kick ass! There couldn't of been a better alternative.
But I still want more! please give us a fourth book! I just think there is so much left unanswered; Kyon would never have let her go, and neither would the lost boys and Pan. All of Ethar would never of let Kricket go. More please!

Connie

1/12/2018 19:20:36

I too loved the Kricket series. I bought the audio books after reading the series and have listened to the audio books several times! The narrator is fantastic and really brings Kricket to life!

I loved the twists and turns and ending up falling for Kyon! Trey was too much of a boy scout and didn't seem to put Kricket first...using her just like her family did.

I love how it ended with her going to earth without either man but she still had hope even if it was open ended.

I too would love the series to continue and really appreciated the extras to Kricket's story that you gave us on your site!

My suggestion if you truly do not want to continue Krickets's story and really you are the best person to do it as you brought Kricket to life!

Would you consider extending this series to Amazon's "Kindle Worlds" so Kricket will remain alive with multiple stories indefinitely?

Amazon has done that with a few of my favorite series and while it's not the same as being written by the original author, it's still crumbs that I will gladly read so my favorite characters lives continue!

I still would prefer the series to continue by Amy but I just want the series to continue! I too fell in love with Kricket, Kyon, Trey and all the characters in Krickets' world.

I also loved Amy's Secondborn series and bought the audio versions too! I re-listen to Amy's books every few months to keep the stories alive...I am a true book addict!

Thank you for the wonderful treat of reading more of Kricket's world in your sneak peek! It was truly a gift!

Nimah

1/14/2018 14:01:53

I agree that the ending you picked was suitable for the character. Honestly, anything else just would would feel like it was meant for us and not the true story. But I love this world you've created and this character who deserved better. Even in her love life. I would love to see more of this world. Especially Astrid's side. I just want to explore a bit more and if the writing is honest to the characters, like it has been, then I know I'll love it. Thank you for creating this fierce women who inspires courage and the will to fight back even if it really feels futile. Even when drowning seems easier and more peaceful. She still lived. Thank you

Amanda

1/18/2018 12:14:40

Amy please this book gave me life 🙌🏼 It can't end this way 🙅🏻🙀
This is my 4th time reading the series... in my mind I play out different scenarios.. none of which I give justice too.. I need you Amy please write more for the Kricket Series.
I love your writing!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Connie

1/18/2018 18:20:15

OMG. Kaz explained it exactly. Trey was willing to sacrifice Kricket to save his family and world. When you truly love someone you don't sacrifice their life to save others. You can sacrifice your own life but it's not your right to sacrifice another's life. That's when Trey lost my vote.

I became Team Kyon when he sacrificed himself to save Kricket.

You explained it perfectly Kaz!

I really love and miss this series...Kricket...come back!

Carmen

1/18/2018 19:05:06

Yes! I agree with Kaz too! Kyon is in love, true love, with Kricket. Throughout kricket is convinced that Kyon wants more than just her. He never did after he got to know her. She grew up knowing that someone always wanted more. Trey betrayed the trust she gave him free and willingly. She never questioned him and his betrayal was hard on her. It wasn’t a true betrayal because he did save her at the end, but he didn’t do anything for her other than getting her to Earth. He did all for his family and his clan. I disliked Kyon so much the first couple times I listened/read the books, but now I’m team Kyon. He’s a psychopath, but he has learned to love. His character needed the time to mold and learn more about Kricket. Trey was the perfect specimen, but I feel that his love was based on something else. I almost suspect he loved Kricket to spite Kyon. There’s more to that relationship. Kyon and Trey indicated more of a relationship than actually shown. Kyon tried to destroy Trey during the prior war and it wasn’t just a soldier trying to kill the enemy. Kyon knew Trey’s full name. I don’t think soldiers usually stop to learn the enemy’s name before killing them.

I will not even admit to how many times I’ve listened to this book on audible. So many times it’s ridiculous. I want to chart character growth. I want to do things that I did begrudgingly in high school. These books broke me. LOL! Please give us more, at least so I have more to put on repeat.

SissaG

1/19/2018 11:46:31

So just finished the series again. Love it so much. I will forever love this world you created and the characters really are unique. Like the others mentioned, I too will most likely live in hope for you to write more to this story. If not, then I will just enjoy more of your other series. But this one will forever be stuck with me!!

Emily

1/19/2018 23:20:51

When is this amazing trilogy going to be made into a movie series?!?!?! Books are always better than movie versions, but I am craving so much more of these characters that I need it all!!!

Morillo

1/22/2018 12:23:31

I am in love with this series. I just finished the third book. It was bittersweet. The story just feels incomplete. I really hope there is A fourth book! This series is amazing, thank you Amy!

ANONYMOUS

1/22/2018 16:48:44

PLEASE CONTINUE THIS SERIES AND PLEASE MAKE IT SO THAT KRICKET ENDS UP WITH KYON. SHE FINALLY FOUND THE LOVE SHE'S BEEN SEEKING ALL HER LIFE AND SHE RUNS AWAY FROM IT - DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. THE STORY JUST STARTED. YOU CAN GO SO FAR WITH THIS SERIES AND GO BEYOND A 4TH BOOK. THANK YOU FOR THIS SERIES, ITS MY NEW FAVORITE, BUT I NEED MORE!!!!!

anonymous

1/22/2018 17:25:31

I feel like you weren't true to your characters. Its looks as though you took the easy way out with an open ended ending. Please continue the series. I want to see Kricket be empress with Kyon by her side. I want to see them build a life together as a power couple.

Connie

1/22/2018 17:56:47

I actually like how she escaped back to earth.

It would be nice to see if Kyon or Trey follow her there or that she's unknowingly pregnant and the story continues with her heirs with Kricket interspersed throughout the story.

This was such a compelling story with so much emotion.

I echo...pretty please continue this series!

Tati

1/22/2018 21:11:32

I loved the Kricket series. Just reading this sneak peek brought me back to this great series. I am reading the books again for the 4th time. I really do hope that you decide to write a 4th book I will be there waiting to purchase the book the moment it goes on sale.

Michelle

1/23/2018 02:46:14

Amy - I have read all of your series and thoroughly enjoy your imagination and way with words. Knicker is my favorite character and I am glad she is still lingering...I think she is telling you her story isn’t over!

I definitely am on the long list of readers who want more of her story!

Meghan

1/23/2018 03:00:35

I personally resonated with your characters in this series, and I about cried after reading this post about there not being a 4th book in the making. Knowing that this series may not continue feels like losing a friend, which is why I truly hope that you will continue the story, or at least weave another story into the same world you've created. I think if the characters weren't near immortals, I could see the series ending the way it did. But because the characters have the potential to live for thousands of years, there's not a chance that the story ends there. Please, please, please, make another book a reality!!!

Lala

1/24/2018 23:58:03

I agree with the posts above. Rarely do I comment on books or blogs; I am doing so here because I support the idea of more books in this series. I thoroughly enjoyed the first three books and, while I understand the desire to leave the books as a trilogy, I really feel that this is cutting the story short. Some stories are meant to be trilogies- but this does not feel like one of those stories. Rather, the end of book three feels like a lead in to something new. In other words, these three books set the background for what could be an epic series of books. Please consider creating them.

Celeste

1/29/2018 12:28:30

I would love to read a 4th book! Loved the ending to the 3rd book, but I do think there is still such a great story to be told.

Ivy

2/2/2018 12:40:14

Seems like a great start to a fourth book. Hope we do get an addition to the series. This is such a great story! Thanks for the little bit you did provide here.

Jana

2/5/2018 02:20:09

I absolutely love the Kricket series and as everyone else has added, would LOVE for more from this series. I love your Premonition series as well, and would love more books for that.... but it's ending didn't leave me with an ache in my chest like the Kricket series does. I'll be reading your new series asap and I have no doubt I will love it as well. Thank you for all that you do. Please please I hope your stars align to add more books to Kricket life.

2/8/2018 00:36:59

I love the kricket series and am soooo hopeful that there will be more. This series is my favorite, one I could read over and over but I would really appreciate Maybe re to this series. Please write more. <3

Camila

2/9/2018 15:02:22

WHY AMY WHY??? I hope you read this. I love your work. You're almost worse (in the sense of endings) than Veronica Roth (but dangit I love her work too). ANYWAY. I loved this series, from the first book you already had my heart breaking into a million pieces (and honestly, that's when I know I've got my hands on a good series is when my heart physically aches). I loved Trey and Kricket's story, I loved Kyon's and Kricket's story. BUT THAT ENDING CAN DIE A HORRIBLE DEATH. I literally cried my eyes out at the end. My problem with the ending is that there are still loose ends, you could say I like happy endings :) There has to be a fourth book, and this rough draft is a great start so KEEP GOING PLEASE. I need to know who she chooses. But I also understand the ending in a reluctant way. She wanted her freedom, her liberty to choose her own future, her path. I think she would have been happy with either Trey or Kyon (but I am team Kyon- who's with me?) but her happy ending was not on that planet. It just breaks my heart- because both men loved her so much (but I think Kyon loved her more). Your writing was phenomenal, and I am excited to read your other books. For now, I will spend my next few days thinking of Kricket, and Kyon, Trey, Jax, and Wayra, of stars in the sky. I am deeply saddened either way, because the series has ended and I just want MORE. I thank you for writing this story and taking me on a journey in the world of Kricket. I can only hope this ache in my chest goes away soon. Baw-da-baw Amy, baw-da-baw.

Sara

2/9/2018 22:16:16

So glad to read this. Thank You!

Anonmyus

2/11/2018 19:06:05

I am so disappointed with the ending. I don't know why your editor thought is was a good ending. You should probably consider hiring someone else for future books. I loved the series, but it was completely ruined by the ending. I am currently reading Premonition series - hoping for the best!!

Lost fan

2/11/2018 19:08:33

I will not invest anymore of my time or money into Amy's books. The fact that she could leave her readers hanging like that... smh.

Beth

2/12/2018 07:38:32

Amy (if I may),
I see no point in a fourth book. The issues with the book cannot be rectified. The main hurdle is such: kricket is a throw away. Her foster homes threw her away, her guardian Griffin threw her away, her father and mother threw her away. Therefore the natural hea of any sort for this character trope is not freedom (which she had demonstrated repeatedly throughout the books can be achieved anywhere by starting true to what you believe), but to finally find someone who does not throw her away. This was Trey's purpose which he was meant to accomplish through three main actions. Standing up for her before he had formally declared his loyalty (which he did when he came for her in the palace in book 1), pledging to never throw her away (which he does in book two), then passing the ultimate test of loyalty in book 3. It is the natural character Arch, which you gave him all the skills needed to complete. He was clever and strategic so he could see a solution where pan could not. He had successfully rescued people in the past, so he could devise a strategy to rescue both her and his family. Then he fails this final test. Worse he doesn't even try. There is no redemption from this. He is irredeemable. Contrast this with kroy who begins the story quite evil, using kricket as a mean to an end, and learns this is not what love and partnership means. He grows (to quickly to be believed, but still growth). Trey devolves. It is quite acceptable for kricket to sacrifice herself for the greater good, heros do it all the time. But it is never acceptable for a hero to sacrifice another (specifically main character) for the greater good. Given the Nazi/ eugenics parallels you built here, that is especially true as they frequently killed others in the name of greater good. With his actions Trey's joined their ranks. There is no rectification to Trey's behavior, what he had done cannot be fixed. I certainly would not accept him back in my life. He had proven words mean nothing from him (so an apology is moot), proven he didn't care about her as much as he cared about others (he didn't even care enough to try),
and he is utterly untrustworthy. Kroy is obviously unacceptable as a love interest as he is abusive and teaching women to wait around for such men to change, while they can occasionally, is still an unacceptable lesson in a book where the main character is 18. I hope kricket marries a human and lives happy ever after here, as there was no point to her story. it accomplished nothing and she is right back where she started: a impovershed runaway with trust issues and one roommate. She didn't grow and neither did anyone else. I was very disappointed. Your editor gave you bad advice. (Please forgive any typos and bravery, typed on a smartish phone).

Sarah Y.

6/28/2018 00:43:37

Agree re: Trey. Re: Kyon, Kricket didn't wait around for him though. He changed on his own and in my opinion redeemed himself. Kricket cannot marry a human because she'll outlive him. I don't think any of our experiences is pointless. There are always lessons to be learned. Kricket said in her letter to Astrid that she did not regret going to Ethar. She finally learned the truth about her life and is no longer in the dark. She found and lost two imperfect loves, but can now make informed decisions for herself. She planned to die but survived. At this point running is her only realistic option--her only true ally, Kyon, was gravely injured. She has to bide but after Kyon recovers... who knows?

Jac gro

2/17/2018 15:13:46

I was reluctant to even comment, I’m late to the game, but I feel like I owe it to the character. I really enjoyed the series until the end, book 3 left me completely out of sorts. I always assumed that authors became very involved in their characters, but I am sitting here puzzled... what was that? There was so much effort put into all these details that were never addressed so I’m thinking why were they added to the story? I had thought the point of telling us Pan had killed the mom was to paint a picture that he was just as ruthless as the Alameeda? Why were we felt that Astrid was this silly little girl, but we’re led to believe she’s supposed to rule ? How is it Trey can be so devoted that he destroys an entire town, can’t breath, but after 1 conversation with the father that abandoned her and killed his wife.. that’s he’s just going to say ur right, she should die? Nor even point out the fact that she did try to save your house, but they tortured her instead??? What was the point of the torture detail? She couldn’t remember, it added nothing to the story except t show yet another example of the character getting kicked down again. Griffin is this wonderful complex character that just turns on her and suddenly has no feelings for her in book 3. Personally, I feel like I spent all this time becoming invested in characters and a planet, to just leave it completely in disarray with just another set of extremist (the lost boys) ruling. If I can be honest, it felt to me as a reader that book 3 was symbolically taking all the carefully, brilliantly described details and swiping in a junk drawer with a checkmark to a publisher that a requirement was fulfilled. I’m not a romantic, I don’t need a happily ever after, but I do like conclusions and things tidyed up at the end, (think Divergent) or what was the point?
I mean no disrespect, I think Amy is an incredible writer which is why we are all so passionate about Krickets story....but this has to be the most unsettling, disappointing, distraught I have ever felt upon closing a series. I just abandoned her like everyone else, and it feels sucky :(

carmen

2/17/2018 15:30:48

Yes and yes! There are so many loose ends not tidied up. This book felt rushed in the end. Like she needed to finish it to meet a deadline and rushed to this conclusion. I just want to have the loose ends tied up and things finished.

Heather

3/26/2018 17:52:33

I think this most succinctly puts into words exactly how I was feeling. It did feel like as a reader we abandoned her as well. I was left feeling after all that turmoil, but why???

Dijah link

8/5/2018 21:09:07

Hello. How are you? You couldn’t have said it better. I agree with you.

Lindsay

2/18/2018 13:29:55

I just want to say, I loved the series! As I love all of them so far! I’m late to this as well, just finished book 3 in less than 24 hours...operating on a few hours of sleep rn. Anyways, I understand why you ended with Kricket making it back to Earth, but I do feel like there’s no closure for a lot of it. Maybe if there was an epilogue or a few years later or something, so we could just know how it ends up for her. I do hope you follow Kricket’s story further. TBH, I feel a bit lost and depressed with that ending. Which means, obviously, you’re a great writer and sucked me in to that world. I just wanted to say I hope you do write another book, or novella, to let us know how Kricket does.

Karma link

2/19/2018 09:33:00

Thank you, thank you, thank you for writing this amazing series. I read the books late last year, then listened to the audio books (over and over) while I recovered from some recent surgery. I’ve been living in Kricket’s world for 3-4 weeks. I have never had a series impact me the way this one did. I’m actually struggling to find my way back to my own, very wonderful, world. All that being said, I’m begging you for more!!! I totally understand the ending, but agree with so many of your other readers that there are too many unanswered questions for this to be your last Kricket book. I love both Trey and Kyon, and I’m really curious about Giffen’s tie to Kricket. There definitely is more to that story. Also, Pan is horrible!!! I cannot help but think that he is a monster equal to Excelsior – power hungry and manipulating his consort’s gift to influence a future for Ethar that would be brutal. I mean, how did Pan know about Black Math??? Was he complicit? I believe Kricket deserves more than just her “freedom” back on Earth where she constantly will be hunted, on the run, and looking over her shoulder. I believe, ultimately, she will demand more. I’m all in on another 3 book series to explore Kricket’s future and the future of Ethar. Thanks again for this wonderful story!!!

