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Monster Romance Roundtable | S2Ep10
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In honor of Halloween, we each read a Monster Romance to share with one another!
Not a single moment is spared as we take turns recapping each book in excruciating detail from the incredible (and weird) monster smut to the plot points that made our jaws drop.
MAJOR SPOILERS for the following Monster Romances:
- Love, Laugh, Lich by Kate Prior
- Sweet Berries by C.M. Nascosta
- The Gargoyle's Captive by Kate Robert
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Transcript
Introduction and Apologies
00:00:08
Speaker
Hi, Frankie. Hi, Kayla. Hey. How is that voice? Is that your morning voice? Welcome to Bring Your Own and Catch All Bookish Most of the Time podcast. I'm Brandy. I'm Kendra. I'm Kayla. I'm so sorry, you guys. I'm so sick. So if I am sniffly or sound
00:00:33
Speaker
I apologize in advance. I'm sorry, you feel bad. Thanks. Here's one of the sympathy. Thank you. Okay. Well, you have some of it.
Theme Introduction: Monster Romances
00:00:45
Speaker
Today we're talking monster romances and we're so excited. Well, I think most of us are excited. I'm thrilled. We thought this was such a good idea because Halloween's right around the corner. So we were like, let's read about some monsters fucking.
00:00:59
Speaker
This is really a monster dick. Yeah, so before we jump in to talk about the books that we read, what are we
Current Reads and Drinks
00:01:06
Speaker
reading? What are we drinking? I'll go. Just water this morning. I'm out of my chai, you guys, and I haven't gone to the store, so I couldn't make any for myself, and I wanted to be good, so I didn't go to Starbucks to get any. So just water today.
00:01:22
Speaker
Um, but okay. I'm listening to an ALC of love redesigned by Lauren Asher. The narrators haven't been revealed yet, but I'm so excited. I'm about halfway through things are hating up. So I'm very excited.
00:01:40
Speaker
And then I'm currently reading Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillick, which is the second and last book in the One Dark Window duology and
00:01:53
Speaker
I really, really, really loved the first one. So I'm so excited to see how it ends. I've heard so far only good things about this one. So I'm really, really excited. Um, I am drinking an ice-cormo latte. I can't stop saying it like that. Because you guys know that video. I feel like I'm the only girl that hates pumpkin spice. That's my shit right there. I can't stop saying ice-cormo latte.
00:02:19
Speaker
So I'm having an ice caramel latte and then I am physically reading Madam by Sarah Kate and it is so hot. I think the plot is kind of bad but like the smut is so kind of bad. Well I was just like, I don't know.
00:02:39
Speaker
I don't know. Yeah, like I haven't rated any of her books above four stars personally, but like they stay on my Kindle, you know what I mean? And this one will be staying on my Kindle. It is so hot. Yeah. So I'm having fun. And then listening. I am also listening to Love Redesigned by Lord Asher. It's so good. It's like a duet narration, which is just a
00:03:05
Speaker
I eat it up every time, and it sounds so good, and I'm only about 25% in, but I'm having a great time. What about you, Kendra?
Book Discussions: 'You Again' and 'Caught Up'
00:03:14
Speaker
I am drinking. My obsession this week has been oat milk lattes. I believe that oat milk tastes better when it's hot and not when it's cold, because when I get iced oat milk, I don't really like it that much compared to other milk alternatives, but hot, I'm like, oh my god, this whole tastes so good. So yeah, I got one of those today, this morning from Star B's.
00:03:35
Speaker
And then yesterday I finished reading You Again by Kate Goldbeck, which I thought was just so good, Brandi. I want you to read it so bad. Like, I think you'll enjoy it. I'm not saying- I saw you say that as a pathetic little man. I'm like, I like that. He is. Like, he's like kind of pathetic and like sad, but also like made me so emotional. Like, a lot of his thoughts about like relationships and love and like his role in like other people's lives, I felt a little too seen. And with the girl too, like,
00:04:04
Speaker
they're they're just like all the ugly parts of myself they had on full design about this book and I thought it was really good and it was hot like this it was hot and like I just the girl Ari she's just like a horny little girl like always not a little girl a horny woman who's always just like I don't know I felt like
00:04:26
Speaker
Yeah, I feel like her and I would be really good friends because we just talk about all the same stuff. So I finished that yesterday. And then I'm still reading. I did that on audio. Shout out Kayla for recommending me the audio because it was good. And then I'm reading Caught Up by Liz Tom Ford, which I'm hoping to finish today. We'll see. But I'm really, really enjoying it.
00:04:44
Speaker
So wait, how far are you into it? Um, I don't know, like not even 50 yet. So we'll see. I've just because I got caught up listening to you again. And then I had to read our I had to read my monster romance for homework. Yeah. So I put that on pause, but I have nothing to do today after we're done recording. So I'm going to force myself to. I will say your thoughts. I will. Reading caught up makes me want to like this happens all the time when I read a book.
00:05:14
Speaker
that has like a chef or a baker or anything, I'm like, I can do that. I can go out and I can go bake something. And we all got the PR boxes for caught up and they came with recipe cards. And I was like, maybe I can make the M&M cookies, but I don't wanna go. I don't need to do that, I really don't. So yeah, that's what I'm reading.
Anticipation for 'Love Redesigned'
00:05:33
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And what I'm gonna read next, I don't know, I'm kind of in between audio books right now, so we'll see.
