How longs should romance novels be?

How long should a romance novel be? Is 200 pages too short for a romance novel?How longs should romance novels be?
I think it depends on the story, if you are done telling the characters story then it is the perfect length. If you aren't finished and there is still more to tell then just write more, just write until you finish the characters story. The story you want the readers to walk away knowing and hopefully loving.



I personally like longer books solely because they take longer to read and have more information. Like Jane Eyre is 400 + pages long and I read it all the time because I like the characters and the book is long enough to keep me interested in wanting more and not too long to bore me to death.
it all depends. there really isn't a certain length it has to be just as long as you get all you want to say, it makes sense, and its a good story in those 200 pages.How longs should romance novels be?
200 pages is a short book for almost any genre, as the neighborhood of 150 pages gets murkily into a gray area between novella and novel.



Seems to me that most readers of romance like longer books (350--500 pgs. +); though that may just be because when my kid used to read them, she liked historical romance, which may just take longer to write with any accuracy and get the romance happening too.



ADD: Of course any book can be great at shorter lengths... I am answering regarding romance novels only, as I see them.
No. The good length for any book is the length it takes to tell the story.How longs should romance novels be?
Don't look at your page count! You want to look at your word count, 50,000 words equalls out to about 175 printed pages which is about the adverage length of a harliquin romance.
It depends. Series romances, like Harlequin, Silhouette, etc. all tend to be short-ish (in the vicinity of 200-250 pages). Series romance also have to conform to a set of writing guidelines established by the publisher.



Any other type of romance (historical, paranormal, etc.) tends to be 300+.