Kazz

2/19/2018 12:38:15

Great Series. Great world building. More books please to tie up loose ends :D.

Colleen

2/21/2018 15:51:47

Thank you so much for that little taste of characters I've loved and missed. It makes me angry to read some of the comments where people have accused you of "leaving your readers hanging". Not all series need to end with everything wrapped in a nice little bow. Sometimes, it's nice to wonder. That being said, I love this series and would jump for joy if you continued it!!!!

Sara Kille

2/22/2018 07:50:44

🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

2/22/2018 08:16:39

Loved the series. The ending made sense for Cricket, but I would love to still read more about this wonderful world and the characters that you have created.

Mary

2/22/2018 18:51:24

I agree that I would love to hear more of this story! I was so sad for Kricket, even though she got freedom, as her life had been so very difficult so far. I want her to find a place where she can relax and have a little fun without having to worry about who is going to try & kill her next. She's a really amazing character.

Brittney

2/23/2018 12:11:38

Amy,

I am late to the Kricket party apparently. I came across the Premonition series recently, which I loved. I have already devoured Secondborn and am anxiously awaiting April for Traiter Born to come out. I was hesitant to read the Kricket series after seeing the comments about the ending, as I tend to be a HEA kind of girl. However, I do not regret for one moment having read the series. I am an avid reader and very rarely does a series touch my heart the way this one does. I have found myself unable to tear my mind and heart away since completing Darken the Stars. My only complaint is that it does not come in hardback. I have not been so invested in a book since The Mortal Instruments and before that, Harry Potter. However, while I understand the ending you chose, I cannot bear to think we will never know more about these characters. I feel like there is so much more depth to be explored regarding the characters and Ethar itself. You've given us a taste of this incredible world and I am dying to know more. Does Kricket get the freedom she truly wants? Does Kyon go after her? How does Trey live with his betrayal? Who is Astrid and is being empress truly what she wants for herself? I hope that once the Secondborn series is completed, you will give us more of Kricket's story and world. Until then, I will have to continue to dream. You are quickly becoming one of my favorite authors.

Jen

2/24/2018 19:19:07

Two years and I find myself still trying to find out if you will continue the series. These characters are just far too complicated to be finished now. Thank you for the snippet and would love to see more books about Kricket.

Christie link

2/26/2018 14:27:08

I have read all 3 of these books in record pace. You are a true genius and to just end and abandon Kricket and Kyon here is grueling to my heart. I honestly don't know how you did it. I understand having a publisher pushing you elsewhere is an issue, and I can respect that, we all do what we have to do to provide for our families. Just please think about continuing Kricket and Kyon.

Area Andersson

3/5/2018 08:30:28

Pleeease don’t let love blossom between Kricket and Griffin- even if he loves her in a twisted way - he has been positively hateful and one eyed in following Pan’s directives. Please no 🙏🏼

Crystal

3/7/2018 20:14:50

I feel like the Kricket series and the premonition series were left open ended. I really love your writing and the story lines but is this a habit with all of your series books? It makes me not want to read the others if they’re no conclusion to the story lines. Please tell me you have at least one more book coming in each of these series! I am a huge fan but this is also a huge hang up of mine and I feel like it will prevent me from purchasing anymore of your books if they’re all left with a million questions about the characters.

Nicole link

5/13/2018 10:27:11

I agree. I picked up the Kricket series while waiting for the next book in the Secondborn series. I have decided to not continue with the Secondborn series because I can't deal with the possibility of another incomplete ending :(

Danielle

6/9/2019 15:44:16

Just finished the Secondborn series and it has a very satisfying complete ending. Go for it!
I have loved all her books and while I also want more from Kricket, I’ll still read everything Amy writes. She makes me feel so much! A great escape from life sometimes!

Tiffany

3/12/2018 15:53:36

Absolutely Loved the Kricket series and really would love for it to continue - love what you have proposed above! I read all three books in a matter of days and was devastated when it ended. Please keep going!

Izzy

3/16/2018 03:37:25

I LOVE these books lol! The third book didn't feel like the end to me - it felt like a cliffhanger! As others have said, it lacked closure.

I can't accept that after fleeing to Earth, Trey, and Kyon (especially Kyon!) would seriously leave Kricket be. In no way is that believable for me, even the people were 'calling for their empress' at the end of the book! (Would they really let her little sister rule, when it's Kricket they want? They saw her showdown with Excelsior and all)
It doesn't feel fair to Kricket either - because what did she wish for at the beginning of the first book that caused all this in the first place? She wished for home - and that wish took her to Ethar.
I can't imagine a life on the run, without her sister (who she cried for even with her memories erased as a child) or Trey, or Kyon, or Jax or Weyra etc. etc. is really a HEA for Kricket.
Her entire past with Giffen was barely touched upon - I feel like there'd be so much left to explore in continuing the series that's it's heartbreaking to hear its not coming XD

Ahhh I hate losing my heart to books!

Katie l

3/16/2018 16:34:27

The series was amazing. I could not put them down. I loved seeing the character growth. The world you built is detailed and beautiful. I hope you continue the series, I would love to know more about kyon - he deserves a happy ending. and where kricket ends up.

Lindsey

3/21/2018 21:38:04

I just read all three books in three days!! I'm so in love with your writing style and the characters of this series!!! I crave more Trey and Kricket!!!! I wish to see Trey and Kricket again soon!! I need a fourth book! Amazing work!

Colleen

3/22/2018 01:14:09

I just finished the series in 4 days (which is HUGE considering I have two little boys). My house is a mess, my kids are eating cereal for dinner and all I can think about is book 4. I don’t mind how the book ended, it just feels incomplete. There was such character development, that were left unfinished.
I hope you’re able to complete the story, because I’m HOOKED!

Catherine

3/24/2018 08:23:43

Thanks for this trilogy. I just ended it and I'm still trying to imagine what's going to happen next... there are so many possible paths with these characters or more... Your books make me feel like when I began Robin Hobb's Fitz books : they open a new world where everything can happen. There's enough room with your imagination to make more than one book. I'm happy with this end so far because it let us imagine what we want, but if you want to keep on with theses characters, take your time and surprise us :)
Cheers from France !

Nicole

3/27/2018 23:38:07

Well, I have read hundred plus books in the last 3 years and am completely obsessed with dystopian fiction (specifically series of 3 or more). I actually am not into fantasy at all, but I loved Secondborn and thought I would chance Kricket because I love your writing style. I have read so many books it is IMPOSSIBLE to hook me. I mean I lived for this series. I stopped talking to all 3 of my kids and the last book took me Less than 20 hours to finish (including sleeping)... never have I felt so much for characters. Originally I didn’t love Kyon, but his unwavering devotion and desire won me out. When Trey was taken he didn’t do any wrong thing, but he didn’t risk everything including his life for her. Kyron’s and Kricket’s Love was so moving and I felt alive in it. I was bummed that he was not with her and knew he would come back.... but he never did. Please for the LOVE of GOD... write another. Atleast 1. I have never sat and cried for a book. I feel abandoned and broken right now. There is so much left unsaid and as your writing states the empress was the strongest and the daughter with premonition. How can the people be rallied and devoted to her, but then fall into the regime of her puke father??? I would seriously go to the ends of the earth to get a copy of the next book.
There is nothing wrong with your writing for Kyron’s behavior... that is the culture and they can change it together.
I know that Trey won’t come because he let her leave, but Kyron would never.
Whatever happens. I NEED to know. This is better then any set I have ever read. BEGGING....

4/6/2018 16:36:49

Dear Amy - thank you so much for this amazing series. Like a few others I came to Kricket via Secondborn (which I am also loving). As an enthusiastic (but not very good and unpublished) writer, I am in awe of your narrative style. The way you draw your readers into the worlds you create, the way you make us care (obsess?!) about your characters, is something I can only ever dream of achieving. I too was at first devastated by the ending of Darken the Stars, mostly because I just miss these wonderful characters. I actually don’t need HEA and I kinda like that Kricket chose a future without either of the guys. She sacrificed her own happiness to give everyone what she thought they really wanted, revenge, family, power, freedom. Her last scene with Trey was heartbreaking. That being said, I am totally Team Kyon. I think you chose an incredibly brave way to end it, obviously you would know how polarised opinions would be. With a little distance between finishing the book and reading these posts, I can appreciate being able to end Kricket, Kyon and Trey’s story ‘my’ way. However, they are your characters, this is your story and I would love to see where you take it. Like almost every reader who has posted here, I fervently hope you do return to Ethar one day. Baw-da-baw Amy. You, like Kricket, are awesome.

Deanna Spence

4/8/2018 05:03:39

Begging for more. Literally just finished the last book longing for more to the story, more for the characters. Couldn’t put it down. It’s such an emotional journey that just can’t leave one heart wrenched at the end. Lol. More please!

Tammy Jim

4/8/2018 17:29:43

I beg you, please write another trilogy for this series. There is still so much story left—more than just a 4th book. Amy, please fill my soul. I need to know what happens on Ethar, and everyone there. I NEED Kyon to find Kricket. PLEASE.

yes!!

4/25/2018 21:22:19

AGREED!!

#TEAMKYON

Jes

4/16/2018 07:41:34

I love your books! I am rereading the kricket series now. I think the ending fit Kricket. However I'm greedy and I want MORE! I like the others am dying to know what happens next! In my mind I see both Trey and Kyon coming to Earth to look for Kricket. Then other times I think Kyon will end up killing Astrid and then everybody will want Kricket to come back to Ethar to rule. I have to say I am surprised how much I ended up liking Kyon at the end. I was team Trey through most of the series. Love the sneak peak of what happened next. I am wondering though if Trey survived the final battle to get Kricket to Earth since there isn't a sneak peak of where he is at?

Brandy

4/17/2018 16:15:22

I like the theory that Kyon kills Astrid, or at least attempts to do so.

Alyssa

4/17/2018 00:00:02

I just finished book 3! That ending was bold and absolutely perfect. More is unnecessary. Such a beautiful end to Kricket's story. I look forward to reading your other series!

Brandy

4/17/2018 16:13:48

I just finished all three books in about that many days. I loved the story, but there were so many ends left loose. You created such lovely, strong characters; it isn't plausible for the story to just end with her escape. I totally agree that Kricket's HEA would be to escape and be free, however, you have created such strong personalities in Trey and Kyon, they are not going to just sit around and say "yeah, I think I will just let her go." Trey will war with himself more so than Kyon, but the way you have created him, Kyon will stop at nothing to get her back. Trey will eventually go after her as well. I am sure that neither one of them would let her get too far. One of them would possibly stay on Earth with her – who knows you’re the mastermind here. 😊 As with Pan, he is not going to just let Kricket go, if that was the case he wouldn't have had Giffen monitoring her from the time he left. On a larger scale, what happens to Ethar? The Alameeda have been expecting Kricket to be the empress, they will not just give in to a different empress without some fall out. How are the other houses going to deal with a woman leader when most of them view women as needing protected from everything, even their own decisions? You have a great start with these books, let’s keep them going!
Thank you for your time and for sharing your talents!

Krista

4/22/2018 23:01:34

I binged this series in a few days and LOVED it!!! I loved that Kricket finally got her freedom but I am dying to know where her story goes. I have so many questions about what happens to her and back on Ethar.

Thank you for making an amazing world for us to get lost in ♡♡♡

Renee

4/23/2018 16:07:15

I discovered your books after Secondborn was a Kindle first read and I have to say you are now one of my favorite authors, I've now read through all of your books premonition series and Kricket series and Love them all! I love that the main character doesn't stay with the 1st love interest, you truly made Kyon win my heart. I think you ended this series beautifully, as you say it was Krickets dream to have freedom and return to earth from the beginning. The ending would have a been a little easier if Kricket and Trey had actually said goodbye, knowing he had to walk away with quiet sadness since he was willing to sacrifice her life for his family. Not to say I wouldn't love more of Krickets story, I'll definitely be reading if you have any! Maybe Pan will send Giffen to stay with Kricket on earth until they need her for some reason, her choice to return, and a truce between Kyon and Pan, Astrid and Kricket could rule side by side... Anyway, thanks for the fun escape :)!

Ruth Bankert

4/25/2018 10:06:38

I just finished reading this series for the second time. I wanted to say, that I absolutely agreed with you giving Kricket her freedom! She is fiercely independent, and yet soft and vulnerable at the same time.
What an enjoyable ride you have taken us all on! These books have kept me up at night to find out what happens next, and have captured my thoughts throughout the day.
I have to tell you, through the first two books I HATED Kyon!!!! I mean REALLY despised him. When he showed up at the top of the stairs shooting everyone to get to Kricket, I threw my kindle to the floor in frustration that she could never get away from him. I hoped that she had successfully stabbed him to death.
But then, in the third book, something amazing happened. I usually NEVER change my opinion of book characters. I either like them, or I don't. But such was the writing of this series, that I felt I lived Kricket's story with her. My opinion began to change....grudgingly at first, but exploding into a heart rending shift as the book went on. I now love Kyon, and in my opinion, he is the only one who is able to match her...to be her equal. And she is the only one able to remain uncontrolled by him, but rather present a challenge to him.
I also felt, by the end of the series, that Trey, who i originally really liked, was not truly willing to put Kricket before everything else. He was willing to sacrifice her in order to save the other people in his life. I found him to be too weak for her.
I do love a good HEA, and so I would love to see the story continue.....and Kyon go get his girl. BUT, I'm glad that whether we get to live the rest of Kricket's story with her or not, it will be played out on her terms....with all of the ability to make her own choices afforded to her that she deserves.
Congrats, Amy Bartol for daring to stay true to your characters instead of just writing an ending to satisfy the masses......How very "Kricket-like" of you!

PLEASE FINISH KRICKETS STORY!! PLEASE!!!!!!!

4/25/2018 21:21:21

PLEASE FINISH KRICKETS STORY!! PLEASE!!!!!!!

Laura Johnson

5/3/2018 18:14:42

It is a HEA ending, in a sense. Kricket does finally get to make her own choices and choose her own destiny. But the Lost Boys aren't done with her. I worry for her safety. And I know Kyon will go after her. Can he let go of his control-freak nature and completely win her love? I hope so.

I couldn't stop reading these three books. I started them because I'm waiting for the third novel of the Secondborn series, and I can't get enough of your writing! You have me hooked! I'll be starting the Premonition series next. You are a wonderful storyteller!

Crystal J

5/10/2018 02:26:13

I want to start by saying I never, ever write comments, but this seriously needs a fourth book to at least finish the story. I have read all three books twice now. I can’t get over the so called “ending.” Its too opened ended. Trey, Kyon, Krickets father, Astrid, how the brotherhood is gone but the people want kricket! Kricket and Phlix on earth, what will they do? There are SO many questions?!?! Please write a fourth book. PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!

Kailyn L.

5/10/2018 20:51:13

I absolutely love all of your books! I’m as obsessed with the Premonition series as I am with the Kricket series! You never cease to amaze me and I always feel so connected to the stories! It’s like the characters come alive off of the pages! It’s amazing to me how I am the biggest Reed fan in the premonition series, and yet the biggest Kyon fan in the Kricket! I’m waiting on your last book in the Secondborn series to be released before I start it, but I’m sure I’ll love it just as much! This is my plea to you to consider writing more compelling stories and definitely an addition to Kricket and Kyon... please! Thanks for all that you do and providing me and the world with such wonderful books.

