I like to end chapters either with humor, the hint of dangerous risk, or by insinuating a puzzling question to pique readers' curiosity and influence their mood. And I like new chapters to drop readers straight into a scene already set in motion, so they have to look around and find their legs fast. I do this mostly through using dialogue–external dialogue for humor and internal dialogue for emotional hooks. However, being able to intersperse fresh characters and other storylines freely, from chapter to chapter, allows me to leave the tensions raised in one chapter elevated, while introducing new risks or questions and which push readers' anticipation even higher.

Perfect way to think about it! It’s all about making the reader want to stay in your world!

I’m so happy you found it helpful!

Perfect way to do it!

If a reader gets to the end of the chapter where they planned to stop reading, the last few lines make that impossible.

That's my mantra - whether I manage to achieve it well each time or not.

Oh, and if you know the next book of the trilogy exists, you have to go get it.