same here, Penny.

I never pick up vol one - except one time where there was no reference to the book being the start of a series. I was very close to the end thinking the ending would be very fast/squashed as a lot needed to happen to tie up all loose ends & get heroes out of extreme danger when the book ended, leaving them in danger.

So I said fooey or something a tad stronger, & never went looking for vol.2. If the author wanted to stop with a cliffhanger, let then stay there I said!

There have been other times where I've found all vol of a series in the library & happily took them all home.

sandra