Book Series.  I love them and read them constantly. 

The characters.  They’re people that I like that I hope make it to a happy ending.

Book Series told through many different narrators.  Well… I still read them, but don’t enjoy them as much. 

Why?  From book one the story is told through a character that I grow to know and understand (well, it does if its a good book).  I read the whole book wondering what will happen to my narrator and hoping its a good ending.  Usually they grow to be my favorite character in the book.

And?  Imagine if the narrator isn’t your favorite character.  I’m trying to enjoy this interesting book, but the character is annoying and dulling my joy.

Your being picky.  When does that happen that you can’t just put the book down?  Imagine a series where the first book is told through a person that you come to admire and like, and all of the sudden the second book is told through a different person.  I can still enjoy it and come to like this new character, but when this new character is shallow, jerky, or unlikable that ruins the book.

I just don’t understand why a lot of series now in days has to be told through a different narrator for each book.  The book’s world is shown through a certain character that allows us to view it from their own perspective.  This character because a person and you want to keep reading to find out their fate about just as much as the person themselves.  Most series continue the characters story/life book by book.  But some series “wrap up” a characters problems and moves on to the next person.  I don’t believe there is anything wrong with that. I do still read and enjoy series like this (example, All About Us Novels, Miracle Girls series, etc.). 

What bugs me is when the first book likable narrator is kicked to the curb in the second book and is only allowed a couple lines of dialogue or placement in the rest of the series! 

Example: The Heir Trilogy by Cinda Williams Chima (I do recommend this trilogy, especially the second book, The Wizard Heir).  I enjoyed the first book and the main character.  But in the second book he was gone!  Only to be infrequently heard from towards the middle and end.  He was no longer my favorite character and he felt cut off.   I wasn’t able to understand his reasoning, thoughts, or actions when they were brought up.  And somehow that made me sad.

Series told through different narrators opens up so many different perspectives to enjoy and experience.  But though readers, like me, enjoy these new views, we don’t want to see our much loved characters from former books pushed out of the picture.