This isn't great, even for monster erotica. Non/Dub-Con referred to as "making love", weird gourd babies. Just bleh. If there were at least some humorThis isn't great, even for monster erotica. Non/Dub-Con referred to as "making love", weird gourd babies. Just bleh. If there were at least some humor to save it, I'd have gone with 2-stars, but alas, it was not meant to be....more
I was drawn in by the cover art and title. I was expecting a super cheesy monster romance but was rewarded with something more than that. It was a surI was drawn in by the cover art and title. I was expecting a super cheesy monster romance but was rewarded with something more than that. It was a surprisingly slow burn, even though they met via a hand job. I could have done without some of their "dirty" talk, but there were enough cute, sweet interactions between them to make up for that.
I read this many, many years ago during a hurricane power outage. No TV, no work, nothing else to do. It served its purpose. I remember not hating it I read this many, many years ago during a hurricane power outage. No TV, no work, nothing else to do. It served its purpose. I remember not hating it but also not really getting the hype at the time. I never felt compelled to read the rest of the series ...more
I've been on the search for age-gap romances, because that's my newest niche interest, and this book popped up during my search. I was a little hesitaI've been on the search for age-gap romances, because that's my newest niche interest, and this book popped up during my search. I was a little hesitant because a) it's an MC romance and b) this book is loooong. But the idea of this epic, expansive romance was too appealing to pass up. While the book was good from the start, I will say the first 30% felt endless. I kept checking my page/% count and was worried that I may decide to no-go it because I tend to get distracted easily. I always worry I'm wasting time that could be better spent elsewhere. It's an anxiety issue of mine and why I can't really do book series. Anyhoo. At some point, though, I stopped caring and let myself be swept away by the story. Having read no other MC books, I have no idea how it ranks within the genre, but I have to say I kind of loved it. It felt like so much more than just a romance in the best way possible. I became completely invested. It did take me a minute to warm up to the idea of a romance between Mercy & Ava. When Mercy meets her for the first time, she's 8 and he's 21. From the ages of 8-16, Mercy is basically a stand-in father figure and protector for Ava while her dad takes care of the club. There's love and affection there, there always has been. But when she turns 17, that dynamic shifts. It's still almost that paternal fondness, but that fondness is now laced with lust and desire for the nearly adult Ava (and it's not one-sided). The book plays out over 3 timelines: 14 years ago when they first meet, 5 years ago when they inevitably cross the boundary in their relationship, and present-day when they are reunited after the fallout from 5 years ago. There's SO much story and history here. I do think it could have been edited to fill fewer pages, but I don't regret reading a single one. If this is what I've been missing, then I think I might have to dig a little deeper into the MC genre
***INITIAL THOUGHTS*** I've never in my life read an MC romance. Of course, prior to 2022, I never really read contemporary romances period. Now that I'm on the search for age-gap romances, because that's my newest niche interest, this may very well end up being my first foray into the MC world. Fingers crossed! ...more
Another one on the board for the MacHalo's Silly, Smutty Science Fiction Extravaganza!
This book was exactly what I'd thought it be but also not. It stAnother one on the board for the MacHalo's Silly, Smutty Science Fiction Extravaganza!
This book was exactly what I'd thought it be but also not. It started out really over the top cheesy, but that cheese tapered off about midway through. My favorite part of this book may be the title itself. It's what drew me to the book in the first place. That, and it was recommended to us by a follower of our blog. And with a title like that, it was impossible to pass up. And see, while I do like the alliteration found in the title "Passion Pirates" in this case it was only that, an alliterative title. There wasn't much passionate about the pirates in this book. I was hoping for space pirates who were out to claim the booty (and by booty I do mean sex) but, aside from Dirk Moorcock (not a pirate), there wasn't much of that going on. Can you see how that would be misleading? I can say that this is the first of our 3 titles for the month that I've actually liked well enough to finish, I'm just trying to figure out how that relates to the rating I should give. More to come I think (when I'm not on my phone! I hate reviewing from my phone!)....more
Two guys, down on their luck, just longing to be understood. Long walks, star gazing, musical accompaniments, and butt pounding. Mr. Tingle, you trulyTwo guys, down on their luck, just longing to be understood. Long walks, star gazing, musical accompaniments, and butt pounding. Mr. Tingle, you truly are a romantic....more
Bleh. Even on a monster porn scale this was just bad. Not one iota of funny to be found, not even in the cheestastic lines that so often accom[image]
Bleh. Even on a monster porn scale this was just bad. Not one iota of funny to be found, not even in the cheestastic lines that so often accompany a monsterotica.
And the title is a misnomer. He is in no way "taken" by a doll. That's what I signed up to read. I wanted to see this guy sex it up with a creepy ass haunted doll damn it! Not some master/servant demon BS.
This would have been a better story had our hero punched babies just because she hated fucking babies. That would have been an awesomely hilarious andThis would have been a better story had our hero punched babies just because she hated fucking babies. That would have been an awesomely hilarious and justifiable motive for the serial baby smacking crime spree. Some people just hate kids and that's okay. If this story had just built on that, on the premise that a woman, fully capable of having kids, chose not to because she hated looking at baby faces, or talking baby talk, or having her life revolve around competing with Pinterest Parents and tallying parent points for whose kid is the smartest or the first to talk or walk or shit on the toilet, now that would have been a great story.
Instead our baby backhander was just a bitter, infertile, middle aged woman who was tired of being pitied for not having kids. Trust me, I get it. I do. But most people who suffer from infertility don't want to play punch baby. That's like the last thing they want to do. They want to punch the baby mommas or the baby daddies or the people who tell them that the whole reason they aren't making that baby magic is because they are "trying too hard." In fact, they probably want to throat punch the parent and take the baby and run far, far away, to a place where they can live out their lives blissfully complete with a baby in tow.
However....
I have to give kudos to the author for writing a story about punching babies and having that awesome opening first line:
The first time I punched a baby in the face I didn't realize what I'd done....
Simply Sam
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