#since we didn't get a sequel to tp

[hearttbreak]

watch your step - chapter 02 by @charnelhouse

[thefirstcourtesan]

Just wondering since I feel like you’d know.. what’s the most sequels books have gotten in a single year? Does that matter? I’m glad we’re getting all these sequels especially for COP and TCH but if ID isn’t one of them.. yikes. There’s no way this wouldn’t be popular enough for one

So, this is hard, because at the beginning sequels were basically guaranteed and in the early years, only a couple of books didn't get them (and most of those books were originally promised books). Things really changed around the time ATV flopped.

2016 releases:

TC&TF- 3 books

TF- 8 books + 7 specials

MW- 1 book

RoE- 4 books

ThoBM- 1 book

LH- 2 books

ES- 3 books

= so the first year saw seven series and saw 5 of them get sequels, roughly 71%.

2017:

TRR- 7 books + 1 special

Hero- 1 book

HSS- 3 books

It Lives- 2 books

HFTH- 1 books

RCD- 3 books

2017 saw 6 new series and 4 of them got sequels, roughly 67%, so a slight decline from the previous year.

2018:

PM- 2 books

Bloodbound- 3 books + 1 special

VoS- 1 book

AME- 3 books

D&D- 3 books + 1 special

ATV- 1 book

BSC- 2 books

HSS: CA- 3 books

TE- 2 books + 1 special

ACoR- 1 book

TH:M- 1 book

2018 saw 11 new series(!), 7 of which got sequels, dropping the sequel rate down to 64%.

2019:

RoD- 1 book

OH- 3 books

PtR- 1 book

WT- 1 book

Nightbound- 1 book

Platinum- 1 book

Sunkissed- 1 book

BP- 1 book

MoTY- 1 book

StD- 1 book

TRM- 1 book

BaBu- 2 books

2019 is the year things swing wildly in the other direction. 12 new series are released, but only 2 get sequels, averaging at around 17%.

2020:

Blades- 2 books*

Witness- 1 book

DS- 1 book

TNA- 3 book

QB- 2 books

HC- 1 book

WeH- 1 book

AVsP- 1 book

TUH- 1 book

MTFL- 1 book

RT- 1 book

MM- 1 book

WB- 1 book

FA- 1 book

2020 was a weird year. The release of VIP brought even more one-shot books as Choices adjusted to the new market. 2020 saw 14 new series but only 3 got (or have been promised) a sequel, although the sequel rate rises a bit to 21%

*Since this ask was about announced sequels, I am including series like Blades in my projections.

2021:

SB- 1 book

LoA- 2 books*

Shipwrecked- 1 book

WtD- 1 book

Surrender- 2 books*

CoP- 2 books*

2021 saw a low of only 6 new series but 3 of them got promised sequels, making the sequel rate rise to 50%.

2022:

Untameable- 2 books*

TPS- 1 book

TCH- 2 books*

2022 is obviously incomplete, as only 3 books have finished, but so far it is a 67% rate.

2016- 71%

2017- 67%

2018- 64%

2019- 17%

2020- 21%

2021- 50%

2022- 67% 37.5%

2023- 14% (incomplete)

So the numbers seem to be climbing again, now that they have released VIP with early access. I think a safe bet is that half to two thirds of books will get sequels, but it is going to be based on performance, specifically early access/vip performance.

I really hope ID gets a sequel and I think it will. I think it is more likely to get a sequel than MAH (but that could surprise me).

* I don't think I am missing any series and I believe I got all the release dates, but it is a lot of data so I missed anything, let me know and I will readjust.

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Updating this with 2022 and 2023 data.

2022:

Untameable- 2 books

TCH- 2 books

TPS- 1 book

ID- 2 books*

TPA- 1 book

MaH- 1 book

Guinevere- 1 book

KoD- 1 book

So 2022 saw 8 new series and 3 got promised sequels/spin-offs, so 37.5%.

2023:

GG- 1 book

RWB- 2 books*

FCL- 1 book

TDA- 1 book

Kindred- 1 book

BB- 1 book

DLS- 1 book

Alpha- ?

SoD- unconfirmed but almost certainly 1 book given the story 😂

Guarded- ?

Three of the 2023 books are still ongoing, so their status is undetermined. But of 7 completed series in 2023 only one got a sequel announcement for a low of 14% but 2023 did see two books getting announced book 3s, so that does balance it out a bit.

So with the 2022 numbers and 2023 numbers in, I think we can see about 1/3 of books getting sequels. Not great but better than it was for a while.

[fkinavocado]

Okay my darling. It took me forever to gather my thoughts so this is going to be all over the place. But just know that i woke up this mornimg to thebupdate and LOVED the chapter and i read it 3 times back to back.

First, he tried to feel her heart beat every which way. My poor little heart 💕. And the fact that he mourned her, and he was crying as much as her and he was angry and it kept coming out in bursts but he still loves her so much 🥺🥺

And the fact that he's so so good with her. He wanted to talk so badly but clearly thats not her way of communicating so he gives in to physical expression. But Dreea, you are a magician storyteller. Its so clear that he's become softer with her since he found out her past. Like even here, she asked to be hate fucked and punished, and he talked the talk, but still treated her kindly. And when he says he fucked other women and they liked it "but you don't deserve to." I can see why she must have thought he meant she didn't deserve to feel good or orgasm, but actually meant he was going tp show her love instead of anger anyway and that she couldn't run from it this time. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

And the smut!!! Excuse me, ma'm. I need to fan myself 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵 he's so rough and then gentle and the switch had me salivating!!!! But he knoooooows herrrrrr. He knows that feeling like she's loved is something she will have to "endure" because she runs from it but he was going to make her face facts "nowhere to run". Like, yessss, condition my baby to feel good about being loved. She's not going to feel anger from him because thats a thing of her past. And i love that, for the moment, he can set his anger aside and tap into what he actually feels for her because she needs to see it.

And even his anger the next day is valid because he contained it. He communicated in that letter but he also showed her exactly what it felt like. Because our girl is not a verbal person but she is an empathetic one and I'm so glad that it ended on a hopeful note for them. Even though you're great at keeping things realistic because clearly 🧐🧐 they need to work on him trusting her again as he kept saying so sadly because its clear that from the beginning he's being underplaying how much he feels for her, from trying not to come off too strongly the first time they got together to now being so careful in giving her what she wants and expressing himself the way she needs so she's wouldn't run again but this trust aspect is something she needs to do for him just like she fought for him before.

But Dreea, i need to know what happened with Emily and the court case. I'm so sad this story is over 😭😭😭😭 And you stiffed me on the balcony sex 😠😠😠😠. But i forgive you because you're brilliant. 😘😘😘😘 and i have loved loved loved reading and responding to this story and i adore you so much for taking the trouble to reply

PS. I better be seeing my DI babies again and they better be doing great in the fluff and smut areas and building a proper life together, Dreea 👀👀🔪

PPS. Do we get Hard Candy next?? After you get some rest of course. 😘 it is appropriate for my emoji after all 🤪

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AS ALWAYS I WANNA PUT YOUR FEEDBACK SOMEWHERE UP IN A HALL OF FAME ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ everyone should read your thoughts on it because you got it all 100000% right as usual!!!! 💕💕💕 ugh i'm so emotional!!!! thank you so much for all your delicious feedback along the way i've been looking forward to it with every update 💋💋

and yes!!! hard candy is next along with another fic i've been dying to start writing on👀 so stay tuned!

ps: that's what extras/sequels are for- balcony sex. i don't make the rules 🤷‍♀️