00:05:37
Speaker
If you want to enter your historical romance era, they're so fun, you guys, like they're smutty. They're really easy. Listen, I have like, no, I have nothing against wanting to read those. I just have a bazillion things that I need to listen to right now, including I still need to listen to Kingmakers. So because after I finished love redesign, I think that's what I'm going to go to next.
00:06:01
Speaker
I'm excited to hear y'all think about Love Redesigned. I hope you guys like it. I'm liking it so much so far. Like I said, I'm only 25% in, but I have a feeling. I feel like this is going to be my favorite Lauren Asher book. And I don't know if it's just because I'm such an audio girly that the production on this audio book and the duet narration is just so good. And like the performance is so good. I don't know if that's going to be the reason. I have it in my ears and I'm just like smiling, like walking around, like doing my fucking dishes and stuff.
00:06:29
Speaker
Yeah, the narrators are really, really great. You guys will love them. Yeah, I cannot wait for the renamed audio book, though. I miss them. I know me too. All right, ladies, shall we? Shall we? I'm so excited.
Monster Romance Genre Exploration
00:06:44
Speaker
Yeah. So in honor of spooky season, we all decided that we were going to read a monster romance. Now, first, let's talk about like if we have had any previous experience
00:06:56
Speaker
with Monster Romance. Me personally, I was like thinking back through and what's what is classified as a Monster Romance. I don't think I have read any before. I mean, like, obviously, like I read fantasy and, you know, some of those people aren't human or whatever, but that's not a Monster Romance. That's not the same thing. I don't think I have. Have you guys? I like downloaded one on KU one time to like control search one time when I was bored.
00:07:22
Speaker
And I just couldn't get into it because there were just like tentacles and stuff that I think I needed to be more emotionally attached to the characters to enjoy, you know, Monster Smut. Right. So, no, not really. You know what's so funny, Kayla? You just said like what classifies it or whatever. Um, Dale and I were arguing yesterday, my boyfriend and I,
00:07:43
Speaker
He thinks it's like, he like is baffled by the idea of monster romance. Yeah. So it's shared. And I'm like, why? Because it's basically fantasy, except I think monster romances are more explicitly like monster and human kind of thing. But I'm like,
00:07:59
Speaker
fantasy stuff happens all the time like in Star Wars I'm sure there are like characters who are together who aren't of the same like fictional yeah species yeah it was just like such a weird conversation and then I was like well there's like this door romance where it's a sentient door that she falls in love with and he's like that's less weird to me and I was like huh
00:08:21
Speaker
And he was saying that because it's like, that's goofier. He thinks the fact that monster romance takes itself seriously is the weird part. And I was like, well, monsters aren't real, Daniel. I was like, nobody thinks monsters are real. Mine didn't either, I don't think. I mean, maybe a little bit. I don't know.
00:08:39
Speaker
Mine definitely didn't take it so seriously. It was such a weird conversation that he was like baffled by the idea. I like went up to him this morning too after I was taking him out all night. I was like, what about Gamora and Peter from Guardians of the Galaxy? And he was like, okay, fine. You win. You win. I'm sorry. I'm sorry
Reactions to Monster Romances
00:08:56
Speaker
I said anything. I was like... Because she's literally like another species in alien green. We don't know what her anatomy looks like down there. We can assume.
00:09:03
Speaker
Uh-huh. We don't know. I just thought that was such a funny conversation. It like baffled me that I forget like we live in this like little romance book bubble so often that like all this stuff that is just like I have so many friends who read monster romances all the time that like even though I had never read one before it wasn't like out of the question. You know what I mean? Yeah. Whereas I think like cause Daniel doesn't read romance books at all. He was like, huh? Does he watch Teen Titans or did he watch Teen Titans? That's literally like
00:09:33
Speaker
Even like, he's an Avatar fan. Like, that's like different because they're technically human. But you know what I mean? Like,
Book Deep Dive: 'Sweet Berries' and 'Love Laugh Lich'
00:09:41
Speaker
it's not the realm of possibility. Like, they're crazy. And I was like, do you know how much tentacle porn is out there? Let him read what I had to read. And I'd be shocked if a man read what I read and didn't pop a boner. You'd be flying. It was hot. And then they would get it.
00:10:04
Speaker
Oh, so funny. Just to make it very clear, like we were giggling through this whole conversation. He wasn't like yucking anybody's yum. He was just shook.
00:10:15
Speaker
kind of space you're like I mean like I I sent I was snapchatting Madison yesterday too and I was like oh like I'm reading about and I was like describing like the hero and then she texted it in like a group message that we're in and she's like there has to be a line like I feel like she's used to it she thinks everything I read is just like insane
00:10:36
Speaker
I know. So just just as a general question in general, did you guys have a good time? Oh, I had a great time. Yeah. Yeah. I think I will be going back and reading the rest of the series. Oh, really? Yeah. I my I had a good time mine, but I definitely like, you know, you were like, it was hot. It was hot. Mine. I was just kind of like laughing. Oh, I was like laughing, too. I mean, I think it was also meant to be silly because like
00:11:03
Speaker
in the, in like the synopsis, it talks about how it's also meant to be kind of a comedy. So there were just, yeah, it's just so funny to me, but I had a good time. I had a good time. All right. I just like get giggly when I think about it. Okay. Should we like talk, like give the synopsis of each of our books? Let's say like why we picked the book that we picked and then like basically what's on the back.
