I have just discovered your books and love them I have just devoured the Rain Wild Chronicles. It was true pleasure being absorbed in those novels.Loved the characters and the setting. Thankyou! Would love to just keep on reading it. Wish it hadn’t finished.

Dawn

Keep up the good work

It is spring in the Netherlands right now, though we haven’t seen any Sun lately, but it’s getting warmer by the day!

Just letting you know i am a Huge fan of your books, and have read them all! In english mind you, the way it’s meant to be read; not the dutch versions..

And ofcourse, Fitz, for me, is the best character ever..

Groetjes, Nick!

I’m so glad to read in your other post that there will be a third Rain Wilds book! I read in some review sites that this series ends at two books, but I didn’t believe them because how could it end just… there?

Looking forward to the next one. Have a great Spring!

I just wanted to leave you this message after reading an old post of yours “repeat from the newsgroup”, but feel free not to post this comment seeing as it doesn’t really apply to your “spring” post and is really long!

I started reading your books when I was 10, after my mother handed me a copy of Assassin’s Apprentice that had been read so many times by her and my sister it was in three separate pieces! It was your books that fostered a love of reading in me, so I owe you a BIG thanks.

I am writing because I was deeply saddened after learning that you had gotten such negative, and frankly stupid, feedback, and wanted to let you know most of us don’t feel that way at all! I don’t think people realize that one reason they feel so strongly about the characters in your books is because you don’t just give them formulaic happy endings. I am sure that if you had written some contrived ending maybe that the small proportion of readers who feel strongly enough to send you angry feedback might have been momentarily satisfied, and then forgotten about your books altogether. The endings to your books have had me crying for days, but that is why I still remember them 5 years after reading them. True friendship would demand that you put the happiness of those you love above your own, and of course sometimes that is going to be hard, even tragic. I would have totally lost respect for your characters in the endings suggested in fanfiction etc. In fact they are so totally out of character it seems ridiculous to even contemplate!

Also, in response to your feeling that some of your readers missed the point entirely, I’m afraid I’d have to agree that those who sent you those comments did (particularly about love sometimes entailing self sacrifice – I’m really not sure how they managed to ignore that theme though, it’s pretty big!). But all of my friends (and I’m sure most readers) have been touched by your messages about love and friendship. I read your books as I was growing up and I know they changed the value I place on friendship now.

Sorry this has been so ridiculously long! To summarize: I LOVE your books, they have been my favourites since I was a child, your stories are amazing and I hope you keep faith in your endings. Please don’t think most people hated your books because you didn’t suddenly change your main character’s sexuality and/or make him forget everything else in his life. If you decide to write more books I hope you write whatever feels right for you – it’s certainly worked in the past. Goodness knows there is enough fantasy out there where everyone just pairs up happily in the end!

Thanks!

Alex