I don’t think you need to think of it as being truly dissatisfied with your OWN life, you are wistfully wishing you could stay in the universe of the book you enjoyed, which is a common feeling to feel when you get to the end of a story you like — I think all readers have experienced end-of-book depression (if the book is good!)

I will let myself enjoy wallowing in that feeling for a bit but at some point I have to go to something totally different to snap out of it, like watch a few episodes of a light sitcom I’ve seen a dozen times. Re-enter “my” world. (Though if I’ve gotten into a series reentry may not happen for a good long while…)

If you’re like me and get totally absorbed in the stories you like (and I’m a romance reader too) the end of the story can be a jarring transition…but the absorbing nature of emotionally compelling stories like you find in romance is also the draw. So unless it’s really devastating you to the point where it’s unfun it would be a shame to deny yourself what you like, in my opinion.