00:11:30
Speaker
When we scheduled this episode to record, we didn't have a whole lot of time to read, so I wanted to read a novella, which I think we all kind of did, like something 200 pages or less-ish. Mine was the shortest, I think, of everybody's. It was only 87 pages.
00:11:48
Speaker
And I picked it because I literally was, I wasn't trying to find something that was less than a hundred pages, but I was just, I literally went to Tik TOK and I typed in like monster romance novella. And like, this was like one of the first things that popped up. It's called, this is also part of a series, but this one is called love laugh.
00:12:06
Speaker
Lich, I think is how you say it. It's L I C H, which I was like, what is that? I don't know what that is. I looked it up and it is apparently some type of like undead creature. And it's part of the claws and cubicles series, which is essentially about monsters at the workplace.
00:12:24
Speaker
Um, so if you look at the cover, I really wish you guys could see the cover. We'll probably be on our Instagram when we post about this episode on our socials, but it's got this undead creature dude and a lovely little second. You got death from Bella Donna. Oh my God. And she's sitting on her, uh, little chair and it says the tagline for this book. It says these sex magic rituals aren't OSHA compliant. So yeah.
00:12:55
Speaker
I'm calling HR. That's crazy. Yeah. So, um, this is the synopsis. I'll just read this and then we'll go to the next one. Some people have monsters for a boss, but not everyone has an undead necromancer Lord at the office.
00:13:09
Speaker
Lily has been the liches, again, I don't know how to say it, it might be leech, lich. I think it's lich. Lich, okay, has been the liches. That's such an odd word to say. Lily has been the liches secretary ever since his evilness took over the company. She loves her job. She's got some questions about her boss, like what's under the cloak of the ever billowing. Her wondering intensifies when one day the lich needs something from her that isn't just scheduling appointments, but a shiver.
00:13:34
Speaker
And we'll talk more about what that is later. He needs it for a spell, but it feels like it crosses a line from their usual workplace banter. After her contributions to his dark rituals become more than OSHA compliant, she starts to contemplate whether the Lich Lord returns her feelings or still only sees her as his secretary. Lily may have given him her body, but he never asked her for her heart.
00:13:58
Speaker
Love Latch Lich is an MF office monster romance with like comedic elements, roughly 17k words. There you go. Roughly. Roughly. Yeah, that's fine. That's so funny. Yeah. I waited till the last minute to pick mine and I knew I needed to do it on audio because that would be the quickest way I can get through it. So I was on audible and I typed in monster romance similar to what Kaylee did on TikTok.
00:14:21
Speaker
And I was scrolling, I was scrolling and I would look at like the covers and I was like, okay, like that's a pretty cover. And then I would read the description and see how long it was. So I was looking for something that was like under five hours because I knew if I could bump it up to like 2.5 hours. Yeah. So that was like the requirement for me. And then I came across.
00:14:38
Speaker
this book, which, yeah, this book. It's called Sweet Berries by C.M. Nascosta. I don't know how to pronounce her last name, I'm so sorry. It is a part of the Monster Bait romance series, and I didn't know that going in, but if you've ever read the book, it was really popular on TikTok two years ago called Morning Glory Milking Farm. This is book two. But then I read her author's note, and apparently this was the first book in the series, and then she just
00:15:08
Speaker
drop that one first. It's like technically that one second, this one's first, but this one is second and whatever. You got it. This is a cover. Yeah, it follows. It's between a human and a moth man.
00:15:28
Speaker
So he has wings like like moth wings and he's like kind of furry like she talks about like his chest. And he has a lot of other like this author I think did a lot of research on like how moths actually function because it comes into play later in the bedroom. Ew. Oh, okay. Sorry. I hate moths.
00:15:52
Speaker
So does my mom like growing up she had like a clear like she always hated them So I like it was just so funny to read it bro. He's hot. I don't care
00:16:01
Speaker
It says, Grace has a job she loves, a community she adores, and plenty of friends. But her lack of bedroom action has left this event planner too horny to think. The first sentence in the book is literally, she was too horny to think. And she will remind you that throughout the entire novel. When one ill-advised night at the bar leads to her giving an exhibitionist show to an unknown presence outside her bedroom window,
00:16:27
Speaker
She thinks she's hit a new low. When her warrior turns out to be a neevishly charming moth man, Grace needs to decide if she can trust her body and her heart with this garnet eyed stranger before he flies out of her life for good. Sweet Berries is a monster humans romance featuring high heat and a lot of heart with a guaranteed happily ever after. Period. Oh, it's the Kambic Creek. Yeah, Kambic Creek steamy sweet monster romance series, but it also just says a monster bait romance. So I don't know what the name of the series is.
00:16:57
Speaker
Guys, it was, I can't, I can't wait. It was a, I had a time. And the narrator, Slade, did such a good job. Brandi? Okay. I also did mine on audio. I had to laugh at myself when we decided to do this because every time I go into Barnes and Noble, I turn to whoever I'm with. I go, I wish I was a monster romance girlie because these Katie Robert book covers are so beautiful. I wish I had them on my shelf.
00:17:23
Speaker
I swear to God I say that every time I go into parts of noble. So of course I picked a book from Katie Roberts, a deal with the demon series. I decided to go with the gargoyles captive because this was, as I mentioned, my first monster romance. I kind of want to ease myself in with the one who looked most human. Um, so I just, yeah.
00:17:47
Speaker
So I did the gargoyles capture because the other choices like the dragon's bride or the Kraken sacrifice. This one also just kind of sounded fun. My female main character's name is also Grace. Must be a thing. Yeah, Grace's love monster dick.
