So I am going to lay it all out for you here: why I never intended to write sequels to most of my books, why I have written a sequel to one, and why there aren’t more sequels to that book. I have given this a lot of thought, to the point that I have considered writing a combined popular culture and reader-response study of the rise of the sequel as a driving force in commercial fiction, and then I have to remind myself, ***wait***, English PhD candidate/writing instructor/English professor wanna-be was two jobs ago. But these comments also make me sad because I am not delivering what readers say they want. They mean readers enjoyed the first book so much, they want it to continue. And it breaks my heart because the answer is still no. For The Boys Next Door/Endless Summer, the reader writes back, “PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE,” which is funny. For most of my books, I do not hear back from the reader again.
In fact, of all the e-mail and other social media contacts I receive, I would say 75% of it contains a request for a sequel to at least one of my books.
And Sawyer decides it’s finally time to let down the facade and show everyone who he really is.Love Story is out and, as I predicted, I have been flooded with e-mail asking for a sequel.
Perhaps the seniors see the simmering attraction Kaye and Sawyer are unwilling to acknowledge to themselves…As the year unfolds, Kaye begins to realize her ideal life is not what she thought. But while he and Kaye appear to be opposites on every level, fate-and their friends-keep conspiring to throw them together. His antics on the field as school mascot and his love of partying have earned him total slacker status. To his entire class, Sawyer is an irreverent bad boy. Everything Kaye has accomplished in high school-student government, cheerleading, stellar grades-has been in preparation for that future. Which is why she and her boyfriend, Aidan, already have their lives mapped out: attend Columbia University together, pursue banking careers, and eventually get married. Not only in school, but in her personal life. As vice president of Student Council, Kaye knows the importance of keeping order. In this sexy conclusion to The Superlatives trilogy from Endless Summer author Jennifer Echols, Sawyer and Kaye might just be perfect for each other-if only they could admit it.
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