Andre

5/12/2018 13:33:39

Just finished the series. Absolutely loved it. I had to read the ending and Kricket s letter to Astrid at least five times while tears streamed down my face. It’s authentic and true. I seek a happily ever after mind you, a firmer resolution to Kricket and her father’s relationship. There is too much unsaid. Jump in to that portal again. Baw da Baw!!

Brittany

5/12/2018 23:26:28

Amy, I have read this series twice in a month! Once really fast, and then once much slower. I was so frustrated by the ending! I was moody for days (a good writer can make you that way!) I truly hope you get to finish crickets story! I hope her character tells you her ending! And I hope as a very talented writer no one holds you back from finishing her story! Thank you for this series!

Kristy L

5/14/2018 21:21:27

I stumbled across this series a few weeks ago on Kindle Unlimited. I have really enjoyed the path of the story. I’d love to see this story continue....#TeamKyon.

Auburn

5/17/2018 08:45:27

What an amazing story. I absolutely loved every second of it, and I can't wait to read more that you write. I think Kricket's letter to her sister (Which to me speaks much more of a love letter to Trey) will be in my heart forever. She's choosing her own destiny, but saying she will carry them, but mostly him, with her. Forever. I selfishly hope these characters keep speaking to you. And that one day you will continue to share their story. I for now will dream of a future where Trey and Kricket find each other. Like Phlix said, they love each other, its not over yet.

Michelle

5/17/2018 09:02:40

Please write more. That’s all I can ask.

Mariah

5/17/2018 11:04:10

Please tell me there’s a fourth book in the works. A book where Kricket ends up with Kyon!

Lisa

5/18/2018 10:52:53

If you're counting votes to decide whether to continue the Kricket series or not, please add my vote to the DEFINITELY YES pile! While reading, I couldn't help but hope Pan was only telling half truths about his daughters so as to not affect the future. While harsh, this approach could have been the catalyst to ensure Kricket stayed the course when it would have been easy to change everything by choosing a different path back to Trey and her family. As long as Pan believed it, Kricket couldn't have discerned the lie, right? This would also explain Giffen's mixed signals when he dealt with her. If his future (like maybe his future is connected to Phyix's)is tied up in her making specific choices, he would have been adamant about her making those choices - even if he also loved her enough to want to protect her from the pain of it all. I have mixed emotions about Trey and Kyon. She makes Kyon a better man, and he really loves her, but his basic character is a mismatch for Krickets's. Trey clearly felt betrayed because it appeared Kricket chose Kyon over him, but in the end, he helped her and supported her just like he promised he would. He made a real sacrifice in letting her go and ensuring her safety.

Additionally, more in the Premonition series would also be welcome!

Heather Overbye

5/19/2018 00:38:59

I have read the Premonition Series, Second Born Series and now Kicket Series... in the last 30 days... I am beyond sad that there is no more to be had... at least until the next second born... please continue the Kricket Series. Please? 😪

Kim

5/19/2018 01:56:37

I have read this series about four times now and each time through I am taken over by the story and then left wanting more. Please, if you have time, explore writing more.... this series isn’t done yet!I can feel it(that may just be me being selfish lol). I want to know more of Krickets story. It’s almost too painful leaving it where it currently stands... I will be one of the first to preorder the next book *if you decide to continue Kricket’s story* heck if we are putting our hopes out there... I would be the first to preorder as many new books that would be added to the series *cough* don’t stop at just one. You have left us desperately wanting more...hope you go for it!

Best,
Kim

Alysia

5/21/2018 14:40:08

I have read many of your series and fallen in love with them all. You are an extremely talented writer. All day everyday I sit in my office doing math and designing projects while listening to audiobooks. I've listened to the Kircket series 3 times now and my ADHD usually doesn't let me listen or read anything more than once. I'm in love with her personality and cleverness. The story ends with her running so she isn't truly free. That's what gets me. If there was one more chapter telling me that she's happy back in Chicago, okay.. sure. But there isn't. I'd love to know what happens further as this story is on of the best I have read/listened to. Does ending it like this make me like it any less?? Definitely not! It just leaves me craving more and feeling like it didn't end at all! It's almost like your fans need closure lol

No worries, I get like this with Marvel movies too. Some of us are just addicted to the world of fantasy :)

Bruna willhelm

5/28/2018 23:07:44

Thank you for the ride back to this wonderfull world, even if it was a short one. I have missed all the character like long time no see friends. Even a pick is a pleasure indeed. Thanks. I hope you find time to develop more of this story, not because the end is heartbreaking, but because it could tell so many things yet.

Sue Brown

5/30/2018 13:09:06

Hi Amy, I am a new reader who found your premonition series and devoured it in just a few days, followed by the two books in Secondborn, and now Kricket. I’m begging you please write at least a fourth book which wraps up the loose ends?! There is still so much to say! Maybe the next story is set two years in the future so we can see how Kricket and Phylx have gone about setting up their lives. Each has grown. Kricket has had time to recover from the immediate emotional trauma, and process her anger. This gives the story a chance to evolve as Astrid would have had time to start setting up and running her empire, Maybe her father us dead so he can’t infkuence astrid’s thinking? Maybe she needs Kricket’s help fir something? This would give her a chance to be an actual sister again. Plus she could tell Trey that Kricket didn’t leave Trey to save her own hide but to save his which maybe he didn’t know? I understand the attraction to Kyon but he is too damaged to rescue. Maybe she sees that much like Evie did with Brennus so she can return fully to Trey? What’s this new disease they were all talking about? What do all the crazy priestesses do in a power vacuum? How does Kricket get her revenge on Giff and Nezra, etc? Pleas, please don’t let her end up with Kyon. He’s just a stones throw away from full on crazy and he wants to dominate her which is just too narcissistic and damaging. Trey had al,ost no role in the book after she was taken. What was he going through to get her out as you know he wasn’t just sitting there doing nothing! Doesn’t he understand — and maybe it he figures this out during the two years it takes takes to find her — that she did all of that for their future? She always saw herself as expendable? That she didn’t feel that she deserved his love and her happiness? That she was so abused and beaten down by life that she was just to keep her head about the rising tides shifting all around her so that she just stayed alive? Trey wants her because he loves her. Kyon loves her in an unhealthy way: her attraction to him is understandable because people who come from abusive backgrounds often choose other damaged people to love until they are lucky enough to find someone who is healthy and can see them fir who they really are! Also Kyon appears to be the only person in her side — or so she thinks because as I said before Trey was just sitting there doing nothing — so it is normal to float to the only thing that is keeping you alive. There is so much ground to cover in helping Kricket and Trey understand what it is like to be abused and the scars it leaves, and how it makes you feel undeserving and unloveable. Also, move Kricket out of Chicago as that would be the first place for people she wants to avoid to look fir her. Send her to college fir a couple of years. Make her more aware and mature so that she is able to lead her life rather than just react to it. But most of all, please just give us a solid, well thought out, imaginative, happy ending? I think that is why I read so much these days and search fir great stories because we all feel so helpless in our own lives to fix the world’s ills. The way these books sort of parallel what’s going on in the real world is troubling. Maybe that us why we want to see some closure here so we can escape and feel good when it all ends? At least that’s the way I feel. I don’t expect ir want a ride off into the sunset ending but I truly want to know that Kricket finds her happy ending and love. And I hope it’s with Trey.

Thank you,

S.

Dawn

6/7/2018 15:33:22

I love a bad, broken man in a story. That's exactly what Kyon is. I loved his character and storyline. I think he and Kricket are meant to be. Trey and Kricket's romance felt felt like a sweet, juvenile love. Like your first serious boyfriend. I felt that she and Kyon understood each other and needed one another to survive. It was a deeper connection. In my imagination aa soon as he got better he went in search of her. I hope there is a 4th book in the future that explores this possibility. He is the only one that did not betray her or let her down. He is the only one that won't be resigned to the future that has been forseen.

Blossom

6/9/2018 00:48:56

Thank you so much for your beautiful story and dedication to the characters. I loved them all intensely and really appreciate you sharing these future glimpses of them with us. I felt such a connection between Kyon and Kricket (once he stopped being so psycho) they were becoming so perfect for each other. I’m very curious about how Phlix adjusts to Earth too!
Most importantly I respect the way you ended the third book. At the same time, My heart is crying for Trey and Kyon though. I want them to find happiness like Kricket did.

Thank you so much for being true to yourself as a writer and sharing it all with us!!

Jodi

6/17/2018 11:53:42

I loved reading this series so much. But I was left with questions in the end. Do they come looking for her? Does her sister become the empress? I think Kricket needs to somehow get her memories back that Pan had suppressed, maybe there are answers there. Did Pan kill her mother for different reasons than he is saying? It was told that the prophecy was the strongest daughter born of two houses and two worlds would get the gift of premonitions and will be empress but would also cause one house to fall.

I think Pan is power hungry and took Astrid to make her empress. He is afraid of Kricket. I think that Astrid is too soft to rule. Everyone was describing her as all hearty. You need Krickets ability of detecting lies to be a ruler so no one takes advantage of you. I think she is going to eventually need her sister's help against their father.

As for the love triangle, there is something going on with Giffen. It was never fully explored but you can tell he had some sort of feelings when he is not trying to kill her. Not sure if that will ever be explained. I loved the adventure with Trey, Jax and Wayra. She grew to love those guys and put her life on the line for them. She loved Trey with all her heart and traded her freedom to protect his and release her sister. However it also gave her a chance to see a side of Kyon that nobody sees because he doesn't allow weakness. He taught her a lot of things and her feelings for him changed. She grew to love him even though she would never tell him.

I hope you do write this next book. So many scenarios go though my head as well so I can imagine how difficult it is for you. I know that with Nezras help Kyon can find Kricket. But I think Giffen also has a special secret of always being able to find her 🤔. Maybe her Cavars are on Earth protecting her secretly, who knows..... I can't wait to see what you write next.

6/20/2018 22:19:24

Please, please, please, if there is an editor reading, please put her under contract for 2 more books for the Kricket Series. I will preorder from every and all accounts in my household. Too many loose ends and I would love to see Kyon and Kirckets HEA

Tanya

6/24/2018 00:27:45

Amy, I am so happy to have found you and your amazing worlds. I've now read all of your work and I am so looking forward to more from you. For all of your series! I feel so heartbroken for Trey because he was so committed to Kricket until he found out she had slept with Kyon. He wanted to save his family and Kricket he would've died with her and he was happy with that as long as they were together. But to find out she had betrayed him absolutely tore him apart! But still he loved her and helped her escape back to earth. I don't think Krickets love for Kyon is anything close to her love for Trey. Her love for Kyon is built on fear and sweetness occasionally, but Trey was so much more! Anyway I only wanted to write a short comment to just say please Amy don't ever stop writing. You have incredible writing abilities and I wish I could create worlds like you can. Your worlds infect my dreams and my life. I want to continue living in them. Thank you Amy.

Meg

6/30/2018 15:16:00

Thank you so much for this amazing series! It’s by far the worst book hangover I’ve had. Kricket’s world drew me in I would love to see more! I may be on the minority here, but I’m Team Kyon and love the idea of hearing his point of view. Thanks for the amazing reads and I hope more are coming!

Crystal

6/30/2018 18:10:42

#TeamKyon pls write more, Miss Kricket and everyone else so much!!

Heather

7/1/2018 07:52:11

By far, one of the most amazing trilogies I have ever read. Thank you for creating and sharing such a beautiful story. Obviously, like everyone else, I am hoping for more to come with this series. It would be amazing to see what transpires with Kricket and Phlix on Earth... if they were to even stay there. Either way, you’re a phenomenal writer and I can’t wait to read more of your creations.

Norah

7/1/2018 12:10:59

I just finished book 3 and I am so upset. How could you leave so many incomplete character plots. This is my first time reading any of your works. You lost my trust and I won't be reading any more of your books. I thought you were going to be my new favorite author. When I find an author I love I buy every one of their extensive series' of books. But I just can't risk my heart on yours. Please do what is right and finish the story properly!!!!!!!

Rebecca

7/16/2018 17:32:25

This is the first series or book in general I have ever read that in the end made me emotionally distraught and cry, but in a good way. I don't mind that it ended the way it did I sort of expected it. It was either that or she was going to die, for some reason I just didn't see the HEA moment for her. You're right that it's not what would have fit with Kricket. Can't say I wasn't secretly hoping Trey would leave with her though. (And you did kind of leave it open lol) What was heart wrenching to me was the lost love she left behind in Trey and how even though he couldn't have her the cavar and him still helped her to escape. My heart broke for him all through book three and I literally was yelling at Kricket to stop. You're writing makes a reader emotionally connect with the characters and I appreciate that. All I want to know is about Trey and how he deals with her leaving and if they ever find each other again. <3 And I plan on reading Secondborn even knowing there might be a heart wrenching unhappily ever after.
P.S. I write in my spare time as I believe myself to have a great imagination and storytelling ability. And you are a great inspiration. :-)

Elizabeth

7/19/2018 20:23:58

Amy, I understand everything you said about writing a fourth book, but please how about more on a blog? Just a little? Near the end when kricket was already back on earth, she heard someone yell baw-da-baw.....wayra, jax and her love Trey must have followed her. I need a little fix Amy, your writing is soo addictive!!! I hope soooo bad that kricket and Trey make a life on earth. <3 <3

Ellie

7/20/2018 19:57:13

You have very quickly stolen the spot of my favorite author. Every character and world you create I fall right into. I love the comedy, danger, strength and love all of your stories have. I think my favorite part of your writing style has to be the way you make me love the “bad guy” i love how much of a back story you give them and how you see that they really aren’t all that bad, they’ve just had a different hand of cards in life. The Kricket series is my favorite of the three and I’d love to know more about kyon and how the change in power on ethar goes over and Krickets role in it all. Thank you for your books Amy <3

Katheryn link

7/24/2018 21:08:13

LOVE LOVE LOVE KYON & Kricket together 💗
Please let there be a 4th book. I finished the entire series in 2 nights 😩

AMINA HILL

7/28/2018 18:21:14

I love everything you've written. I've read them all repeatedly. Especially the Kricket and Secondborn series. Can't wait for 3rd book in Secondborn series. Kricket and Kyon are my favorites though and thank you for even that teaser of a possibility of another book. Your a fabulous writer that keeps me captivated with each series. Thank you

Ronnie DeWitt link

8/4/2018 23:33:56

I love all of your books but by far this was my favorite series. Please, I am begging you, write another Kricket book!

Dijah link

8/5/2018 21:03:50

Hello. Regarding the ending of The Kricket series, I happen to find it satisfactory. A lot of people might not agree with me but I however think it was fitting. Having read over a thousand romance books whether they end in tragedy or joy, their storyline and ending become quite obvious or rather predictable. It’s hard to read a book that actually stays with you over the years or becomes memorable. If however you decide to write a fourth book, perhaps it will be to wrap up loose ends, like pan or the supporters of the brotherhood etc. If you also decide that Kricket should end up with either Trey or Kyon, it will be unsatisfactory as you have made us like Kyon as equally as Trey. And as some readers have chosen which they like best, it will leave them disappointed if theirs was not chosen. Also happily ever after does not always mean you have to end up with someone. It was a beautiful book. I hope it stays with me.

Tara

8/12/2018 14:50:49

I absolutely loved this series, and I literally cannot stop thinking about the characters! (I also love your "Secondborn" series! But Kricket....ugh!) I beg of you to continue their story. Please!

Patty

8/17/2018 16:05:05

I really enjoyed the Kricket series and would love to read a 4th book as it didn't feel "resolved" at the end of the third book. Frankly, it's been so long that I hardly recognize the characters in your draft, but I'd welcome the chance to remember them again! I'm glad you are thinking about these characters and hope you DO write that 4th Kricket book!

That said, I do LOVE your Secondborn series and am anxiously awaiting the next book!

Shawna S

8/22/2018 00:17:14

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease give us another book! I'm addicted to your writing and have now downloaded every book you've got on Amazon and am tearing through them. You are incredible. I though Evies story was so amazing I finished the 5 books in a matter of days. Moved on to Krickets story and I'm blown away. I can't stop. Please don't finish Krickets story there!