00:18:02
Speaker
So it follows a human who's in a monster realm with a gargoyle. All these books in the series are like set in the same timeline in the same universe kind of thing. So Grace is a monster hunter who went into her demon deal with eyes wide open. So the first book in the series is called The Demon's Bargain. And basically I'm pretty sure from the context I gathered in this book that
00:18:29
Speaker
humans can like make deals to go into the Monster Realm for seven years. This is like the third book in the series. I did not read the other ones. So I'm assuming they make a deal that they can go into the Monster Realm for seven years and like work for these monsters in some capacity. So she went into her demon deal with Eyes Wide Open.
00:18:50
Speaker
Years ago, her mother made the same choice and was never seen again, and the answers Grace seeks can only be found in the demon realm. She doesn't care that she's auctioned off to a gargoyle. She doesn't plan to stay with him longer than strictly necessary. Unfortunately, she doesn't read the small print of her contract. Every time she tries to escape, she's transported back into Briam's tender care.
00:19:09
Speaker
He never hurts her, he never punishes her, just meets her fury with an easy charm. She doesn't know how to fight. She doesn't mean to give in, to stop fighting. But the moment she does, she starts to forget what brought her to this place and what her goals are. After a life starved of pleasure, she's all willing to let Bram seduce her again and again, at least until the past comes calling.
00:19:31
Speaker
Ooh. He's tender. He's very tender. I have a question. A gargoyle, because like when I think of gargoyles, I think of like what's the movie Hunchback and Notre Dame? Like, you know how I think of statues. So he's not a statue. No, I mean, he like he's like his body feels like a statue. He's got huge wings, huge horns. He's gray. He's got long white hair. Like, I think he's just like an alive statue, basically. He's very hard.
00:19:57
Speaker
At one point she sets him on fire and he doesn't feel the burn. So I think he's just like kinky. It was not kinky. She like lit him on fire. We'll talk about it. Kayla, do you want to go first and just like tell us a little bit more about your monster romance?
00:20:18
Speaker
Oh yeah, and we will be spoiling the heck out of these books by the way. We're gonna use like every part. So if you have interest.
Character and Plot Analysis: 'Love Laugh Lich'
00:20:27
Speaker
Alright, I took notes, you guys, on my phone.
00:20:30
Speaker
Oh, my God, you're all you're so you're always on it. Jesus Christ. For an 87 page book, you wrote 87 pages of notes. No, it's because it's because you guys I every single time that I would like read something, I'd be like, I can't forget this. I have to write it down because it's so ridiculous. See, so many. OK, so a little shorter than yours. This is mine. OK, you know, that's something. Sorry. I didn't mean to make fun of you. I'm so sorry.
00:20:57
Speaker
I'm trying to get back on your good side. Making fun of my diligence. I'm so sorry. No, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to. All right. Proceed. So again, as described in the synopsis, so like.
00:21:10
Speaker
We basically are dropped into this world where the quote unquote dark rain has taken over, okay? And Lily, who was once this personal assistant to, I'm assuming a human, is now the personal assistant to the lich, okay? And again, I didn't know what that was, had to look it up. There's all kinds of pictures if you're curious. He, this guy walks around the office all the time with like a cloak on, so like no one ever sees his face or his form or anything. So I don't know what this dude looks like.
00:21:40
Speaker
I'm not going to be able to get through this with a straight face. Okay. One day the office is like attacked by these assassins who we'd like, we don't actually read about this. We're just like cold about it later. And now the Lich, uh, whose first name, by the way, we learn is Soren. So I will be referring to him as Soren from now on. Only Lily knows his first name. Cute. Like Soren, like the Disney ride?
00:22:03
Speaker
S.O.R.E.N. Oh, so. Yeah. And he has these like spells that would help him locate how these assassins are like getting into the office. So he's like trying to figure out how these assassins keep getting it. OK. Before that, one day, Lily walks in on on Soren without his cloak. Well,
00:22:29
Speaker
Yeah, crazy. So she's like, Oh my God, I see his real form. Okay. Um, he is wearing only a loin cloth. Okay. Over his hips, but he figured out, you guys listen, listen, I need you to really lock in here for a second. But she can see from under his loin cloth that he has multiple appendages.
00:23:00
Speaker
My jaw dropped. Multiple. I wanted to tell you guys this so bad when I was reading it, but I was like, I have to keep this for later because we haven't told each other anything about what we've read. None of us know anything about. Well, anyway. Yeah. But like, anyway, like three. Oh, yeah.
00:23:28
Speaker
so just a little tease for later on uh anyway uh not only that but he also has like he he looks like uh like a deer or a goat or something like from the waist down okay but he also has like his chest is like super broad and hairy but he has a lion's mane and also horns so
00:23:55
Speaker
Oh, they were just throwing shit in a blender. Yeah, exactly. Whatever animal I can think of. So that's what it looks like. I have a question because I'm still stuck on like the three dicks thing. Does that mean he has three sets of testicles? I don't know. So they can describe all that, but they can't describe it. They don't all act the same. They're not all the same thing. OK, I'll shut up. Keep going. Yeah. That's crazy.
