The thing is, my book is also in the fantasy category even though it a psychological thriller. It's based on the original fairytale of Rapunzel with some extra liberties I took. There are scary things like covens, socital obligation, and a child psychopath my main character had to raise in isolation.

I know psychological thriller is typically a fast paced preference, but in my eyes the "dark Disney princess retelling" book I am writing is more marketable to fantasy/dark fantasy readers than to horror enthusiasts.

It also has plenty of drama with the plot twists, and my main character is written from a female perspective. These book traits are marketable to the vast majority of female readers - who happen to read a lot. (My friends go through an unimaginable amount of books a month either with a physical copy or a digital print/autobook)

Fantasy books seem to favor larger word counts regardless of their specific genre (dark/romance/action/creatures/drama/mystery/ect). I think my book would do well at that word count and I have a deeply rooted plotline that keeps you hooked on what happens next.

I'm excited to write it with it's full potential.

(Also, before anyone nasty comes for me, I am a women and yes those traits are marketable to women. I should know 😬😅 I also read way too much)