Megan Bledsoe FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions

No, horromance books do not need to have a happy ending. Traditional romance rules say that books must have a happily ever after or a happy for now ending in order to be considered a true romance novel. Horromance, however, is a newer genre, and it does not have any strict requirements—except that it contain both horror elements and romantic elements. The ending will depend on whether the story leans more toward the horror side of the genre or the romance side of the genre. Both kinds of endings are possible, and that’s part of what makes the horromance genre so much fun: you may not know going into the story which ending you’re going to get.

That said, many romance readers are often disappointed by a horrormance’s non-HEA ending. I have therefore tried to make it very clear that—SPOILER ALERT—Girl, Incorrupted: a love-horror story leans toward the horror side of things. It is a tragic, cautionary tale, a horromance about doomed love. It does not have a happily ever after.

No, the Corbin Kohl In Hell series of fun low-fantasy mystery books does not need to be read in order. Each story explores a main question that is answered by the end of the book and acts as a standalone novel. That said, there are background storylines that continue from book to book; the characters grow and change from each book; and later books can reference things in previous books (though I try my very best to be vague on details about anything that happened in a previous book so that no specifics are spoiled). Further, there are some easter eggs in later books that refer to things in earlier books, and there is more worldbuilding in the first book than in the later books.

So, put a couple other ways: Would I recommend that the Corbin Kohl In Hell series be read in order? If it’s an option, yeah, I would read it in order. If you find book 2 or 3, etc., would I recommend you set it aside and not read it until you found and read all the other books in the series that came before it? No. If you come across a later book and can’t wait to dig into it, don’t worry about not having read the other books. You’ll be fine. Enjoy!

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