00:24:19
Speaker
yeah so again in in um going back to these rituals okay that he has to perform one of them he needs the first thing he needs is a shiver and when i say a shiver i was like what is it like i thought that was like another like term that i like some kind of monster term that i didn't know no it's literally like an actual just like shiver like when you're cold it's literally just a shiver and so anyway so she volunteers because like what he used to do is he would outsource
00:24:46
Speaker
These shivers, they were like professional shivers that he would get to come in and do these things with him. What the fuck?
00:24:56
Speaker
And of course, she's like, well, I have skin. I can do it. That's what she says. She literally says, I have skin. Let me do it. So of course, like when he does it, he like, you know, like takes his claw and like, you know, just kind of like drags it down her body and she shivers and she gets all hot and bothered. This all happens in like a sanctum that he has at an like at an altar in his office. OK.
00:25:21
Speaker
So the next day, exactly, of course, as we all have those in our office, the next day she admits that since that shiver, she's been thinking about like doing a lot more with him. And so she takes the plunge. God, I imagine if my husband is listening to me talk about this right now. I don't know where he is. She strips naked on the altar.
00:25:45
Speaker
And then she starts, you know, doing stuff to herself. Okay. She's having fun and he's just like standing there like, like looking at her. Unimpressed. I wouldn't say unimpressed. He's like, you know, whatever. Um, but he kind of stalks around her a bit before taking off his loin cloth, revealing his multiple appendages. Okay. Can I read you this? Yeah. A description. Okay. Sorry. I can't read it. Okay.
00:26:13
Speaker
He shed his loincloth, and now that I'm directly eye level with his strange cocks, I still don't really know what to make of them, but the longer I look, the more I find myself toying with my bottom lip in interest. It seems to be three-pronged. The middle cock seems to be the longest, most actually cock-like of the three, though the head is shaped differently, rounder with little ridges patterning down the shaft.
00:26:41
Speaker
The one on top seems to be less of a cock and more like a something. It looks too different at the tip, a sort of puckered shape, a wet sheen glistening over it. The one at the bottom concerns me a little because it's almost as long as the middle cock, though not nearly as girthy. So there you go. So one's going like this, one's going in her ass in one second.
00:27:04
Speaker
Ding, ding, ding. Wow. Yeah. All right. So back to the thing. I'm going to try and go as fast as I can. Ding, ding, ding. So first he eats her out. And when she, by the way, she's a virgin. I forgot to say this. She's a virgin. Of course. Yeah, of course. Poor girl. And when he eats her out, what does she do? She squirts. As a virgin, get the fuck out of here. Oh, no. Shut up.
00:27:35
Speaker
L's in the chat. That's crazy. That's the most unrealistic thing of this whole fucking book as a virgin. That's what happens. What do you want me to say?
00:27:48
Speaker
Anyway. And then, of course, she takes her his middle, his middle clock in her vagina, while the other one does suck her clit. And then the other one, it's not in her in her ass. It's like wedged between it for now, because she's like, I can't do that. I can't do all this. I mean, yeah.
00:28:08
Speaker
Right. Okay. Next day. Sabin reveals that he doesn't have a heart, but something called like a relinquary or something. And it's basically something where like he keeps hidden like far away so no one can kill him when he's like present. They have to find his relinquary in order to actually kill him. Okay. Keep that nugget for later.
00:28:29
Speaker
So she's starting to develop feelings. She's wondering if he feels the same way. One day he beckons her to him and she says that he has another ritual for her. He has this little egg-shaped thing that's flat at the top.
00:28:46
Speaker
We know what that is, right? He dips it in this like liquid, shoves it up her ass, and then she thinks that there's gonna be more to it. She's like, okay, waiting for more. And then nothing happens. And then she realizes that he is wanting her to wear it all day in prep for something else. So she's like wearing it around the office, okay?
00:29:06
Speaker
And then throughout the day, he's using this magic, I guess that was when he dipped it in this liquid or whatever, he's using it to manipulate the toy and stretch it and move it throughout the day. So she feels it throughout the day. One day while she's setting up for a meeting, he comes into the room asking for growth reports or something. So she has to go to this records room.
00:29:30
Speaker
And the records room is where there's also records of each company's last person that they've hired to do these other sex rituals with him. And so she's like thinking about looking at them and she's like nervous because she's like, what if I'm just another body to him? You know, she's like really nervous about the whole thing. And she also finds that her shiver, quote unquote, that he got from her is still just like sitting in a vial in the storage room, not having been used. And that really upsets her.
00:29:57
Speaker
She's like, why is my shiver? I thought it meant something to you. So she decides, I'm almost done. She decides not to look at the reports, but as she's kind of fidgety and anxious, leaving the room, another coworker stops her, Randall, from accounting. Of course, his name is Randall and he's from accounting. He is a human and he asks her to coffee. He's so nervous. He's like, you want to go to a coffee with me?
00:30:22
Speaker
She's like, yeah, why not? Like, whatever. I'll go out on a date with this guy. And then not five seconds later, a hole opens up in the earth and he's pushed down into the hole. And it swallows him. OK. And then everyone just like goes on as if nothing happened. Like, I'm so confused. Like, everyone's just like, oh.
00:30:46
Speaker
Like, I was just so kind of confused by it. So she's like so mad. She goes in there and I have this quote written down. She goes into his office and she's like, what the hell was that? And he goes downsizing. Anyway, she gets so mad at him, kind of blows up, storms off. And then he kind of later explains that he couldn't bring himself
00:31:10
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to waste one bit of her, which is what he's talking about when it comes to the vial, like why it's like stored away. He's like, I couldn't waste one bit of you, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Okay. And then like the romantic part of him, he gives her his relinquiry, his little heart thing. And it's like, I really care for you. Here's my heart, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And then finally they do it one last time. And then the third, the third thing does go where that toy once was.