Angela Allen

8/27/2018 07:07:42

I've read both your Secondborn series and Kricket series. Loved them both but I would love to see a fourth book in the Kricket series. It doesn't have to be a "happily ever after", I'd just like to know what happened with the war. I agree with several of the other comments, how about an Astrid series? I would read that in a heartbeat. Either way, thanks so much for your books, your imaginative characters, your flawless writing, and your engaging story lines. Also, just LOVE the audible books. I listen to your books on my commute to work and they make the commute much more bearable ... sometimes makes it hard to get out of the car at work though! :-)

Michelle Rajotte

8/27/2018 08:20:40

Thank you, Amy, for this very real post! We appreciate your work and respect your need to express your stories as you see fit.

Now, I will obsessively download your other series so that I can continue reading your books! :)

Michelle

8/31/2018 09:26:00

I really hope you have 1 more book left in you for this series. I read book 1 by accident as I normally do not read these kinds of books and I could not stop reading. I can say the one thing about the series I like is that there was no happy ending, so much like what happens in real life. How do you decide which guy she will end up with, so in the end neither win. I love how you can really dislike a character, and then understand and learn to really like that character. Kyon is beastly, but once you understand the character he is very beautiful. I feel like the sister story is not over yet either. Her dad is a jerk face, so I feel like the sister will try to find her and kill her at some point. I don't think Astrid should have been ruler, but she is someone they can control which is why they want her. I believe Kricket is dangerous and she uses her own free mind and will not be dominated, which is why they want her gone. I think together the sisters will be a force... as all women are and can rule together without the men.
I waited over 10 years for one of my favorite authors to write a part 2 to a book; I will happily wait for a part 4 of this book as i know it will take time to make it epic.

Melissa

9/2/2018 02:22:28

Please please pleaseee!!! Two more books! 🙏🏼 I read the series two years ago and since you published this post and said that you can’t write any more until you finish your other books I’ve been waiting for you to do so! 😭 now please I beg you to continue the series! 😭😭😭

Grace Geddes

9/4/2018 02:27:35

Just one more person hoping to be able to immerse herself in more of Krickets life!

Sheri Lopez

9/5/2018 21:17:22

I just finished the 3rd book today. I just feel that kricket needs more. She needs Trey AND Kyon. I want her to have both. I dont know how it needs to go because they both would die without her. I want her to have relationship drama not life and death drama.

And I want to see how Phlix fares, I want her to have a HEA.

Sheri Lopez

9/6/2018 03:34:35

Oh sorry, and I really need a HEA for Jax and Wayra. These strong guys need an awesome love too. Who could have better friends than these two?

Amy

9/9/2018 00:10:48

A 4th in the Kricket series? Yes, please! You clearly have a devoted Kricket/ensemble audience here, so please consider adding an extra book (or two!) to the series. You’ve struck gold and we all want to continue the story. :). Thank-you!

Cynthia Rosario

9/10/2018 23:15:00

Ok - I just read these books over a weeks time. They are amazing! But please let us finish the story on Kricket. Give her the love that she needs and is more like her. That’s all I ask. But pllleeeeaaassseeee give us two more books.

- Avid Kirket Fan

Vegan_zombie

9/16/2018 20:10:55

*****My own Opinion(speculations) *****So while at first I must admit I was upset by the ending..I realized while the idea of freedom for Kricket is her number one dream/fantasy. It just won't be possible. Like Kyon said her Strongest daughter would inherit the title. Astrid while all"heart" is too easily influenced and pupeteered. She is not the true empress but her father I think knows that which is why he chose Astrid to be empress because he can control her. But i am also slightly glad that she relinquished her love for both Kyon and Trey. Neither were good for her, not as they are. Trey chose his other loved ones over her well life and Kyon well he is the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale all girls dream about. And Amy you wrote these so beautifully, but like the others I find I want/need more. I want to see Kyon and Trey grow in their search for her, I want to see them begrudgingly join forces to save her...because how freaking awesome would that be...plus they would then be closer to deserving the true Empress of Ethar! #longliveKricket #trueempressofethar

Lesley Cumberbatch

9/26/2018 20:38:21

I just finished the entire Kricket series and I am enamoured. I am a little ambivalent about the ending of the book 3 which is supposed to be the final instalment. I understand why it has ended like this and I’m not a person who necessarily needs a HEA but I need some kind of completeness to a story. And I feel like book 3 was a gateway to what could truly be a final book in book 4/5. I feel like there is so much more to explore and I really hope you explore it. The series is brilliant from beginning to end and I desperately need to know what happens to Kricket. I want to see her use the strength she gained from all of her experiences and turn her life into one of her own choosing. Everyone (even Trey) has been a puppeteer of her life and I want to see her take it back fully. I want to see her overcome these men who have failed her and broken her down. I don’t think she’s a vengeful character but I would her to really knit herself together at the expense of everyone who has wronged her. She should in the (hopefully) final book become a symbol of hope and renewed focus for herself. She left book 3 somewhat broken and I think after everything she deserves to feel a sense of peace.

Toni

10/2/2018 23:55:41

Miss Kricket. Hard to believe we met a young girl that grew into a fierce, bad ass woman. PLEASE tell us what happens next!

LOVED the series, I read and listened to it 5x. The characters are so vivid and alive. The story so true I can't stand it! Does Kricket stay hidden? Is it possible for her to become even more bad ass? Does Phlix get homesick? How does she fit into earth? Is she a Cyan spy? Who comes after Kricket first,... for what reason? What does Trey regret most, choosing others over Kricket? I have so many unanswered questions.

I came to the series late. Thank you for your gift as reading Kricket's story has truly been a gift.

BTW... keep the reader, Rudd - she really brings your words to life!

PLEASE write more! I read 3-5 books a month. Very rarely do I repeat ANYTHING since there are soooooo many books and so little time. I hope you give us more Kricket.

Megan

10/7/2018 23:41:38

Oh hey! Read these books in all of three days! Thanks kindle for recommending them :)
I was shattered st the end of the third one bc, come on, it totally felt like a starting point for so much more.
We have this prophesy. Kricket is obviously the stronger sister. I assume she is supposed to rule, but pan is kinda an evil little bugger, hoping Kricket will die on earth, and has decided that the prophesy should mean something else. He can control Astrid but he can’t control Kricket. That scares him and so he’s doing everything he can to suppress Kricket. It worked, kinda, but come on! Kricket needs to somehow come back, kick some serious Pan arse and realize that she’s supposed to be empress, or at least help the colonies form and live in peace. Trey needs to do some SERIOUS soul searching and groveling bc he didn’t even FiGHT for Kricket! He just rolled over and took what pan said as the rule and decided, yeah sure let’s sacrifice Kricket. We didn’t even see him struggle with it internally! I mean, we got two books of him being devoted to her and then... what?!

There is SO SO much more that can be done with this story. We need more of Kricket and pan, Kricket and Astrid, Kricket and trey and Kyon. Kricket kicking serious butt with phlix there to help! Freak maybe even bring Enrique, Michael and Bridgette back to Ethar! There is SO much that can be done with this story line and I would LOVE to see it!

Lora McPheron

10/16/2018 01:49:49

Amy you're an amazing writer, I know that you can finish this series out. We need to know her final "wish" and who she ends up with. You truly have a gift, please see this through.

Lora

10/16/2018 02:14:39

I forgot to say "Baw-da-baw!"

ERIN

10/22/2018 10:06:01

Okay-I NEVER leave reviews, but after finishing the last book of Kricket, I was driven to find out if there was a spin-off series or SOMETHING! It just couldn’t end like that!! I am so attached to these characters and they have much more to give!! Pleae do more with this series and characters!!! It is literally heart wrenching the way it ended... In my opinion, these characters need a HEA! I am awaiting the next book in the Secondborn series (which is how I found Kricket series), and hope that comes out soon so that you can work on this again!!! :) PLEASE!!! Thank you for such a wonderful experience...I have been reading non-stop for the last four years and this is the only book series I have brought myself to comment on because it affected me so much!

Samantha Sophia link

11/1/2018 18:32:22

I’ve reread this series like a million times in the past year and just found this freaking blog post. I’m overwhelmed with the feels. And even with some of the problematic bits (Kyon, though in the the end I ship him, is an abuser for most of the series. And it’s a world where women are chattel while being incredibly powerful and this is hard to read because I’m all raw from this #metoo movement and all the marches I’ve had to attend.) I think the Kricket series is some of Amy’s best world building. I understand what she and her editor(s) did. I respect it even. But I don’t care and I want a 4th book. I’m just that chick, I want what I want and I have the coins to willingly pay for it. If there is a book 4, I hope they make it a bit more woke (avoid fetishizing/stereotyping POC and add more please, fantasy/sci-fi literature has endless possibilities).

Post Scriptum: this writing from Kyon’s POV is life giving! I’m shook and ready for book 4 & 5 or a novella even, but a book 4 & 5 would be better.

Samslove

11/9/2018 22:52:44

This gives me so much hope....

Please end our agony and bring this story back to life.

Ali

11/10/2018 15:27:16

We desperately need you to continue Kricket's story. Kyon vows to hunt her should she run and she has ran (athough not from him but from Ethar, Pan and the Lost Boys) Krickett has truely changed Kyon and the snipett of him waking up was just a tiny hit to tease us Krickett addicts. We need more. Please. Say there will be more!!!

Michelle link

11/12/2018 16:20:30

I have only read a few comments but I am one of the readers REALLY hoping for another book. There were so many clues that there might be another. For instance, why did Giffen seem so surprised when he saw Trey's bracelet on Kricket? Was the symbol part of the prophecy that was never discussed? Also, I can't see the citizens of Ethar being happy with Astrid. Kricket made ALL of the sacrifices to save everyone. It was public. I think they will want Kricket- which means that she will never be able to escape a fight or be able to maintain an peace from others seeking her out. Also, Kyon mentions prophecies that Kricket's mother shared with him about traits that her strongest daughter would have that would help her rule Ethar. Only Kricket had these traits...She also asked Kyon to protect Kricket. It leads me to believe that she had a separate agenda from Pan. It did make sense to leave Kricket on Earth instead of Astrid, simply because Kricket would never blend in on Ethar...But it never made sense to allow her to live such a horrid life. It is just heartbreaking:(

Also- who would she choose? Trey- who chose everyone else over her? Or Kyon- who chose no one over her- including himself?

And finally. It just isn't fair:( Kricket has had a lifetime of pain, and her father's betrayal is just too great.

Michelle link

12/6/2018 11:31:44

Amy- I wanted to add that I absolutely LOVE your writing. The characters that you create are phenomenal..And I am obviously not alone in feeling this way, I have read ALL of your books- at least 8 times each. You're such a talented writer!

I am STILL thinking about the Kricket Series- and I have to say, I can't imagine how this could end? I cannot see a happy ending- in spite of trying to come up with different scenarios..I would still like to see Kricket and Kyon together over her and Trey. I disagree that they bring out the worst in each other- it is exactly the opposite, Trey is absolutely beautiful, but I don't know that he has what it takes to hold on to Kricket? If your writing follows every other big book that has a love triangle (including how you chose to write Premontion), then she would end up with Trey. But I still love the idea of her and Kyon because he literally sacrificed absolutely everything for her- which truly matches who Kricket is. Right or wrong, it is what she would have done for Trey, but he could not do that for her. And I don't think she could ever forgive that kind of betrayal- even though he saved her at the end by helping her escape into Earth. I think we all want to see Pan and Giffen pay for what they have done to Kricket. They shouldn't be able to have their "Happily Ever After" by using her as a pawn in all of their plans. No, I think that is what is so hard to deal with. Kricket will never have peace on Earth. She will never be free. Not unless she rules Ethar. It is the only way this ends for her, regardless of what she wants. Because Kricket never gets what she wants..

So this is me...Pleading for you to someday write another Kricket book because my vision of how things COULD go could never compare with your brilliance and incredible imagination.

Nicketa

12/9/2018 17:12:15

YES!! I think Kricket and Kyon bought out the best in each other, in a way that Trey and her couldn't. As well as what you said - Kyon sacrificed himself for her.
He never treated her like a china doll, which she wasn't. He was adamant that she become stronger so that she didn't need anyone else other then herself. He put himself in front of her once and she demanded she be his equal. So from then on he did.
He went about the wrong way trying to get her, but would she have been as forgiving so soon (like with Trey) if he'd gotten her first and not Trey?
I felt that Trey kind of liked her depending on him and needing him. He always said he'd be the one to teach her things, and no one else would. Countless times he lied to her and hid things, and never let her do things for herself. I loved Trey at the beginning but in book 2 I started thinking that he was a bit like that.

Michelle link

12/10/2018 10:22:44

Nicketa-

Excellent point! Kyon never treated Kricket like a china doll. Maybe they would have fallen in love if he'd met her first? Trey wasn't exactly nice in the beginning either...He was, of course, always nicer than Kyon..lol Trey treated her that way he would treat any Etharian woman- which doesn't work for who Kricket is or how her life will go. Aside from teaching her some self defense & teaching her how to use the tasers (I don't recall what they were called), he didn't teach her and real survivor skills. He was a good guy, the best really..But not sure he was really right for her.

However,(comparing it to the Premonition series again) I would guess that if another book were to be written, she would end up with Trey, especially if she were to rule Ethar. Would the Etharians accept two Alameda looking leaders? Or are they be more likely to accept one from Rafe and the other of mixed descent...? Also, Astrid is NOT a leader. She IS a puppet. If she were any type of leader, she would not have allowed Pan & Giffen to call the shots on how Trey & his family were treated, or Kricket used as a pawn completely against her will. No, that is the REAL reason Pan wants her as the Empress. He knew which daughter he could control and which he could not. So many aspects of Astrid PI$$ me off. Even her "rescue" of Kircket made zero sense. The fact that Giffen could not rescue her without Kricket made zero sense. And the fact that Giffen was such a total psycho (one minute he seems to care for Kricket, the next he is thrashing her around and hitting her without holding back at all-- ALL to save Astrid!)..no. The entire group of Lost Boys just needs to go. In truth, they're JUST as evil as the rest of them and Kricket is the only one with a conscience. Even Trey has no conscience in how he killed an entire city. For Kricket? No, not really. He did it for Rafe.

Anyhow, my theories are pointless. Amy creates twists that I would never imagine, no matter how much time I spent trying to imagine different outcomes. Which is why I will probably forever hope that she will write a 4th book. Hope, and occasionally plead because we should always "keep the dream alive..!" #amiright?

Julie

11/13/2018 12:51:24

I have soooo many thoughts about this book even though I just finished the third and the fourth doesn’t seem like a real possibility. It’s both beautiful and heart wrenching to have it end, beautiful because Kricket is free but heart wrenching because at what cost? Ernest Hemingway’s poem comes to mind “It matters not how strait the gate, how charged with punishments the scroll. I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.”

Based on what Phlix says when she states it’s not over between Kricket and Trey, we can assume that there are a few possibilities on how their relationship will turn out.

Of course we can reflect on other love triangles to see how this could play out between Kricket, Trey and Kyon. Like Bella and Edward and Jacob, Kricket could be with Trey and maybe Kyon will settle for Astrid and the two sisters could rule Ethar together as we know there does exist a love between the two, on some level, and that Kricket is above the revenge they all believe she will want.

On another hand, like Katniss and Gale, Kricket and Kyon will only feed the worst in each other. I know she is changing him but the nature of humans is difficult to completely alter and I’m not convinced that he will make a complete 180 for her.

Or maybe she will be with Kyon because at some points they do seem to be two sides of the same coin. They have an undeniable chemistry just as she and Trey do, but with Kyon there seems to be something that completes her in which Trey could not.

Anyway, it’s beautiful to be able to conjure up all these difference scenarios on how our beloved characters will end up. That’s the freedom that was afforded us, by the third book ended where it did. It was a wonderful series. I have cried my heart out completely at the end, but I’m grateful for the freedom to imagine what comes next.

