Talk:The Royal Masquerade Choices/@comment-39023394-20200228044231/@comment-34483549-20200614161643

This is just a hypothesis but what I think led to this not so great ending was the fact that this was originally planned to be a series. A lot of people could tell, just by reading one book, that it was supposed to be 1 or 2 books (maybe 3). I'm guessing what led to this rushed ending was that the book didn't do as well as PB thought it was going to and that's why it went on hiatus and ultimately became a standalone.

It was pretty obvious that our character was originally meant to be the child of Cranston and Elise but because the story didn't do well, the writers were backed into a corner and made a rushed ending. It really sucks because this was such a good book.