00:31:40
Speaker
And that's it. That's the end. That was my monstrosity because Kayla was the one out of the three of us who was like, I'm not really that excited for this. Like, this is just kind of odd. I feel like that is definitely crazier than mine. I don't know about Kendra. We'll see. I don't know. I think hers there was up there. Hers is like ridiculous. Like, that's what I'm saying. Like,
00:32:04
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It definitely was like not meant to be taken seriously because it was just so insane. Yeah. Oh, yeah, exactly. The title automatic. Yes. The title automatically clues you into the fact that this is not like meant to be, you know, a Nobel Peace winning prize in literature. So would you read it like if you only know if you only had to read it based on the smut, throw the plot out the window based on the smut. What would you read it?
00:32:34
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I don't know, like out of five, you mean? I don't know, like three and a half, maybe? Cause it was just so like crazy. Like all of it was just so insane to me. You weren't even like a little bit turned on. Like, Oh, not really. I mean, I was just like reading it. Like, are we sure she's a virgin? Like three of them.
00:32:54
Speaker
I will say, I think this is the most I've heard Kayla say cock in a single, like, instance. Yeah, you're probably right. I mean, it's kind of unavoidable. Like, what am I? A whole bug. Yeah, it's literally the whole thing. Anyway, if you want a really, really silly, goofy time. And like I said, there were like kind of funny moments, just like some random comments are just so silly. That was my love laugh glitch by Kate Pryor. It is on KU. Have fun.
00:33:24
Speaker
Woo. Oh, and then there's a second book in Claws and Cubicles, and that one is called. It's like an orc in the office or something like that. Like what if I might I might just go back and read that one to the orc from the office. Oh, wait, is that red? No, it's not. It's purple. Oh, OK. That's purple with a green. I'm thinking of. Yeah, that cover is kind of insane, too.
00:33:49
Speaker
It definitely looks like that one's got a size King, because he's like 10. Oh, I've seen that. I've seen that. I've seen that cover. Yeah. Yeah. Kendra. OK, so for Mothman, his name is Merrick. Anyways, so, yeah, I read Sweet Berries by CM Nacosta.
Character and Plot Analysis: 'Sweet Berries'
00:34:07
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I don't know how to say their last name. And in the author's note, she literally says, let me pull it up so that I can like set the tone for you guys.
00:34:16
Speaker
because that's the beginning. And I feel like when an author puts a note at the beginning, like they need, they want you to know. If you are looking for a third act breakup, you will not find it. If you're hoping for a plot heavy narrative full of angst and tears and groveling, it's not here. This one is pure cotton candy, folks. No plot, just horny slice of life vibes. And honestly,
00:34:37
Speaker
That that's what it is. So the first sentence in this book I kid you not is she was too horny to think so that's my girl grace grace is She you find out that grace is a divorcee. She was so in this world Let me back up in this world like creatures and humans like coexist so it's like our world but like all these creatures are living amongst us and like if they work together, but you also kind of know that like humans can be kind of like discriminatory towards certain creatures and
00:35:07
Speaker
that part i didn't really i was like why are we getting into that so grace is a divorcee and she used to be married to a minotaur but he was emotionally abusive so she runs away from him and now we're like three years later and she like divorced him through the mail and now she's working at this farm
00:35:25
Speaker
as like a event planner, like she does a lot at this farm, like marketing, social media, and a lot of her coworkers are minotaurs, whatever. So yeah, the book opens up saying that she was too horny to think, like she's literally at work like, damn, I just want to get railed so fucking bad. And there's this coworker of hers who's a minotaur, and who's like always flirting with her. And like, she's like, I kind of want to do it. And he's just not like flirting. He's like aggressively like, if we were to fuck like you would drain my balls dry. Like, that's what he's telling her.
00:35:53
Speaker
Um, seems like seems like some harassment at work happening there. Oh, yeah. I mean, I think our two books have that in common. Yeah. And so she's like a part of her really wants to give in. Like they go out for drinks that night and he's like teasing her under the table and she's like, I should do it. Like I'm literally so horny. Like I should just do it. You know, like
00:36:11
Speaker
my ex was a minotaur like he's my co-worker like I just think that'll be like too messy like I just want to get fucked like I don't want to turn into a thing so she goes home right and she's so fucking horny that she's like I'm gonna masturbate as one does so she starts master this part I'm a little like foggy on she's like starts masturbating but
00:36:33
Speaker
she's like doing it in front of a window basically and she's like butt naked on the bed like just going at it but she knows that someone's watching her because she can like hear them and like they make little like chirping sounds and she's so and while she's masturbating i wrote down um
00:36:52
Speaker
She was so horny that she envisioned a train of creatures fucking her on her front lawn. It's like every fucking creature uses it. She's like, that's what I would want. And then she's like, damn, my fingers are just simply not enough right now. So she rolls over into her nightstand and gets a, um, I think it was like, it's some sort of creature dildo. And then like, you learn that like in this, in this universe, you can order a dildo that matches any creature.
00:37:19
Speaker
And so like she gets herself off and she knows who's, and she's like obviously enjoying knowing that like someone's watching her. So she's like really going to town. Um, and then like she, she comes and then she comes to her senses, you know, she's like, Oh, that was crazy. Like I shouldn't have clarity. Yeah. Post that clarity was over. She was like, yeah, I'm like, I should not have done that. Like that's crazy. Like then like a few days pass and then, um, she does it again.
