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We’re going to talk about epilogues today. What is your most memorable epilogue?
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Almost Heaven by Judith McNaught.
That’s funny, I hardly ever remember epilogues as epilogues; to me they are simply more of the story. Although the one in Beast in Him was pretty funny.
I can’t remember a particular book…but I always love reading Julia Quinn and Susan Elizabeth Phillips’ epilogues. Always a fun way to end the story 🙂
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I can’t remember a particular one but I do like Julia Quinn’s because they often bring the family together.
I can’t remember a specific epilogue that was the most memorable but I do love those that give a view of the couple’s life years later.
I don’t usually remember any epilogue but recently I read the Stranger I married the re-print of it had epilogue and I really like it that one.
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Oh…Um…I can’t distinctly recall one epilogue as being awesome…they all just kind of confirm the HEA normally…
I can say that I love the “montage style” clip epilogues in 80’s movies…you know, where they scroll through the cast, freeze frame and insert a blurb of where they end up in the future? What ever happened to that kind of movie ending?
I don’t remember any specific epilogues, but anytime an author can show the couple still happily together and inject a bit of fun between them then I’m happy.
It’s Almost Heaven by Judith McNaught for me too. 🙂
I’m with everyone who can’t generally remember epilogues… so in part b/c of that… “Harry Potter”! Not really needed, but kind of a cute HEA. And after all the action, it was a nice tie-up at the end. 🙂
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I’m not sure if this was an epilogue or not (since it’s been so long since I’ve read this book) but I loved the ending of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
I’ll remember the the line “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to than I have ever known.” I think that’s the exact quote, not sure, though.
Anyway, I cried like a baby when I read that….
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I’m not sure if this was an epilogue or not (since it’s been so long since I’ve read this book) but I loved the ending of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
I’ll remember the the line “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to than I have ever known.” I think that’s the exact quote, not sure, though.
Anyway, I cried like a baby when I read that….
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Tracey D
:X Epilogues? I’m with the “cannot remember” crowd. I will agree with Tracey that the ending to AToTC is one of the best lines, ever. (Not an epilogue though.)
Err…. epilogue… Is… dammit. I just checked “Temptation” by Jude Deveraux. It’s not an epilogue, it’s chapter 24 – but it says “two years later” – close enough, right? 😛 Love that.
I am not sure if there was one but Barbara Delinsky’s Three Wishes would be it – so gut wrenching.
Probably the epilogue to Harry Potter… but I remember it as being entirely unfulfilling.
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I don’t really remember epilogues, but I always like the end reading about how the couple ends up, say a year or so down the road. Just to get a glimpse into their happy ever after.
I really love epilogues, I always want to know what happened next 🙂 Most memorable would be from This Heart of Mine by Susan E. Phillips
My favorite is from Master of Surrender by Karin Tabke. You were given a glimpse into the future of the H/h. Very moving piece.
I’m with the cannot remember crowd.
I like epilogues that show the couple later in life—still together.
I just finished reading Eloisa James’ A Duke of Her Own last night — it’s a keeper — and the Epilogue is still fresh in my mind!
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I like Julia Quinn’s epilogues because they tell so much about the characters in a just a few pages. My favorite is from my favorite JQ, To Sir Phillip With Love.
Definitely Almost Heaven by Judith McNaught
I can honestly not say, perhaps they have not been so memorable and sometimes they are unnecessary
I loved the epilogue that Eloisa James recently posted on line for her recently concluded “Duchesses” series. I haven’t even read the last two books yet, but I couldn’t resist the epilogue.
JQ’s are good too, most of the time.
I do get tired of miracle baby epilogues. What’s wrong with a couple loving each other enough that children aren’t necessary? Sometimes those undercut the HEA for me, since there seems to be the implication that they wouldn’t REALLY have been happy without having babies.
A tough question and my mind has drawn a blank. I don’t think twice about epilogues. I just read a book and when it’s done, and if I’ve enjoyed it, I just say “ahhhhhhh” and go on to the next book.
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I can’t think of one, but I did read Almost Heaven and loved that book!
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I remember a few epilogues and they always seem to include the H/H’s interaction with their children and family. Its so good to know what happens in their HEA future:
The Stranger I Married by Sylvia Day
Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Colters Woman by Maya Banks which the epilogue is on her web as Colters’ Wife
I don’t remember any in particular, but I do like them. Sometimes there are loose ends that need to be tied up and there isn’t a place for it at the end of the story.
Also, I like to read about the H/h years later after to confirm their HEA.
I love all of the Julia Quinn 2nd epilogues from the Bridgerton series.
I honestly don’t remember any specific epilogue, but I do like Nalini Singh’s psy/changeling series epilogues because they usually give a big hint about the next book in the series.
I love epilogues because they give a peek into the happy-ever-after ending. Julia Quinn wrote some memorable ones.
The book I’m reading now has one, although it’s listed as “Final” whereas the other chapters were numbered. “Gone” by Michael Grant. I just like this book 🙂
I tend to forget about epilogues too. Only one I can remember right now is the Harry Potter one, which was cute.
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No surprise that it would be an Anne Stuart – wish I could remember the title but it was a historical and it was intense so the epilogue felt off. They lived HEA with a ton of kids. I’m talking at least 4 in the epilogue. The heroine is at her wits end and telling the kids they’ve done it now – the Hero comes home and asks the Heroine if she has had enough children and she said not yet. I thought it was funny and cute which felt odd with the intense darkness of the earlier story. But it was clearly memorable.
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One that I remember well is from J.R. Ward’s Lover Awakened.
Probably Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
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My favorite is from “The Wedding” by Julie Garwood.
Off the top of my head, I can’t think of one. I can probably tell you that they probably just left me wanting more.
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I really cannot remember a specific epilogue, but I do love to read them because it gives you a glimpse of the characters after they have had their “happily ever after” for awhile.
I can’t really think of a particular epilogue. They tend to just be a part of the whole story to me. dasuzuki at yahoo dot com
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I really like Julia Quinn’s “2nd Epilogues”. But, the epilogue from her “The Viscount Who Loved Me” was awesome.
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