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Lovely to hear from you CL and glad the book pleased in spite of your thoughtless customers!

I will never stop chatting to readers. They make all the hard work of writing float away.

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Fiona will never stop talking to her fans... aren't we all lucky?

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Thank you, Crusie. This meant a lot to me. I could never hate Orlac either. When I first started writing Betrayal I had visions of him being pure evil yet charismatic. However, Goth really took over the villain role and I began to realise how Orlac was shaped through events and that he was as much a victim. I wanted to put him at odds within himself and I suppose Dorgryl became a great vehicle for that. And liking him - which I hoped the readers would by the end - was the reason I gave him a false name. The revealing of his true name meant a fresh start for him.

I'm fascinated by most people's belief that there are more stories here. I'm not sure I see them.

So everyone - I've started a new thread. Talk away, I'm intrigued.

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Ok so belated but I got here. Yes I finally found some time to read and polished off destiny in the past couple of days.

Tears at the end? No. (I would admit them if I did)
I am not sure what I felt but it was a fitting end. Orlac always fasinated me and I never really got to hate him so it was easy to like him in the end. I felt sorry for Saxon and Cloot, the were the most loyal and they lost and gave up the most.
The childrens reactions were not fully explored and with so many characters it was hard to achieve a neat finish for all (a pretty good job of achieving that in limited space Fiona). I suppose the matchups were pretty obvious for some time and I saw them coming.
Perhaps it finished a little fast and I didn't feel a crescendo build up, though that didn't detract from my enjoyment of the book or series.

I agree this is just the beginning and if Fiona feels like going back someday there are so many more stories to write.


I am not that analytical, all I know is I like or I don't like. In this case I like.

Kudo's to Fiona on a wonderful trilogy and may it be the first of many.

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a little less conversation
a little more action

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I've finished! What a wonderful read, thoroughly enjoyed it Fiona, many thanks.
I admit to feeling that the the ending was rather rushed or was that just me, trying to finish so I could get on with my mile-high stack of marking?

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Poor Locky, Fiona couldn't you have set him up? I'm a romantic fool but Locky losing out to Rubyn was the saddest thing in the whole trilogy, especially afterall he'd been through *brings out the tissues and blows nose*. I hope he appears again in the future and 'hits the jackpot'.

Once again Fiona thanks, I lost myself in your world that, for me, is a sign of an excellent read.

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Wonderful!

No, the rush is definitely me or more to the point, the characters. I just get excited I think and I'm always galloping along anyway but when all those things were happening on top of one another, I couldn't help it - it was definitely a breathless hurtle to the end.


So glad you enjoyed and yes I felt Rubyn didn't perhaps deserve the gal but that's how it panned out. Poor Locky but you see if he tore at your heartstrings, that's a good thing. The character came to life for you. I'm thrilled.

You know if I'd contrived to make things sweet for Locky, readers would have seen through me and accused me of being Enid Blyton-ish and forcing happy endings for everyone!

But I do agree, he's a truly likeable fellow and deserved more after all that he'd gone through. Eryn's lot are a very sad family I realise.