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The trilogy was fantastic. Yes, I truly enjoyed each book, but the ending with Tor becoming the baby and Alyssa waiting for him to grow up? Dont get me wrong because I couldnt put it down, but I guess I wasnt expecting the trilogy to end that way . orry

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Another person who feels that the ending caught their breath and then took it away. Life never gives us what we want but gives us what we need ??? When the daughter of a goddess and the son of a god become human and one dies in order to resolve major life and godly dramas -the ending will be anything but expected. I was caught out too - but saw the sense in it being a way for the two to get back together - as close to a conventional happy ending as it could be perhaps? I am interested i n how you thought it would end - please share as I am curious as to what else might have happened - or anything else that shook your expectations. Also - was it just unexpected or something else? :flame

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I certainly am not an author, but I guess this story really had the potential to go off on any tangent from the final gathering in the forest. Admittedly Alyssa made her decision to leave her earthly body, but surely there could have been another way for Tor to return other than that of a baby. But I guess they were taken as children when Merkhud took them, hence they more than likely returned to their natural state. I think I would have liked to have seen them, go through the portal to their Godly Realm and remain as they were, because when Tor's children were taken to another world to live, though it was only for a short time, they aged in years according to that world. Then Tor would have been able to find Alyssa and live happily everafter!!!! or not!!!! Do you think that another trilogy could spin off from this ending? You could begin a story in Ordolts Realm, with the brothers. Or maybe Tor & Alyssa's children call their parents back for some unknown reason. And what about the Paladin. I would like to have know what happens to them. Do they age? Do they die? Or do they just simply exist? Sorry for all the questions and thanks for your reply and opinion. :yes

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I must confess to also beig a little unsure about whether or not I was entirely delighted with the ending. There's too many variables here. I mean, quite clearly Alyssa isnow supposed to remain her current age, whilst Tor grows up, but then what? It sort of doesn't exactly fit, but I think that's part of the reason I like it. As much as it bugs me, it gives me the opportunity to continue playing out alternate scenarios, and thus meaning I never have to put the book down! And of course, nobody can deny that it was a pretty creative way to do the happily ever after that we all craved so much. It's odd, really because I honestly don't know how I feel about it, or how I would have done it in Fiona's place.

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[i]...the happily ever after that we all craved so much.[/i] Who craved ? Me craved ? No way, Jose ! I was cravin' a freakin' blood-bath !!! I figured Orlac and whatshisname would have hacked and slashed their way through the Paladin, (who would all have gone down in blazes of bloody glory, ) then they'd have got stuck into Tor & Alyssa, and just as...and [u]only[/u] just as...mum & dad were down, out and about to breath their last, would the boof-headed kids have finally worked out the what the Hell they were in the book for. [i]The Trinity[/i] rocks, [i]The Trinity[/i] rolls, [i]The Trinity[/i] kiss ass !!! Via Condios Orlac and whatshisname. Now that was the ending I expected. That was the ending anybody else would have given me. Something you might as well know now Dee...Fiona cannot be trusted. Adios imp

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Now thats the end to beat the hell outa all ends and then some - and not a drop of tequila in sight? Oddly enough I was laughing all the way thru your version - yeehah... dont ya juz love it that endings are versions of countless possibilities and thankfully trust in an ending is impossible to worry about. Please accept this ending...:nw

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Thanks for the tip... To be honest, I was shattered when Cloot died, so if all the Paladin had been killed it would have rocked my world I suspect. As for the boof-headed kids, I'm with you there, they drove me insane!!! Why on earth couldn't they just forget about their hormones for just a minute and focus on what everyone else was trying to do.. nothing big, just saving the freakin' world! Of course, my husband's probably right, and I've probably just gone completely insane. Come to think of it, how do you know when you are?

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Mark Latham starts looking sexy ?

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:rofl Mark Latham is yet to start looking sexy to me, so I suppose I have a week or two to go before full insanity sets in. If I'm lucky.

