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Prior to reading the final book in a series you love, you might experience:
1) Problems with impulse control
2) Anticipatory anxiety
3) Uncontrollable desire to engage in idiosyncratic pre-reading rituals
While reading, you may experience one or more of the following:
1) Low tolerance for suspense
2) Author blaming
3) Reduced emotional stability
4) Compulsive shipping
5) Mood swings
6) Difficulty inhibiting the urge to keep reading, even though you realize the end is coming
And once you've read that final page, it is quite possible you will experience:
1) Emotional exhaustion
2) A pervasive sense of loss
3) Disorientation
4) Difficulty letting go
There is currently only one approved treatment for symptoms of ASEAS. Start another series. Immediately.
But beware the following, for they are known to be intensely addictive:
Oh, here's one more. But I'm definitely biased.
To mourn and celebrate the end of my own trilogy (yes, authors have these feeeeelings, too):
I'm giving away a Kindle Paperwhite with a custom Sanctum cover, loaded up with all the books and novellas in the Guards of the Shadowlands series.
To enter, just leave a comment telling us your favorite series. Contest ends 9/30/14 at 12am EST.
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