Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toward the Sound of Chaos | 2016 | Carmen Jenner | Buy |
| 2 | The Way Back Home | 2017 | Carmen Jenner | Buy |
Carmen Jenner’s Southbound series includes Toward the Sound of Chaos (2016) and The Way Back Home (2017). The duet follows characters through turbulent circumstances.
Toward the Sound of Chaos sets up the journey, taking its characters through difficult and emotionally charged territory. The Way Back Home picks up the pieces, offering a path toward resolution. The two titles read like two halves of the same story rather than independent novels.
Jenner has written in the dark romance and MC romance space, and The Southbound shares some of that emotional intensity. The books are best read as a pair and in order, since the second directly continues the first.