Cami clArk

11/14/2018 23:35:18

Loved the Kricket series! It’s my favorite series to read when I am not currently reading anything. I totally understand about the ending. Yes, I would be sad if nothing more was written. But maybe a short on Giffen? Would love to read through his eyes about how he watched over Kricket. There is more to that man! Love your books! Thank you!!

Chrissy

11/18/2018 17:25:23

Loved this series. I just finished reading this series for the first time and so shocked to find that it would end with such a cliffhanger. I would so so love to see the progression of Kyon, Trey, and the adventures following Kricket and Phlix on their journey. If it doesn’t work out to bring more adventures I understand, but just needed to share how enjoyable this series was to read and that more to follow would be most welcomed and desired.

Kali

11/20/2018 18:57:30

This is my favorite series of all time but the ending killed me. There needs to be a fourth book. The story isn’t over!

Rachel S

11/30/2018 02:12:11

Under different Stars pulled me in. While the series allowed the reader to travel through a different and trying world, the journey has ended without full exploration of the Universe. You have shown us a small corner of Kricket’s galaxy. With so many other stars to explore, we all wait with baited breath to see how her story ends. Good. Bad. Whatever it may be, we all are left on the edge of a cliff that we are begging to know what is at the bottom. Take the leap for us and show us the way down. Let us explore the journey with you. I hope, along with countless others, that you share Krickets galaxy. That we can finally see what is at the bottom of her cliff. If that is never to be, I hope that our own imaginations can create a ending worth her ferocity and fearlessness.

Janice

12/3/2018 19:19:56

It’s been more than three years since I finished darken the stars. I still find myself every now and then thinking about this series, lamenting the bitter sweet ending for all characters involved, and coming back to your website to check if there is news of a fourth book. I have never felt this unshakable compulsion with any other series.

The ending was beautiful and so impactful, and I can see why you may wish to leave it as is. But PLEASE AMY AND PUBLISHING TEAM, THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. I will continue to wait patiently until the second born series are over, and I will no doubt come back here again to check on latest news.

I can only hope that this post will in some way go to show how much you have touched hearts with this series and how popular a fourth book would be (even though the last book may not have been as highly rated as it should be, were it the third of four books). Give me a petition for a fourth book and I will sign it.

Love and hope.

Kat

12/5/2018 00:12:16

I know I’m behind since I’ve only just finished the series, but thank you, Amy! This story was riveting, and frankly it made me fall in love with reading again. The characters and the world you conceived are fascinating. Of course, I would be absolutely THRILLED with a fourth book, however I have a lot of respect for the way you chose to end it. It’s left me teetering between satisfied and thirsty for more.

I look forward to reading some of your other works!

Brittany

12/11/2018 10:41:51

I understand all the other obligations and that the ending can be seen by some as fitting, but what would it take to convince your publisher for another book or two? Honestly, it's been a few years since I was so immersed in a book as I was in the Kricket series, and now that it's over, I feel incomplete. The characters are speaking to you, and we all want to hear what they're saying!! Thank you for your honesty and for this snippet. Please let us know if there's anything we can do to get a fourth book!!

Leanna

12/21/2018 19:47:41

About to finish the first book when I saw this. Now I don't know if I want to finish it. I hate open endings that don't tie up loose ends.

Honey

12/23/2018 22:05:49

Checking back to see if you'd fulfill my/our Christmas wish of Book 4. It's been so long (it seems) since I've finished this series & it still remains one of my favorites & favorites world's to get lost in. Please, Please, PLEASE consider it. #TakeUsBackToEthar

Julie S.

12/30/2018 11:34:55

Please I need to know what happens in Ethar and to Kricket on earth. And Kyon and Trey. I NEED to know. I love this series. And I love Kricket's need for independence and freedom. Please give us more. Some closure or something. I'm dying over here. Ive started reading the secondborn series but I need more Kricket. Thank you for creating such an amazing world and such strong characters!!!

Shea E.

1/1/2019 00:05:25

I just finished Book 3, and had to find out if you were writing another or planned a 4th! Please continue this series. There is so much still to be told....could be a 4th 5th 6th. Second trilogy as these characters are so good. And yes, am definitely in the Kyon team. He hasn't had it so easy either

Heather

1/3/2019 02:41:34

I loved her with trey but I love the side kyon brings out in her. I was really hoping to see her and kyon rule together.

Jamee

1/1/2019 22:52:47

I think I picked up this series first when Darken the Stars was first released. My sister literally threw the first book in my face and said you have to read this!! She wasn’t wrong. I’ve probably read through this series at least 3 times. It’s become an old favorite of mine. I always pick up something new or forget what happens at some parts of the book. I’ve never been disappointed for reading it again. I hope you think about doing a new series with Kricket. Maybe involve the family more. See how that explodes! The Astrid Series or maybe even the Hollowell series and go into a greater detail of the parents forbidden romance. I think you’ll pick this up again because of the response you have on here. The romance was fire, the war and new world was thrilling, the thought of Kricket finally winning still nagging at the back of everyone’s head. Does she go to college for a bit? Griffin, Trey and Kyon still hunting for her love and trying to kill each other in the process. Who wins?! Who dies?! Maybe mom isn’t dead and has had to hide until all these things have passed. Maybe Pan finds Kricket and devotes the rest of his life to protecting her since Astrid rules now. Trying to create a bond with the daughter he abandoned. So many thoughts and theories. And maybe a little to much wine on my part. Oh well. Baw-da-baw! You’re fantastic!

HEATHER

1/3/2019 02:38:51

My name is heather and I am a big fan of your writing.

I just finished your krickey series and I was hoping for it to continue. The way it ended just left it hanging. What will happen now that she and phlix are on earth? When- not if- will Kyon go looking for her and what will happen? What will happen on ether now? So many unanswered questions. Please tell me you plan to write and 4th installment.

I dont expect a HEA I like how this character is, but there is just too many questions left.

Tracey

1/5/2019 17:29:36

I just devoured this series! I fell in love with Kricket and Kyon (totally surprised that I ended up rooting for him). I just wanted to thank you for creating a fascinating story, interesting and unique world building, and kick butt characters. I’d love a 4th book or even a second trilogy. Ether is just to interesting to leave behind.

Kristene link

1/6/2019 14:55:18

What a FANTASTIC series. I have read the other two series and have been in withdrawals waiti f for the 3rd book for the Secondborn Series!!!! I have Pre-ordered it and June is too far away, so I read the Kricket series. Once again you have drug me in on another AMAZING adventure! I am with the others. We need more!!!! Please, Please!!!

Kissy

1/17/2019 10:58:47

I bought all three books on Audible and just finished the last book. The ending left me with a lump in my throat. It didn’t feel over to me. There is no way that Kyon, Trey, Pan or Griffin will let her just go. It’s not their characters.

Brittany

1/22/2019 13:43:57

I just finished this series for the 3rd time and I am BEGGING- please give us more!!!! This series is incredible! It just can’t be over-we need more Kricket 🙏🏻

Bernadette

1/30/2019 21:18:30

I started reading the Secondborn series, and feeling restless waiting for Rebelborn to come out, I explored Amy's other books. I am officially hooked on Darken the Stars and Kricket.

I've read a lot of the comments about the series and I agree with a lot when they say, PLEASE, PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE write one maybe two more books and let us know what happens.

I found this series very powerful because life is mostly NOT living happily ever after. The overpowering theme of betrayal is brutal and I think often rings true for a lot of people on and off this planet. Surviving when NO ONE has your back is pretty amazing. Which leads me into the Trey/Kyon love interests.

Trey has had privilege, money, and a loving family all of his life. Kricket has not. Trey has divided interests if he has to chose between his family group and Kricket. He also IS a boy scout. He is/was in the military and is honor bound to Rafe. I do absolutely love Wayra and Jax, and how they love Kricket.

Kyon and Kricket have much more in common. They have father's that are trying to kill them. Their father's killed their mothers. They have had to show no weakness to survive, and they truly "get" each other on a gut level. They also have genetically enhanced "powers". However, there is the tiny little problem of Kyon mostly just killing anything that annoys him...because Kricket isn't a killer. Even when it would be to her benefit. Especially if she somehow managed to kill Giffen, who is a total KNOB KNOCKER. I want to kill him...and maybe Pan as well! LOL

Hurrah for Kricket who manages to survive when everyone is out to kill her!

So, whether there is another book or not, I think this was a great series and so worth reading. I can't wait for Rebel Born to be out, and then I hope Amy decides to do a 4th Kricket book. I think the Secondborn series could be a great movie! (P.S. Amy needs to kill off Agent Crow, too)

Rebecca

2/7/2019 22:11:44

In all my years, this is the first time I have ever gone to an authors website to leave a comment. That is how amazing these books were! Don’t get me wrong, I’ve read a majority of your other books but this series just really got me.

After years of seeing this series on my recommended list I finally gave it a go and I am so extremely happy that I did. I completely lost myself in this series, finishing it in a matter of days.

This series, specifically the last book, touched me in ways I cannot even begin to explain. You are so right in your explanation, it would have been out of character for her to stay as a prisoner. The fact that kricket FINALLY got to go home made me so happy. At the same time I’m sad. Sad for all the reasons she mentioned in her note to her sister. I will miss these characters so much.

These books were extremely well written and I truly do hope to see more of this series in the future. These characters have become a part of me, I’m dying to know how Phlix is adjusting to earth and how is Astrid doing with her new position? Maybe doing a spin off series or a “pre-sequel”. Honestly, I think I’d go for anything. Even if it was just more entries on this blog page, I would be happy.

This series will be a favorite of mine forever, thank you.

Lucia

2/8/2019 17:41:01

The best books help you leave behind this world. I just went through a traumatic experience and started reading the Kricket trilogy to take me away from the pain. Thank you for creating a story that immersed me so much that I forgot my own pain. You are an amazing story teller.

Kathleen

2/12/2019 17:17:08

I love the way you write and this series is my all time favorite!!! I have read and re-read these books over and over. So much so that these characters have become old friends. The layers and layers of interwoven plot and character depth that you've painstakingly built with detail and love are creativity at its best. We, all your fans, have fallen hard for Kricket and all the rest of the riveting cast, even down to the villains we want to pummel for Kricket's sake. Every single introduced character has a voice that adds delicious enjoyment to this perfect smorgasbord!!! This book series screams more more more!!!!!! Questions still must be answered and characters satisfied. Could Giffen even try to kill Kricket since he definitely shows all the signs of 💘love, whether, "in love" or simply the love of a parent, or friend who has been there for her as she's grown up, protecting her in place of her father who saw her as a pawn to be used and discarded? Is he the 🔑 to the whole story. Who will be betrayed or finally championed??? I can't wait to read more!!! If those producers out in Hollywood were smart, they'd select this series for the big screen!!!

Ashley

2/27/2019 05:56:39

I came here to see if you had any plans for a 4th book. Years after initially reading the series I feel like I finally understand the turns the story took and am even more in love with it. Just want to lend my voice to the “please continue!” crowd!!!

popcorn time for ios link

3/8/2019 06:18:42

Spot on with this write-up, I truly think this website needs much more consideration. I’ll probably be again to read much more, thanks for that info.

Theresa Esposito

3/25/2019 22:52:03

Please continue the Kricket series.
Can’t you hear all their voices screaming in your head? They have so much more to say.
Needless to say, I loved it. Thank you for creating Kricket’s world. I enjoyed the journey and would love to see it continue 👍🙏🏻❤️

Kricket enthusiast

3/26/2019 16:45:54

I will gladly be the 374th person to say that I would LOVE to see this series continued. You are so right that Kricket regaining her freedom is absolutely the most poetic and appropriate next step for her story. But I can't stop thinking about the characters and knowing that the story doesn't end there. Kyon obviously won't just let her leave without a fight. Trey will be tortured watching Victus and Charisma together and longing for that kind of love in his life again. Kricket will relish her freedom, but now that she knows how different she is, she will never be able to settle down. Since she won't age at the same rate as those around her, she'll still have to jump from place to place and will continue to long for a true home. I've tried to picture the continuation of their story, but I just don't have the incredible vision that you do for these characters and their journeys. Please help us all find out how their story ends!

Amanda

5/16/2019 02:49:04

You said exactly what I was thinking!

Amy Bernabe

4/2/2019 00:17:48

Dear Amy,

My name is also Amy and I have just finished your Kricket series. It was by far one of the best books I have ever read and I’ve read hundreds. It’s 2019 now and I know it’s been awhile since Kricket, but, just as everyone else was saying we would love more books. We understand that it’s a trilogy but a book this good I have no words. The story has a deep place in my heart and frankly it just doesn’t feel finished and I’m sure everyone else feels the same. I hope you might consider writing of Kricket for your readers please. ❤️

Monica

4/9/2019 17:55:05

This has become one of my fav series and have read it multiple times. Thank you for the "extras" 🙂

Nia

4/14/2019 18:17:14

Please! I need more! I read the series when it first came out and I’ve just finished rereading them again. Hands down the best books I’ve ever read and my favorites. The ending leaves much to be told. What happens to the ruling of Astrid, Trey, and most importantly Kyon? He always chases after her and based on the way you structured his character, it shouldn’t be any different or shouldn’t stop now. There needs to be a book where Kyon comes back to earth to find her and take back their reign on Ethar. But also where Kyon gives the freedom and independence that Kricket so desperately needs. Ideally, they’d rule Ethar together and Kricket will finally admit that she loves him 😩 please give us more. You’ve finished your other trilogy so work on this one next! Even if they’re the raw unedited versions like above, we still want to read them!!!

Lacy

4/14/2019 23:23:12

Amy,

Just wanted to let you know I am still hoping for more books. I check back every few months to see if you have posted anything new in this series.

Lacy

Lacey

4/16/2019 15:24:18

There’s definitely lots of loose ends to be tied off. I’m feeling a connection between Phlix and Giffen? Maybe a new book from Giffen’s and Phlix POV. Kyon will definitely not be far behind Giffen. I hope you will consider adding to this world. Maybe even resurrect Krickett’s mom...

I think people are so passionate about more because everyone fell in love with the world and characters you created. Job well done!

Lauren Alena

4/22/2019 11:57:17

Wow! What a singular feeling to know I've become a part of a community that feels so tightly connected and invested in the world you have created through your incredible imagination. I agree, there's just so much invaluable character depth and setting complexity to leave behind; there is truly no limit to the extent you could take this story! The fact that so many people have banded together with love for your work is a true feat. Thank you for reminding us of the power of love and self-sacrifice. I imagine continuing the story will be as enjoyable for you as it would be for us...I love the idea of writing from other characters' views as well as exploring the Giffen/Phlix relationshio. I too was surprised to find myself 100% rooting for Kyon by the end, he makes Kricket stronger and challenges her like no one else can.

I do hope you take the time to relish in the impact you've had on our hearts and minds, your following will only continue to grow daily and we're all holding out for that second part trilogy! The world NEEDS it!

Sandra c

4/23/2019 00:37:17

Just finished the Kricket trilogy. And I like others truly enjoyed the books. I too hope that you will decide to continue her story. I felt there was too much left unsaid or unwritten. Kricket was warned that once Kyon was well he would seek her out. And then Phlix mentioned that it was truly not the end between Trey and Kricket as neither said goodbye. It left me hoping and wanting more...like does Kyon seek her out. Does Trey realize he should have fought for her. Does Astrid realize what their father had planned. Does Pan become the true leader by manipulating Astrid. Does Kricket ever feel like someone’s number once choice, feel loved, feel truly destined for greater and happier things. So many what ifs. So many scenarios.
Wish you well in your writing career. Came across the Kricket series as I await the rebel release this June. :)

4/26/2019 21:49:20

I too am hoping for a 4th, 5th, and 6th book. So much more to tell with these characters....and yes, it is Kyon who I am routing for. Trey isn't strong enough to match her.

Catherine

5/16/2019 22:37:27

I'm rooting for Kyon too! I was a little disappointed with Trey BUT he would put up an epic fight...