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I too was unsure of how I wanted the book to end. In a way I felt robbed by the ending., and in other way I wonder how else really could it have finished? One thing I also have to rememebr , this is the first time I Have ever joined a list about an author.I amnot used to being able to question the author. I am not sure whether it is Fiona being trusted or not, but a matter of person choice I think. Granted Fiona cant always be trusted, buthey- she is the author, and a woman, so it is really her perogative :bananas At least all the ends got tied up........

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Actually Angelique, it's Princess that's the expert on [i]tying things up[/i] around here. (But I'll let you find out about that by yourself.) Fiona always claims that [b]she[/b] trusts her readers. Get her to explain it to you one day...it's an interesting concept. (Especially given that some of the most untrustworthy whackers you're ever going to meet lurk around these here parts. :bananas ) Adios imp

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Hmmm... what won me over when I first read Fiona's books was her ability to really write an unexpected ending and at the same time make sure that all aspects of the story were resolved and everything neatly resolved - ended. Fiona (my interpretation only) trusts her readers to work through the end and resolve for themselves why that ending happened and understand and maybe even accept - one way that life deals the cards. Everyone has their own ideal ending and what makes one person happy and satisfied may be irksome to another. Who should win and how - the eternal question. My expectations - If its not a happy ending then let all the existing factors be resolved so that the ending is a logical and probable one. C'est la vie and then some... :yes :yes :yes :yes :yes :yes

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The beauty I suppose of ending the series as she has, is that it has affected each reader to the point of stretching ones imagination. Before you know it, there are so many different ideas floating around here about ones ideal ending, some similarities but with a slight difference. I agree with your last post. I guess its the beauty of science fiction fantasy. Personally I become so enthralled in the characters and the stories. Good writers leave little for our own imaginations because their work is so good. A reader will envisage all the writer sees. Feel all the characters feel. [B]Thats what I love about sci-fi-x!!!![/B] :magic :yes :magic

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The ending caught me off guard as well. I am pleased that Orlac (or Aeryn) returned as a baby because it fixes all the hurt and anger he had for being made to live as a mortal. As for Alyssa waiting for Tor to grow up, I'm not too sure about that because I think Tor would grow to look at Alyssa more as a mother figure than a lover. I wish she could have been made young again as well so she could grow up with Tor again but also then her mother would have another chance to raise her.

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Well, well, what an interesting thread - I have thoroughly enjoyed reading it and have to tell you DN I spat my turkey sandwich out at my screen, I was laughing so loud at your 'freakin' blood-bath' comment. I know you wanted it but then I fear I might have just been predictable? What should be understood is that I was growing up very rapidly as a writer here and all very publicly through the three books. I think I had intended a traditionally happy ending somewhere in book 2 but by book 3 I was more ruthless, and determined to be less predictable in the twists and turns of the tale. That ending, if I was a stranger to the tale, reading it for the first time, would have left me with a pile of questions too. It would have been all too obvious to have Tor and Alyssa falling into each othes' arms and the more cynical readers might have wanted it to be a little less neat. There's the complication that Tor was not born in Tallinor. He is a god through and through. Alyssa is only half. (er, isn't she?...I forget!) but I seem to remember needing to have an ending that actually tied up a lot of potential questions. Problem is, it ended up prompting a whole series of new ones. I personally felt comfortable that there was hope for Tor and Alyssa to be reunited as an adult couple in the world of the gods but we would never share it....it echoed the hope that the human world had through their children. I rather liked the ending although it was definitel unusual and unexpected. Thank you all for letting Trinity live on in your minds through all these ideas. I guess I'd better do a blood-bath scene sometime soon in one of my trilogies, just for DN. Perhaps the one after Percheron, DN? F

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No need Fiona, we've come a long way from [i]Trinity[/i]. We have blood-baths about every second chapter these days. (Elephants spring to mind.) Darkangel has much to look forward to. Adios imp

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i too thought the ending dissapointing but then again i was happy that everyone was able to have a happy ending! lol, i'm a bleeding heart!