The Real Reason Trinkets Season 3 Isn't Happening

Before it became a Netflix sensation, Trinkets made the rounds through young adult circles in its original book form, penned by Kirsten Smith. The YA novel was published in 2013, five years before the series began, and there's yet to be any kind of expansion — be it a prequel or sequel — to the original work. Therefore, the thought process behind ending Netflix's Trinkets is simple: there's no more book to adapt to TV, so there's no reason to order another season. In fact, the second season was always planned to finish the series off, according to the Hollywood Reporter, and specifically written to give the overarching story a "natural conclusion."

At the end of the day, Netflix made the right choice by letting Trinkets go, and not attempting to stretch it out further, as doing so rarely bodes well for book adaptations. The second season was able to tie up all of the show's loose ends and give its characters a proper sendoff, which is sad, but not necessarily a bad thing. As Kirsten Smith told Hollywood Life, viewers can "leave this season in a way that they're going to just live as best friends forever and ever in our minds." 

In other words, the story of Elodie, Moe, and Tabitha reached its logical, happy ending, and it should stay that way in everyone's minds, forevermore.