00:37:45
Speaker
She's like, oh, I think he's watching me again. So she like does it again and she gets really into it. But this time she knows that like the guy is like whoever is watching her is really, really paying attention this time. And like she can tell by the noises that they're making and midway through something and she doesn't know what we're going to find out. She doesn't know what reaches.
00:38:04
Speaker
in and like messes with her clit like it's like sucking on her clit but like obviously no one is in the room with her so she's like what is this like it must be like one of his like something's happening but she knows the person watching her is getting involved and then again post nut clarity hits and she's like okay like that's crazy like i'm losing my mind like i'm fucking dumb like i need to like i need to um i need to just like move on and she like wants to start dating and stuff again so
00:38:31
Speaker
like the next day or two days after or something she's at work and this Mothman comes to her work and he's just like so sweet and like nerdy and he's like um I just need to like apologize like and then we learn that the Mothman was the guy who was watching her and
00:38:51
Speaker
He was like flying into work because like he's nocturnal I guess so like when she was going to bed he's going into work so he He tells her that like the whole reason why he was outside of her house because he's a mock man He lives in the trees like why is he like on this fucking pedestrian street?
00:39:06
Speaker
It's because when he was like flying into work, he smelled these berries and she had these berries from like the farm. And like as a moth, I guess he really loved berries. And so he was like, I smelled the berries, but then I smell you. So he had to stick around. So then they,
00:39:23
Speaker
Yeah, she's like, you know, I really like him. He's so sweet. He's a scientist. That's why he's in town. He's working on studying creatures and stuff. He stutters every time he talks to her. The narrator did such a good job with just making him seem really nerdy and really sweet. And he was so apologetic. He's like, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have done that. He's just getting flustered. And Grace is like, damn, I kind of like him. We should just start hanging out. And since he's new in town, she's like, I just want to show him around.
00:39:50
Speaker
So they go on a few dates. One thing leads to another. They end up back at his place because he's like, oh, as part of my job, I need to record data. I would love to go back to your place, but we need to go back to my house because that's where I'm recording it.
00:40:14
Speaker
So they go back to his place and you learn that like he's never been with a human before and she also kind of hints that she thinks that he like might be a virgin but like we just never get clarification on that which I kind of wish we did anyways he goes down on her guys
00:40:33
Speaker
This man's tongue is so fucking long. So remember how earlier I was like, oh, when she was masturbating in her room, like something was like sucking on her, but like no one was in the room with her. It was his long ass fat tongue that he just like stretched out.
00:40:52
Speaker
to like suck on her clit while she was masturbating. That's how long his fucking tongue is. And then like he goes down on her and his tongue is so long that when he like inserts it inside of her, it's able to like reach her spot. So like that's how. She literally goes.
00:41:20
Speaker
She goes, I'm flicking my highlights. And she describes him as a hot single Mothman with a Dyson strength tongues and vibrating dicks are in a neighborhood near you. So yeah, so he goes down on her. And then like, since he's a moth, and since he's a moth, moth don't have, I'm assuming like based off of the book, their dicks are on the outside. Like he walks around this town naked because his dick is like inside of him. Like you have to get it out. And so like, that's the thing in the town. Like if you're anatomy,
00:41:49
Speaker
is if you can naturally conceal your anatomy, you don't have to wear clothes, but if you can't, then you have to put on pants. So she's assuming that because he walked around naked, his dick is inside of him. It is, so she has to get it out.
00:42:03
Speaker
So, it is. She refers to it as a, as a, as a cock pocket. Oh my god. So he has a cock pocket and like, it honestly gave me like, like a rim job vibes. Like she had to like, you know, like stick her fingers up there and whatever. And he's like, listen, once it's out, it's out. Like there's no, like once it's out, like we, like there's no putting it back in, you know.
00:42:32
Speaker
And so until he like finishes, so she like gets it out and like, because she really wants to give him a blow job, like so bad. She's like, I feel like he just pleasured me so good. Like I just need to like go down on him. And so as like his dick starts to come out, she's like, Oh, it's like not as big as I thought it was going to be. But like, it's okay. Like I'm gonna work with it. Like I'm going to make sure like this is a good time for him. Well, boy, does she speak too fast because as she continued to suck on his little moth dick,
00:42:58
Speaker
it became a big fat girthy cock and it was so big. She was like scared. She was like, oh my God, like this hoe is big as fuck.
00:43:12
Speaker
And so he like puts it in her and it's like painful and he's like, are you sure? And she's like, no, keep going, keep going. And so then they just like they start fucking like crazy. And since his dick is so big, they have to fuck for so long because it takes them forever to come. So she's just like she's like exhausted. Right. And you like cut forward a little bit in time to like towards the end. And at this point,
00:43:39
Speaker
he has them because he has wings because he's a moth he has them like in the air and he's like fucking her in the air and then he comes so much inside of her and later in the book she describes his cum she's like his cum isn't as thick of like isn't as thick as like cars but it's like a lot like it's like thin but it's like so much
00:44:01
Speaker
And mind you, he fucked her without a condom, but you learn that she's on birth control. Does exist in that room still? Yeah. So he comes inside of her and then like, she says like a few days later, because remember this is like slice of life. So like a lot of little mini time jumps. She says that like a few days later, like when she would go use a bathroom, she was like still like, Oh my God.
