--- **the specific stages of grief when you finish a monster romance series** stage 1: denial. there's a novella. there's an extra. there's a side character book. you can google. you can google so hard. stage 2: anger. she only wrote four. why only four. she could have written eight. there is no reason for there to only be four. stage 3: bargaining. you reread the second one because the second one was your favorite and reading it again will be almost as good as a fifth book. this is a lie that you tell yourself and you know it is a lie. stage 4: depression. you start a new series and the new series is fine. it is just fine. you are settling. the new series knows you are settling. stage 5: acceptance. you find another series. it is great. you are devastated to discover the same author has only written three of those. we live like this. ---