Arnell

4/27/2019 23:10:00

I just got done with reading the kricket series.
Oh please write another book. I have to find out whats going to happen with her. Please please.

Tiffani Gittings

4/29/2019 21:09:00

I hope we get an update that another book is coming....one can hope.

Amanda

5/16/2019 02:44:32

There are so many well written comments on the post that say exactly what I would like to say; essentially, thank you Amy for all of your hard work. The worlds that you create pull me in immediately and I love it. I loved the ending to Krickets story but man-oh-man would I absolutely adore getting to read more of these stories you have created!! P.s. I cannot wait for the 3rd installment to Secondborn coming in June!!

Catherine

5/16/2019 22:36:24

I both cherish and despise the ending of book 3 but I 100% understand why you did it and can appreciate it. I sort of like having the freedom to imagine what happens next. BUT if you were to write more...I would read it in a heartbeat. I devoured what you wrote above from Kyon and Kricket!

Carly Wiehe

5/26/2019 15:03:03

I reread each series written by Amy A. Bartol about once a year now. Do you ever have the feeling where you are always waiting on something? I’m still waiting to see what happens to Kricket. Her story just isn’t done. I’ve seen novella’s written after some series. That’s what I’m waiting for. I’m not done with these characters, they still have stories to tell. Maybe a novella for some characters, Phlix, Kyon, Jax, to name a few. Or can you just do blogs on each character and go more into each of their stories?

Thanks Amy for letting me escape from my life and fall in love with each of your books. Life is not always easy, never fair, but finding happiness whenever and wherever you can is what helps on even the hardest of days. For me, that’s your books.

My little boy is at Seattle Childrens Hospital and without your books I don’t know how I would handle the endless hours of wait and worry.

Suzanne

6/10/2019 19:12:26

I just finished reading the third book. Please, write more books on this series. I love this series!!

Rocio

6/13/2019 20:56:56

Oh my goodness... I’ve reread this series over and over and yet, I still cannot put it down! I love all of the characters, and yearn to know more—Kyon, the makes you hurt for him bad boy with the most attractive swag that’s just a front—Trey, the Boy Scout honorable soldier that makes you melt with his heartbreaking commitment to duty— Jax—the sweetest, most loyal friend to have in your corner—Wayra, the scariest massive soldier who turns out to be a hilarious teddy bear—Fulton, phlix, Keenan, and Astrid all have something special that makes me want to know more!
I agree with everyone else in the sense that it ended just as she discovered who she is!
Plus, I absolutely love seeing Kyon’s POV in the sneak peek!! If that’s going to be part of the book, I’m SOLD!! I recommend this series to everyone I know also.
Thank you for writing this! It’s truly a pleasure to read your work!!
God has blessed with that such an incredible talent!!
Much love!! And I’m praying for that 4th book!!!

Kris

6/22/2019 17:18:56

My heart is broken...literally broken. So so much left unsaid...so many unanswered questions. I LOVE Amy’s book!!!! And I LOVE THIS SERIES but my heart actually aches to think that is the end! Please please please continue Kricket’s story!!! To quote Kyon “it’s as if my heart has gone missing from my chest.”

Kathleen Duvall

7/16/2019 16:16:00

Great read! First of all, there's that whole page turner thing, where I didn't want to stop reading because I needed to know what happens next, and then there was the 'oh, I need to go back and re-read that passage, because now that I see this, I should reinterpret the meaning of that'. And now I'm still caught up, writing a post because I can't quite let it all go.
Your brave ending was a good choice. Kricket needed to finish her growth cycle, and the hints of sister-ness were nicely dropped in all the way through. Her characteristics as developed through the foster care system was another unusual, insightful choice.
So, what'll you do for an encore? Unfortunately, your other series of books reveals certain patterns among the male leads that you ought not to repeat. Nice guy first love is outgrown. The bad boy, once understood, ceases to be scary.
Kricket is still set up to become Empress of Ethar. Astrid hasn't got a chance of holding the position. Even without Kricket, it's still sister on sister war, because Nezra isn't going to give way. The Alameeda, as we leave the story, is still the strongest military power, still has industrial capacity, still has advanced technology over the other Houses, and now has no division of leadership. Even while Kyon is recuperating, the priestesses remain and they will make sure that someone takes over taking care of them. Rafe has fallen; no other House is undamaged. And because of the news clip of Kricket and Excelsior, everyone in Alameeda is going to hail her as the rightful Empress. The world will not be at peace.
Kyon will have to deal with Nezra, but he has no reason to allow Astrid to live. He doesn't know about Astrid or about the Lost Boys at the end of the series, but once he's back in the game, he will find out, and these will be part of his sense that Kricket has been lying to him. In his view, she betrayed him, mitigated by having unexpectedly rescued him. He has, after all, been consistent with his loyalty to her even a great personal cost. I think you've got the foundation for a 4th book.
You've dropped hints that could go a number of directions, so I'm hoping you pull it all together and get write a continuation, because I sure don't want to see FanFic take charge of your characters and set up.
You haven't yet done much with the 2 worlds aspect. Kricket went to Ethar but she adapted to them, they didn't bend to her cultural expectations. To be a 2 worlds empress as well as 2 house, she ought to bring back some Chicago values. Maybe our characters should spend some significant portion of their time on Earth getting a few lessons? Phlix is a good set up, too, for playing with Women's empowerment.
Kricket's point about the inherent racism of the Houses might be good, and it would play into the Lost Boys being cross House descendants. Rafe has lost their Regent, their nobles are scattered, their military nearly crushed; how will their society get back together?
Couple more thoughts: What's with the Etharian reproductive rate? Everyone can live a couple thousand years, they are 'of age' at 20, why aren't they repopulating the lost billions after the Black Math a thousand years ago? How long does it take to have a new generation or 10? Why do the twins have no other siblings? Is the fertility period limited, even though the life span is long? If so, why have Trey and his financee delayed commitment? (And I'm pretty sure Trey got engaged just to get a score point over his brother). Which brings me to Kricket: she's been having unprotected sex with two guys over the course of perhaps 2 months or less. Will she find out she's pregnant? Will we have to guess who the father is? How old is Kyon? He's at least 70, having been in a fight with Trey during the war 50 years previously. Do any of these guys realize Kricket is still a minor and they've been engaged in statutory rape? Trey touched on that early in his time with her, but didn't think it throug (so typical for him). Will Kricket understand that's she's had Stockholm Syndrome? She definitely can't go back to Kyon if there's any chance he's an abuser, that's not HEA. But it might be that he's been culturally trained by the other priestesses into the incidents we've seen.
Okay, I hope I can move on now. Best of luck. I enjoy how you write the men in your books, and I look forward to reading more of your work.
PS: My love to Jax.

Rachel Connor

7/22/2019 12:06:39

I read A LOT and this is the third time I’ve shed real tears for the characters in a story. The difference between the first two times and this one? There was another book to follow and make it right! I read the whole series over the weekend and I was so upset at the ending I couldn’t sleep last night. My heart went numb when Kricket slept with Kyon and betrayed Trey. And my heart was ripped out when Kricket leaves Trey to go back to Earth. This simply can’t be the end! Kricket and Trey need to find their way back to each other! I honestly would have felt more satisfied with the ending if Kricket had died during her assassination attempt then her turning her back on Trey and his family the way she did. PLEASE write another book! It feels so unfinished.

Catherine T

7/23/2019 11:48:54

As the story went on I felt less and less "team-Trey". I find it interesting that you're rooting for him. I felt HE betrayed HER.

Serena

7/27/2019 10:14:10

Just re-listened to the audible kricket series... so much better the second time around!

My feelings are still the same, second time around...I was team-Trey then some how team-Kyon always wins me over. It was all brilliantly development and the growth between both Kricket and Kyon (Loved) but then to have Trey, Jax ect come back into the ending scenes to make sure she got to earth safely... with Trey hitting the tree to make sure she ate and drank (Gaaajhhhh, Loved!).

Would love to see how Kyon handles everything! Didn’t realise how much I needed that excerpt of Kyon until you wrote it above. Does he let go of some of that control he has stock piled! Would he go and/or would he stay on earth for Kricket... would Trey?? Aarrgghh. What about Giffen... he’d been watching her for like 6 years so you can’t tell me he also doesn’t have some sort of continued warped sense of love for Kricket. So many interesting ways to take the story. So I can totally understand how it would be so hard to navigate through the different scenarios. Just want to say that I loved the ending even though it was heart wrenching. I am so Team-Kyon but the way you are able to we’ve male leads into her life ..... who knows what the future brings (maybe secretly I would always want it to go back to Kyon :) )

Kayla

7/31/2019 09:01:06

I've just finished this series and am literally dying to know what happens with Kyon. I know you've been asked this a lot but please please please give us a fourth book. My heart can't handle this!!

Mariah

9/9/2019 20:01:08

YESSSS. I need more Kyon. So much more! This is my new favorite series!

Ulyana Willoughby

8/26/2019 21:42:35

In my opinion there aren’t many stories written with such intoxicating passion and such compelling beautifully unique and complex characters, that the chemistry between them makes you crave for more and marvel at the daring world. Besides being a brilliantly written adventure novel, the Kricket series possesses an epic love story that will always remain among my favorites, leaving me to reread the books in an effort to immerse myself in this world once more. The series had a fitting ending while leaving endless possibilities for continuation. I hope, Amy, that one day you will find the time and desire to tell us more.

Krislyn

8/29/2019 23:01:26

Can I just say wow. I love this series so much. I love these characters so much. I know people reach out and probably ask you constantly, but please!!! Please please write a 4th book. I would love to know about her new friendship with phlix and what happens with her love interests, and giffen. I want to see Kricket find a family or make one. I want to see her talk with charisma. Thank you!

Kristen Forsyth

9/9/2019 14:04:27

I really truly enjoyed this series. I liked how you ended it, with her choosing herself essentially. I like the idea of her having the freedom to grow up, and make her own way. It would be interesting to see what years and maturity brings to the characters and their dynamic, but even if that’s not the case I still greatly appreciate the story.

Rebecca

9/13/2019 12:17:01

I have just read this series over the past two days and I felt so empty when I got to the end. I understand that the story must end somewhere but as a reader it’s so frustrating. Please revisit this exciting world and give the readers more Kricket.

Jennifer Darnell

9/16/2019 19:18:07

I have read all your books. I would be greatful to you if you funished this 4th book.

Analise

9/22/2019 17:54:23

I really wanted to hate this series. It haunts me months after finishing it, so Amy did something right. However, my heart is so broken, I desperately need a fourth book to make it better. I loved the series as a whole, but hated the ending. It was not satisfying and it left many loose ends. Perhaps a spin off series is what is needed, if you can’t directly call it a “fourth book.”

Andrea

9/28/2019 01:43:48

I just finished this series for the third time and still love it but it definitely feels unfinished to me. I actually think there is so much potential in this series and it has so many layers of story that another trilogy would be great not just a fourth book. I would definitely want to see Kricket finally have something go right in her life since her whole story was pretty sad, from childhood on, and it would be nice if she did finally get to be happy.

Nicole R

9/30/2019 15:57:15

Considering how much love Kyon and Trey both have for Kricket, it’s just hard to believe they’ll both let her go on Earth without trying to reconnect. I wanted more closure for both of those relationships. Trey helped her escape because he still loved her and wanted her happiness more than anything. Kyon could never let her go. Even before the ending, I didn’t know who I ultimately wanted her to end up with.. I’m still conflicted, but both of those love stories were too grand to end with such haste. I still believe I am ultimately Team Trey, his character was almost ignored and tossed aside in the third book, but I understand we had to see the other side of Kyon. Both men contributed to her strength and growth, but she wasn’t done with those relationships and neither were they. I’m so heart broken and torn, but I would love to see both of those relationships come to light again and find true closure. I want to see them all find true happiness. I understand her freedom is happiness but I felt she loved trey and kyon too strongly to just accept freedom at the price of true love.

Brandi Hanvy

10/23/2019 11:49:49

A huge fan of Amy Bartol and the premonition series and the Cricket series ( just started second born but sure it will be a favorite also 😂)! A few thoughts on what I thought in the ending of the Kricket series. I was so sure that her father and the other rebels knew that she was the one to be the future empress but that for some reason they weren’t letting her or others know that Until the vision where she killed kyans dad and the brotherhood had come to fruition . I thought that maybe they were protecting her and the vision her mother had of her being empress. I thought for sure they were all just waiting for when she killed kyans father and then they would become her new army and The new Ruling house of ether of the misfits ! That some how if she knew they were there to support her before that moment then it would have altered that reality. That after everyone seen her confronting their evil dictator and The brotherhood only then would they all would see her as The queen of the little ppl and all bow to her! I guess I couldn’t fathom in my own mind a father and all the other misfit rebels just not wanting her especially after she proved herself to be the one who had the guts to stand up to the injustice! Although this seemed clear what wasn’t clear was who she would end up with in the end romantically speaking. Amy Bartol did such a good job of making us fall in love with trey that I was so startled when then I also started rooting for kyan also! For those reasons I don’t think everyone could be totally happy if she had picked one over the other. I don’t think there was enough time left at the end of the book to neatly tie up all those loose ends which hence leads me to plead my case that more books should be written in this series in order to give better closure or a spin off! Having said that I now do agree that Kricket getting her wish of freedom was the only way to end this book but not the series haha gottch ya ! Thank you so much for two of the best series I have read The premonition series and this Kricket series! Now it’s on to Rebel born series but I will always be checking back for more.

Felicity

10/25/2019 18:12:10

This is going to be weird.. but every year after having read all 3 books from the Kricket series I check whether the decision to publish the 4th book has been changed only to find out the isn't going to be another book. I loved the books, the characters and the storyline. It is clear, well to me, that the us more to be discovered not only about the character but also the world. I think Amy you have such big ideas that can not be contained in just 3 or even 4 books. I still have hope that there will be other books from this series. I will keep looking out for the 4th book. Crossing fingers

Breanna

10/30/2019 00:22:06

2019 and I just finished your last book in the trilogy and I have so many questions. You MADE me fall in love with Kyon (after I already decided in the first two books that I would be happy to see him killed off) and I know there is no way he would just give up on Kricket. I feel like I never got to understand Astrid or Pan. What about the other Priestesses. Did they all die? I feel like I'm missing half the story. I'll be bookmarking this page as a hopeful romantic that eventually a fourth will be written. Thank you for the break in reality and letting me enter your world.

Kim

11/7/2019 13:05:00

Please please please continue the series!!

Becky Strong

11/7/2019 18:35:48

I just finished the series. PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD I NEED MORE OF KYON. I need him to get his consort back, maybe have a couple badass kids that wipe out grandpa. Idk. You truly have a talent as an author. I'm starting your second born series tomorrow. I'm gonna keep checking for more of him an her forever.

Becky

11/8/2019 06:25:26

I am so ready for a Kyon series. I think Pan is a power hungry liar, an cylons talents can find out. I love his character, an he ovioulsy loves her most. I'm so over Trea. He had his chance an put her last, f*@! Him!!

Garima

11/18/2019 04:41:13

Now that you have finished secondborn series, can we please have Kricket back. I need to have all the loose ends of that series tied. You are an amaaazzing writer. I love all of your books but Kricket holds a special space among all. Please Amy. We need more Kyon and Kricket.

Jody

12/8/2019 23:39:09

I have read this series 3 times now and absolutely love the characters and storyline. I find myself searching for things to read that are comparable to this series and cannot find anything. Please consider writing more on the cricket storyline. Pretty please? J.

Jennifer

12/14/2019 15:53:42

It’s time

Yessica Etchebarne

12/19/2019 00:04:32

Oh my gosh. I did with the Kricket series, EXAVTLY what I did with premonition series.... I came to find more!!! I need more of both.

