So my recent story Taboo Tapas is doing well, with almost 700 downloads and 11 votes so far. I've had several comments so far where they were disappointed with the ending. In case you haven't read it yet, it has a sort of "twist" ending that I honestly didn't expect to surprise people with as much as it seems to be doing. I was careful to tag the story, although I did miss one important tag, and the story has the word "taboo" in the title.
Since I'm mostly new here as an author, do readers get upset with a surprise ending, even if it was warned about in the tags? I kind of prefer to write that way, so I'm curious if it is generally going to continue to upset some people. I know I can't please everyone, but would be interested in hearing opinions about it.
Is there a way to balance giving people the info they need before they start reading but still be able to do a twist, or surprise ending?
Malcom Walker
Nashville, Tennessee