Kay Sharee

12/28/2019 09:56:36

Since I began reading when I was about 6 years old, I have had the same favorite book. When I was in middle school my teacher read a book that captured my heart forever The Giver, has been my favorite book since I was 12, at a now 25. Finding a book that captured my heart like I was 13 again is phenomenal. This was an amazing book, written with such grace only a true author could have. I have also read The Premonition series and that was just as amazing. I have DEFINITELY WITHOUT A DOUBT FOUND MY NEW FAVORITE AUTHOR. Thank you for making me feel like a kid again. Hopefully there is a 4th book because I am itching to see if Kricket will pick Kyon over Trey it will be such a twist that other books do not possess.

Thank you, thank you.

Heather

1/13/2020 09:53:22

After re-reading the Kricket series for possibly the 15th time, I once again find myself checking this website for updates. I understand the decision to have the series end the way it did but my heart still aches for more. I don't think Kricket NEEDS to be with any of her previous love interests to have a "resolution" for readers. Sometimes the past weighs so much it can drown a relationship and love can't rise to the surface to breath again. So many unresolved questions swim in my head each time I read the series that I can't help but continue to hope for more.

Marite

1/16/2020 02:36:43

Thank you so very much. I cried, I laughed, i didn't sleep at nights till i finished this series.

And thank you for this ending. I loved it. Wish to have some more books of this series to read. But, perhaps we need this spark of wishing. I'ts bad when you get everything you want. Thank you for opportunity to dream, wish for, hope for...

Amanda Russell

1/17/2020 22:33:51

I loved this series. My heart is broken with all of the loose ends that I don’t get closure on!
There was so much to explore still. SO MUCH!
I seriously hope you tie this all up one day in a fourth book.

Rubi

1/22/2020 13:23:55

So I’ve arrived at the party a little late!!
I read the whole second born series first ( which I was in
Love with btw, and have reread all parts relating to Roselle and Reykin together. Everything about them gave me goosebumps!!)

Then I looked at your other publications and came across the kricket series.
I love the way you set the scene, I’m
Into everything dystopian and fantasy and you just drew me in right from the start!
Also the way you weave the stories between characters, I love me a good romance in the middle of all the chaos, I live for it!!
I’m not going to lie, from the beginning I had a think for Kyon the bad boy (Trey was too straight!), and I waited and waited until kricket finally admitted her feelings, I was like YESSS!! The chapters set on the beach with the two of them getting to know each other was genius!!

Having said all that and respecting your decision for not having a happy ending , I just felt
Like it was unfinished 😐
I’m not fussed about Trey, he made his choice !
But I would like to see more about Kyon and also what was the whole deal with Giffen??
I thought you were going to do another book and she was going to run off with him next 😂

I was having withdrawal from the books ending so found your blog , and was really happy to see a little on
Kyon and Kricket. Hoping maybe you’ll write more on this series, but either way your a very talented writer!

I’m going to get started on the Premonition series now 😊

Mainy

2/9/2020 02:20:42

I would love love love to read the book from Kyon’s perspective! I was always shipping Kyon with Kricket and would love to see them reunite! He deserves his HEA with her!

Maddison

2/23/2020 19:47:30

I know it's been three years since this post but, just wondering, since all of the Second Born series except one has been published, is it any clearer whether she'll be creating a fourth Kricket book? I'd LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that! I liked the ending of book #3 but it just felt like there were loose ends.

Tammie

2/25/2020 11:39:05

As soon as I reached the end of Darken the Stars, I found myself rushing back to Amazon to see if there was another book in the series. I think it was a wonderful ending seeing that Kricket escaped back to Earth and the freedom she desired. However, I can't help but want to know more... I do hope that Kricket decides to speak to you to tell more of her story. But if not, I will continue to believe that she got the peace and freedom she always wanted and she was never found. Thank you so much for sharing your talents with the world!

Dakota

2/25/2020 13:30:28

Amy,

I just spent the entire weekend reading the entire series. I couldn't stop. I was surprised with the ending. I know you have read this time and time again, but it just doesn't feel complete! However, if you feel as if it is.... I will have to sadly accept the fact and respect it. Thank you for the adventures this weekend that I experienced with Kricket

Jessica

2/26/2020 16:48:12

I finished the series a couple of years ago at least but let me add to the masses of fans by saying I think about this story a lot still. I'll just be sitting at my desk at work or running on the treadmill and wish really really hard that I would randomly see a 4th book announcement.
I want so bad to be able to continue with Kricket and Kyon and their world and see where else it goes.
Please, Please, Please expand on this story??!!!
This story sits in us and it just feels like it's not done. One giant pregnant pause like we are all holding our breath.
I hope you reconsider. And I nevvvvvvver do these comments! This is my first begging! lol :)

Crystal

2/26/2020 17:43:16

Update: on her instagram she did say she was going to do a 4th book but no details yet though and this was last year. Hopefully she sees How much we want it, and does it sooner. There’s so many things unanswered like what happens to kricket and her friend now, kyon, and even Griffen and why would he keep chasing her, what’s Giffens mindset and much more!!! Best series ever and I read this series years ago and I still think of it from time to time. I need more 😬💖 please help 💖💖 never have I ever thought of a series this much after reading it and especially not years after. It’s sooo good!! Kricket is my fav!!

Cat

2/26/2020 19:21:11

Whhhattt?! I somehow missed that! Thanks for commenting.

Amanda

2/28/2020 16:35:41

I really hate how this series left so many questions. It was one of those trilogies that you could read in a weekend because it was that good, but the ending was so lack luster. It was like a song ending on an off key. Just didnt do it justice. I really hope there is a fourth book that resolves this series.

Wendy

3/9/2020 22:01:39

I hope you will write the ‘rest of the story’ for Kricket and Trey. Surely they deserve a future story. Also what about a prequel?? Pan and Arissa?? There’s much to explore. Please write more!

Taittiana Tafoya

3/10/2020 21:30:18

I love love love this series. I feel like the story is not ready to end I've already have read your books 3 times and I feel a new chapter was started with the way you ended it. Dont get me wrong I like the ending I jus feel you opened it up for a new chapter in her life and Kyon will not leave it at that. You know?! Please please please give us another series like maybe 3 more books or something. Big fan of all your books.

FARAH

3/17/2020 04:51:22

Amy I have just found you and I am so damned glad I did...

I am so Lost in translation right now, My mind is whirling with deliberation on the ending of this book... My heart feels empty and I really feel a little depressed. I have to commend you on your brilliance, you are such a visionary, I mean, to really bring a person to such unrelenting feelings after just merely reading a book, that has to be just awh inspiring
During my escape to this wonderful world, I had not only envisioned Kricket, But became her...Yet i dont think I could have ever had her wisdom and courage in real life. She is a character like no other, I have said it before and I would say it again... Female MCs are mostly played doing to being weak and vein and utterly confused all the time, constantly second guessing their roles and loves etc. Kricket had a strong mind and needed no real super power to be just a super individual
from start to end, she owned her role, adapting to every dire role she was faced with.
She is such a strong girl, She left without saying good bye to both her lovers and i believe it would have been the best thing for her... not for them... she was in a situation were she chose none of them because it would have been impossible to choose one or the other. I cant believe that kyon would have given up on her though, Trey is the type to step aside even if it meant hurting without her, But Kyon, he wouldn't, which kind of makes this story impossible to end in my mind.
This Triology might be over, but the journey really isn't.. it still stands strong in my mind and the endless possibilities billow on
it is without a doubt that this book will leave you feeling incomplete,but its kind of a love hate situation, because it was actually so darned good that you just want more, until you feel the warm fuzzies. I would love more of this series,... years later and you still have fans that need more.... you are just that Legend

Meagan Moore

3/18/2020 22:57:44

My heart is so empty right now. I feel as if I just lost my best friend. I struggle with mental health issues and reading helps me escape reality. My heart is breaking knowing there isn’t any more Kricket books. Well done, author. Well done. I read your Secondborn books first and realized you are one of my favorite authors. Your books capture me. Bring me inside of the story. I’m right there with each heroine on their adventures. You have completely won my undying loyalty. I’ll be searching for more books by you. Love, your new number one fan.

Maddison

3/19/2020 15:13:25

Actually, she said on her Instagram that she WILL write a fourth book. :) I was so bummed too until someone else mentioned her post to me.

Jodie

3/23/2020 04:17:02

Absolutely loved these books and I definitely am not in the demographic expected. The story doesn’t seem to be finished. There just seems to be a lot to be settled. Would live to see a fourth book.

Justine

3/23/2020 23:36:54

Amy,

Thank you so much for these wonderful books. I, like so many other readers, lost myself in this series, and I read them multiple times. I loved The Kricket-Kyon dynamic, and I would love to hear how their story plays out in future books. However, if there are not any more books, I will also be perfectly content with how you left things. Your ending was daring, but that letter was a great way to end the series. The Secondborne series was wonderful as well, but Kricket’s character and story really pulled me in and made me care.

I appreciate your efforts, and I look forward to reading more of your future works. I read about 20 books a month, and usually I can only find maybe one or so every month that are memorable - yours are on that short list. Thank you for building such amazing worlds - you truly stand out as an author.

Connie Smollins

4/7/2020 04:06:38

I read a lot of books every month and by far favorite, re-read is Premonition series. I just love that each book is fresh and brings reader more into world Amy has created. I know Amy has stated that Kricket series was intended to be trilogy, but really I think that world of Ethar you created is just as vivid and interesting it deserves more. Just saying, I would read (probably over and over) if you wrote not just fourth but fifth and sixth :) Would LOVE to know what happens to that world its characters in Kricket's absence as well as what happens to Kricket trying to survive. Thanks for this taste!

Alma

4/10/2020 14:14:30

I read this trilogy in 1 day, staying up past 4am because I couldn't stop. When I realized that there truly was only 3 I was so devastated. This series pulled me in so thoroughly I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. I know it sounds ridiculous and some would say it's just a book and to move on, but I'm stuck. I LOVED this series, the characters, the world, I'm 1,000% invested. So you see you can't leave me hanging, especially after that little tidbit. Kricket has more to say and more of her story to share, a LOT more. For the love of all the venish in Ethar let's go home and I don't mean Chicago.

Tiffany

4/11/2020 19:24:35

At the end of reading this series, for a gazillionth time, I’m left with the same feeling of “incomplete” as always. The depth of character emotions here always leaves me breathless. I am wholeheartedly Team Kyon. If Kyon were presented with the same circumstance as Trey with Pan, I believe that nothing would have kept him from protecting and siding with Kricket. I have always led myself to create an ending in my mind where she ends up with the love she never expected in Kyon. I almost feel that Trey has his team protecting Kricket to her freedom was his way to make amends for his part. Their love came easier, but the love she had with Kyon, I feel, has embedded it’s way into her more deeply. Would I love to see a HEA? Sure, but I also feel that there are too many ways this could go to make it one that would bring the HEA some are wanting to fruition. I think that is why her story parted like it did; so that we could all imagine our own HEA and be fulfilled by our own imagination. Here’s to our HEAs.

Teresa

4/13/2020 15:05:14

I have loved the Kricket series and the premonition series. But the Kricket series stand out to me the most because of the heartbreaking choice that Kricket made. I know. It was for the best. The entire time she was there, she should have been on Earth. She was trying to figure out who she was and her purpose, leading up to her leaving to Earth. But if you think about it, she left at a time where people still needed her. Kyon. Trey. She says it's for her freedom but really it's to escape the reality of what had happened. I know the intention is to make it that she made this choice out of selflessness but why does it seem like she is trying to leave out of selfishness too. Her existence seems meaningless in the end as she calls herself the world ender which is why she leaves. I want to see her live in Earth, thriving and finding that renewed happiness she wrote in that letter. That's all I want now.

Niki

4/16/2020 15:06:56

I need more! I feel like this series ended in a cliffhanger with so much left unfinished. Kricket deserves more than just her freedom and a new best friend, so far everyone she loves has either left her or tried to control her. She deserves a true love one that heals whats been broken inside her by her parents, the foster care system and pretty much everyone that has let her down or tried to control her. I am so invested in this story, I now have a book hangover and can't even think about starting a new book right now. Its been 5 years since this series ended and 3 since the prolog was posted in the blog...its time to knock the dust off and give readers more Kricket please!

Tina

4/16/2020 16:41:52

I NEED MORE..... I get the letter, but is she Happy just going back to earth,now that she knows about all other things out there. Her family. Her Kyon, Jack's, Trey it cant end like this... sorry so demanding I just havent picked up a book series, I liked this much in a long time and I just NEED more.

Jenny

4/21/2020 07:10:48

Thank you for your stories! Another re-read of my favorite Kricket and Premonition series. Patiently waiting for book 4...

Shane

4/22/2020 00:03:34

This series was incredible and my first read from Amy! I need more Kricket...I’m obsessed! You did such a fantastic job with this series Amy, I don’t want it to end! Please please please give us Kricket lovers more!

Angelina

4/23/2020 22:29:11

I don't know if Ms. Bartol still sees these or not... but my message to her would be to please, please offer Kricket some sort of peace. The thing about fiction (and more specifically, fantasy) is that it's not bound by reality. Kricket is a beautiful character, and she deserves to have love and a family. It's disheartening to realize that Kricket's journey led her completely full circle; instead of spending her life running from DSS, she's relegated to spending thousands of years running from her own people. It's difficult to identify with a character, their experiences, and trauma, and then realize that even in a fantasy world sometimes you just don't get to be happy. Honestly, another book would be welcome, because Darken the Stars was a very bitter pill to swallow.

Heather Cardona

5/27/2020 22:30:52

I originally fell in love with your premonition series..... I read them twice! After the second time it lead me to your Kricket series. It was nice to fall into another world especially in the world of covid 19 right now! There were times that it literally felt that I was watching a movie instead of reading a book! I love Kricket’s strength!!!! I feel that she has so much of her story left to tell! Kricket’s story cannot end! She has had so much sorrow and the ache in her life. She deserve for her story to have a proper ending! Please, please, please write a fourth book!

I have never ever posted or commented on a book before this. I read about 200 books or more a year. This one will always have me coming back to see if you have written Kricket’s final book!

Jess

6/4/2020 16:19:37

Welp. I just read Krickets whole story in three days. Its been a long time since a book (books) has made me cry. I understand and respect the ending though. Since the start of her journey, everyone was claiming her as their own. She needed to feel free. I really wanted her to end up with Trey, but reading through some of the insights of other readers, I have softened my feelings of Kyon a bit. Amy, whatever you choose to do with this series, thank you for touching my heart.

Kimberley

6/9/2020 11:26:45

I have only just come across your trilogy, I have read all 3 books in about 4 days, I have been completely transfixed by them, feeling like I have been there with them, ever step of the way of their emotional rollercoaster, its left me needing more.
I feel so invested in each character and feel I need to know what happens next, it feels there is still so much more to these characters. Kyons character and how he came to be and the complexity of who he is? Could be a book in it's own, Krickets family and how it brought them to abandon her? what happens to the cavars on the beach? How Trey lives without Kricket and Kricket without her first love? What Trey, Kyon and Kricket does next.
Yes I have to admit a happy ever after for one of the characters who be nice but there could be so much more story before that.
I'm totally hooked and have been left feeling like I don't know what to do now? what can ever fill the void of reading there story.
I need more 😍

Storm Jarvis

6/13/2020 06:13:02

Please can we revive this, I am in live with this story, it has so much potential. Your writing is exquisite and I would live to the the worlds meet

foketi siosefa

6/18/2020 04:08:18

I've re-read this series like 5 times. please make a 4th book.

Gabby

6/21/2020 17:46:00

I’ve just finished this series again, I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve read them. All of your series are amazing and leave me emotional but something about this specific series really strikes me, it’s my favorite! The way you make us end up loving the “villian” always surprises me! You teased the idea of a possible fourth on Instagram months ago and I’m not embarrassed to say I may have teared up over it! Hopelessly waiting for a fourth installment of Kricket, or any other series from you really. Thank you for these stories!

Kam

7/20/2020 19:35:50

Really love all of your books! Really would love to read more about Kricket’s return to Earth. I was totally rooting for Trey but now feel that Kyon & Kricket have a much bigger story to tell. Please say yes!

7/23/2020 09:28:37

I've just re read this series. I'm so so sad its ended again. I've never had such a book hangover as I got the 1st and now the 2nd time reading this. I would love to read more about kricket or even any of the characters

Brittany s.

7/24/2020 18:36:30

I love your books!!! Your an amazing writer! I sincerely hope kricket decides to have her story extended......

Nicole Rose

8/11/2020 00:10:31

I absolutely love how you ended this series!! You’re an amazing writer, I cannot wait for more of your books!!!

Drea

8/13/2020 15:09:34

I just finished all 3 of Kricket's books and I am desperate for more, I realize this post was three years ago but I truly hope that doesn't mean your desire for more has wavered? Especially in these hard days, a good book is exactly what we all need!

Hanh

9/8/2020 23:28:29

Hi Amy,

I hope you are well & staying safe. It's been years since I've finished the series, but I still stalk this blog every year hoping you'll surprise us with news that you're writing book #4. Hey... a girl can dream.

This will forever be one of my all time favorite series & I will always be left wondering about what becomes of Kricket, along with Lyon & Trey. Not to be overdramatic, but please end our misery....

All the best to you & yours... take care. <3

Emily

9/9/2020 19:39:36

WOW! I’m still at a loss for words, after just finishing this trilogy! Have you ever been so engrossed in a book, that when you finally put it down, home doesn’t feel like home yet. You’re still in that imaginary world. Well done!
I immediately started a google search to see if another book has come out. What a cliffhanger! One of the best series I’ve read in a long time, and am truly hoping there is another book or two to come.

Jasey

9/19/2020 17:19:28

I am screaming that you are not r writing a fourth book please I need thisI don't think I've ever needed anything anymore in my entire life like antibiotics clothing food and water know I need this fourth book the world needs is fourth bookI I I'm so team Kyon and I got to know that my boy goes to find her and I got to know that he's going to get her or Trey tell me something

Brittany

10/10/2020 11:20:46

Amy!! Please!! Give us more Kricket- give us more Kyon! This is my 4x reading this series (the only books I have ever reread) and I just NEED more! Thank you for their story! Lots of love (and hope)!

Krissi

10/12/2020 00:43:50

Just wanted to let it be known that after all this time I'm still aching for more. Kricket's story isn't over. I hope someday you'll be able to finish it for us.

Jalesa

11/1/2020 23:56:10

I read this series twice in less than a week. Might start it again tomorrow 🤷🏻‍♀️ I would love to have more because it does feel like the story is just beginning. No way does Kyon give up on her. It feels like there’s so many questions that need answers. No HEA needed, just something! I’m begging!

Aly

11/9/2020 23:56:03

I loved reading your books! I thoroughly enjoyed reading the Secondborn series. I actually found that series first before reading the Kricket series. I wish there was more of a backstory to Giffen because we don't quite have an idea of what he did for Kricket. I want Kyon and Kricket together but I know it's your choice and how the characters develop. I love your writing and hope to read more from you in the future.

Emily Bishop

11/22/2020 02:37:18

I first read the Kricket series about three years ago, and I've never stopped thinking about it. I frantically searched online for any news about another book. I purposely waited years to reread it because I had hopes there may be a 4th book out by then. Please continue the story!

Samantha

11/23/2020 11:54:54

I struggle with the ending, I find Kricket to be so strong and independent through out the whole series and the ending follows along with that. However I cried through out book 2 and 3 because of the constant let down and disappointment of the other characters. The fact she constant has to choose herself and that no one chose her. Her Mother saw how the future could turn out and set a new course for Kricket. I don't believe this future is pre ordained and I just really want her to get her HEA because she deserves it.

Cassandra

12/7/2020 18:36:20

I have absolutely loved all of your books! Every series! I may be a sucker for the bad boys though, because I rooted for Bennus, and I root for Kyon! I agree with you entirely about sending Kricket back to Earth, I think that seems like exactly what she would have done! However, Kyon promised her multiple times that he would always find her, hunt her down even, so we all know fully well that he will do just that! I would love to read it! I also feel like Astrid shouldn’t be the Empress. I don’t feel like that is how fate would play out in the end. It’s hard to watch the heroine give up, and not find a way to come out on top. However, I’m very excited for your new series, and hopefully when your done, we could hear more about Kricket! Maybe even an anthology...

Kira

1/26/2021 12:32:52

I am in love with Amy’s books! Completely in love with Kricket and her story. I’m definitely hoping there could be another book to this series. I get so emotionally attached and think of how her story could continue! Please give us more!

4/6/2021 18:27:50

I am listening to the audio books for about the 8th time! I LOVE this series! If you love this series, you will love the audio books which brings Kricket, Kyon and Trey alive...great narrator as she does men's voices very believably.

I soooo want this series to continue too. Amy Bartol creates the best worlds and characters but Kricket's world has been the most unforgettable and intriguing.

As much as I want to see Kricket reunite with Kyon...I fear she will be better off with a new 3rd love...someone totally different from all of her previous possible suitors.

Trey doesn't deserve her since he was willing to sacrifice her for his country and family. Kyon was the only one to put her first.

This is why she should end up with both in a reverse harem sequel as each guy has things that she needs and everyone wins..

Please continue this series!!

5/9/2021 00:25:12

PLEASE - I miss Kricket.

God has gifted you with an ability to touch the hearts and souls of all who read your books. I enjoy reading almost anything, but there is just something about Kricket. Her story can’t be over. She has so much more to tell.

God Bless

Jac E

5/9/2021 02:43:33

I just finished the trilogy all in 3 days!
I want to cry out with RAGE only because I was so entirely emersed and enthralled, and am now sitting in shock & despair. I'm literally on the verge of tears, in such confusion. I L♡VED this series and where it was going... even where it potentially could have ended.
Then, in the end... POOF... it left me here with "WTF JUST HAPPENED?! Nooooooo! Where is BOOK 4?! THIS CANT BE IT!"
Even if she ended up free and with no one but Phlix, that's fine. I just needed more storyline patches up. My heart was crushed. 😭

Just to be clear...
It's such a good story, but I just wanna cry because it ended with so many possibilities as options. Almost like it was left up to the reader to decide the rest.
But, I READ books and DONT write them for a reason. I need everything tied up and served on a platter!
I gave the last book 5 stars begrudgingly because evidently I have issues. IM A MESS lol. I couldnt bring myself to give it the 1 star I wanted to give it out of spite, for leaving me broken lol.

It's all just so, very conflicting.🙈

5/26/2021 00:20:36

I don’t normally write comments. I’m one of those people that likes and knows when something is going to be popular. Like if I hear a song before it’s on the radio station playing over and over. Or reading Harry Potter before it was a motion picture. Or reading Hunger Games, Twilight, etc. I was at a loss of finding something to read then I saw this on some website and the name with the cover drew me in. I said why not, I can’t find anything else and here I am. I read this hoping for a fourth book, I really like the story and can visually depict each character, location and what it’s like when she leaves her body. I’ve went on to read more of your books but I must say, this series is the one that keeps bringing me back to it. Great work and look forward to more series.

Jeni Mason

6/7/2021 01:49:47

I just discovered the series and WOW. Beautifully written. I was totally immersed. Please continue the story. The world you have built up is amazing and I would love to see how it could continue. I can’t let the Kricket series go!!!

Megan

6/9/2021 16:07:23

Loved this series and would love to see it continue! Great work!

Katie

6/22/2021 00:40:53

I'm another person who would really enjoy hearing the rest of Kricket's story. Really enjoy your work. Secondborn was great too. Looking forward to more of your yarn spinning as it comes. Thank you.

Christina

6/26/2021 19:11:48

I just reread series and stumbled across this while hopefully searching for a 4th book 🥴. I love this series so much and I don’t think the want for more is necessarily about having a happy ending but more about the connection to the characters. I miss them 😊

Leanne

7/3/2021 16:11:27

I read these books years ago and fell in love, I’ve reread them a few times since and just checked back in hope of a fourth or some update of a possible fourth. I’ll keep hoping :)

See you back here in a years time x

Darian

7/16/2021 14:09:36

I check back here every year or so. Absolutely adore your books!!! Just want you to know you’re appreciated.

Brittany

8/29/2021 16:14:22

I feel so lost. I understand why you ended it that way but it's still hard to process. It seems so open ended and so many things that can happen to Kricket and Phlix. So many possibilities and what if they catch them right after the enter earth! Or Phlix's transition to earth.

Sara

11/12/2021 17:49:01

I just finished my third reading of this series. It’s one of those that I love to pick up every couple of years. Just when I’m entering a new stage in life. I find myself resonating with different characters in every book. The way I wept for Trey the first time through. The way I wanted to devour Kyon’s body and soul the second time around. It wasn’t until my third reading that I found myself in Kricket. What I viewed as cynicism my first two readings, I am able to now see as a form of self protection in the only way she knew how. She was not a character built with a full deck. Far from it. A life of poverty, a lack of security, and vast amount of childhood trauma taught her resilience, gave her a keen sense of perception, and little else. I think even if she couldn’t tell when someone is lying, she would have been able to survive and been a formidable opponent in this patriarchal nightmare. I remember wanting more books the first time around so Trey could get his redemption, then through the second wanting Kyon to get his chance at happiness. Now I just want more books because Kricket and Phlix have earned the right to raise hell. I want them to come back and form an uprising. I want them to come back and eat freedom for their fellow priestesses from their oppressors. Form an army of Valkyrie-risqué sisterhood that would burn any man that tries to force their bodies and wills upon them again to ash. Even the worst of the priestesses were a product of a toxic and terrifying environment. I want to see a redemption for them. I want to see a safe place created for them to hone their skills, not for the use of any man or scheme, but so that they never have to fear those things again. I hope if we ever get more books, we get to see justice for the women that were placed on a pedestal over a floor of thorns.

Amanda

11/14/2021 15:19:55

I know that this was the only ending for Kricket. She went from one prison to the next and the only happily ever after was freedom. But it doesn't mean I have to like it. What I want to happen is for Kricket to actually learn how to bend time to her will and go back and be with Trey before he has a chance to F everything up. But even if she does, she will know that he did once. And that would take Trey's freedom of choice from him. Maybe he follows her to earth just to watch over her from afar, but doesn't engage. I also imagine that maybe her mom isn't dead but hiding somehow on earth. Hiding from Pan, because he is just as pyschotic as the excelsior. I so wanted him be a great dad, but what a freakin jack wagon. And can we please kill griffen.
Ok. I've said my peace, maybe I can sleep tonight or stop obsessing over these characters that don't actually exist.

Great job Mrs. Bartol. You are a wonderful writer and this was an amazing ending, even if it ripped my heart out.

Melissa

12/15/2021 09:14:14

Kyron or Trey. Not a fair shake either way you go. I guess we need to look at their backgrounds to understand their decisions. Trey grew up with love, entered the military, where everything you do is for the good of your country and your brothers in arms, there are rules and responsibilities, and where you needs come last. I can see how he made his decision. Kyron, grew up in shark infested waters without love. He lived and survived in a dog-eat-dog world. He had no one else to think of or care about when he made his decision regarding Kricket. He did not live a life of sacrificing for his family or friends. I understand how and why he did not hesitate for her. I think Trey has the play. He has the family who loves her, friends who love her, and man who doesn’t need wealth and power, which Kricket does not covet as well. Kyron, has the play with sole purpose. But it is easy to have sole purpose when you don’t have family, friends, or conscience to achieve his ultimate goal. I agree, there needs to be a conclusion. How ever it rolls, it needs an end.

Lucia

1/1/2022 08:25:32

I don't know why I never saw this post 5 years ago but thanks, I understand you may have replied on social networks but the problem is when you search on google you will never find them when you really need them, so this post after all those years helped me understanding better the no 4 book, so thank you for the raw and I will dream the continue like I always did when rereading the last book: She with a kid, one day they will meet and yes this is enough for me.

Bea

1/22/2022 16:24:57

You are right, the ending did leave an impact. Not just a small one but rather an enormous one that has one imagining thousands of different outcomes. I have re-read the kricket series so many times, i've lost count. I understand your reasons, all valid of course. Under these years since the release thousands upon thoushands have had the honor to experince the epic and unbelivable ending, imagine the mind blowing mark you Will leave those thousands of people if you were to publish more books in the series, years later. It Will be epic. This is me begging you on my knees to bring me back to the life you made me live trough your books. Please.

STILL HEARTBROKEN

1/30/2022 13:23:29

I'm on my hands and knees right with you! I've lost count on how many times I read this series as well. Everytime I get to the end, I'm just as devastated as the first time I finished it. Really hoping Amy actually reads these comments and takes what we're posting into consideration. I've left a comment every year since. 💔

Still Heartbroken

1/30/2022 13:17:18

I revisit the site multiple times a year in hopes that we'll get an update that Amy will finally continue Kricket's story. I've been an avid reader for many years and this remains one of my favorite book series. I've never been more invested, which was just heartbreaking for me when their story ended so abruptly. Please give us fans the closure we need. 💔🙏🏼

Kate

3/17/2022 02:13:21

Just finished reading the trilogy, and I may be in the minority, but I like the ending that you've chosen.

Yes, there are plenty of threads left hanging for us to wonder about, and places where we could follow up - but to me, that felt like Kriket's world: always future possibilities, always different tangents that might or might not happen. There's so much that's left unseen, and that makes it feel more real somehow. What happened to Nezra? What does Astrid think? Is Pan really as emotionally detached as he appears, or has his long struggle with the weight of the world, with the many lives at stake, made him just appear so? Will Trey and Kyon join up and work together in an I-hate-you-so-much mismatched buddy cop caper, united in their dislike of Pan and Giffen, and by their desire to find Kriket? LOL. Okay, so that last one probably doesn't happen in any of the possible futures. ;)

I might be in the minority, but I like where you've ended the story. I had anticipated that she'd return to Earth, but I'd thought she'd collapse the doorway between worlds behind her as she went. That might have tied up loose ends a bit more, but on the other hand, Kriket's ability to see and change futures leaves her always with endless loose ends spiralling outwards, so your ending works better thematically.

I understand that when readers have grown invested in characters and worlds, there is always the desire to know more and to see more. But the epilogue, with the letter from Kriket to Astrid: that was perfection. It is a hello to Astrid, this is who I am, these are the things that are/were important to me. It is also goodbye, it is regrets and good wishes. And then there is that impactful one-sentence warning that is so deadly honest, it gave me chills. It's the perfect ending, and it feels true.

What happens next? Endless possibilities. But I think you ended it in the perfect place, with Kriket choosing her own future, with Phlix. "Hugs & kisses, I'm going home." Love it.

Stephanie

3/29/2022 08:42:53

Your books have left me breathless and changed. I would read a thousand more books in this series.

Patrice

4/9/2022 05:57:25

Late to the party but so glad I came across this series. I've spent the past few days glued to phone reading all three books, I was defs hoping to find a release date for book four when I came to this website lol. I'm sure I'll enjoy reading your other books but I hope we get more of Kricket's story one day.

PATRICIA

5/3/2022 15:23:34

I am one of those who has read the series over and over again. At first, I understood why the series ended the way it did, but the more I think about it, the more I believe there's no way Kyon would leave things the way they are. He would definitely pursue Kricket, especially since she's been sacrificed so her sister can become empress.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE continue the series.

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9/27/2022 14:54:17

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10/13/2022 01:48:20

Omg I’ve been reading this series over and over again and suggesting it to everyone I know since 2016 and never knew you made this post! This made my heart so happy. These books mean so much to me I can never thank you enough. Also, I named my baby girl cat Kricket and she’s turning out to be just like your Kricket(: I hope to hear more about Kricket and the rest of ethar! You made me love reading (:

Heather C

10/13/2022 23:38:36

I just came across this series now and I tried not to finish it too quickly cuz it was too good to be done with. I absolutely loved the characters and would really love more. I'm holding out hope that we might get more in the future!!

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