00:44:28
Speaker
like cum was like still coming out of her. So like after that like they just like agree to like keep fucking each other and like seeing each other and like she's really falling for him but she's kind of under the impression that like he's just there for the summer because like his research takes him all over the world so she's like damn like I know I just want this to be a fling but like I really want this to be something so then like we see them fuck again but then you learn that like
00:44:51
Speaker
as they've like grown to like get into like this routine of having sex with each other that he told her hold on let me find it he tells her essentially that like moths don't fuck all the time because of like how like long the process is so he goes we don't really have sex more than once or twice a month not normally it takes you know a while she did in fact know what he meant she began to fear that her civics was being physically displaced every time they had intercourse and
00:45:16
Speaker
the length of the time it took for him to ejaculate, which meant the length of time he spent fucking her was far longer than her body could keep up with. Oh, he goes, even married couples won't have intercourse more than a few times a month, and it's practically a 24 hour event. Imagine being fucking for 24 hours straight, you guys.
00:45:33
Speaker
He's like, I don't have the time for that. But he's really satisfied. He loves eating pussy. And then you learn that she thinks that he has a human fetish, that he's had to keep under wraps. Because his experience with humans has not been the greatest. They've been kind of rude to him in his past jobs. So she thinks that maybe he had a crush on a human previously, but couldn't expand.
00:45:55
Speaker
go about it so like with her he's able to like act out all these fantasies and she talks about how like he loves her boobs so much like just loves coming on her tits like so much it's just like so fascinated by like the human body so yeah so since so I was going somewhere with this since they can't since they don't fuck all the time
00:46:16
Speaker
He's mainly going down in her one night. She's like, damn, like I want this to be, they call it fuck night. She wants this to be a fuck night. So what she does is she has this wand that is too powerful for her, but she's like, I'm going to use it on him. And then that will help like get him further along. So then that way when he's inside of me, it won't like, we don't have to fuck for hours because like the wand is so powerful. It's just going to get him all riled up. So when he's inside of me, he's ready to go.
00:46:40
Speaker
oh my god she was right like she used a wand on him and then like his dick was like so fucking like swollen she was like you need to like just push it in like i'm i can't do this like you need to get you need to do it for me so he does and then he fucks her and then he comes on her tits um
00:46:55
Speaker
Oh, yeah, I've never read about I've never read about Juan being used on a guy before specifically a mock man, you know, but I was like, Whoa, that's a that's crazy. And then my last highlight was him describing his cock pocket.
00:47:15
Speaker
He assured her with a snort that his cock pocket, the words repeated as diversively as he could manage, giving her his most venomous glare was safe. It practically had a vacuum seal, he explained, preventing any contaminants or floozy fingers from getting in if he wasn't already partially aroused. So that's how his cock pocket works. She does a whole like thing where she like, yeah, it's just her fingers are in it and she loves just like teasing it. Like she talks about how like
00:47:41
Speaker
she could see the head still in the hole and she just plays with it. And then the book ends with her saying, oh, I don't want you to leave. I like spending time with you. And he's like, oh, so do I. I'm going to stick around. We're in this. And then they get their little happily ever after. And I cannot stress this enough. This guy was the sweetest, sweetest guy ever. Having a human kink, I just think is so fucking funny. But it was hot. It was.
00:48:10
Speaker
His tongue so long it can reach her G spot. That's crazy. Oh, and she talks about how like she would wake up and his wings like have like this powder cause he's a moth and like she would like this powder like from his wings. And yeah, it was good. I can't, I'm going to go back and read the other two in the series, but I was like, wow, that was
00:48:36
Speaker
a time. It was good. And the narrator did such a good job. So like when the girl was like feeling really breathy and horny, like the narrator was giving breathy and horny. It was great. Good job. Thank you. Wow. That was... I don't even know what to say.
00:48:57
Speaker
I think my book took itself much more seriously than your guys just did. There were still silly, goofy moments in it, but let me just jump into it. So it starts off at this auction.
Book Review: 'The Gargoyle's Captive'
00:49:12
Speaker
There are a bunch of different leaders of different monster species from the demon realm there to bid on these humans. It's fully consensual. The humans signed a contract for seven years. They're all getting something out of it.
00:49:23
Speaker
I don't know what the other people are getting out of it, but Grace is there because her mom made a deal with a demon. And she went to and like they don't know what happened to her. She just never came back. So she's like pretty sure her mom is dead, but she wants to go to the demon realm to figure out if she can find answers.
00:49:41
Speaker
So she's like ready. She's not scared. A gargoyle like decides that like to bid on her or whatever he gets to her at the auction or whatever and she's like sweet whatever I don't give a fuck because she's just getting there so that she can go back to like the demon who's making all these bargains and like interrogate him about her mom basically.
00:50:01
Speaker
Yeah, that's kind of like our first experience with Grace. And then Bram, who is the gargoyle is, he's like very, very sad. He's like a very sad dude. And yeah, he's like, for the first half of this book, he's basically only doing this because he needs a baby. So there's like a breeding kink in it. Yeah, you find out his whole family was murdered by one of his dad's consorts, like a human consort. Like his dad had human consorts.
00:50:29
Speaker
and one of them murdered his whole family and he hid. So he has like all this like shame and guilt about hiding while his family was being killed and he needs a baby because otherwise like there are like different parts of the gargoyle lands that will like fight for power once he dies unless he produces an heir because the rest of his family is dead. So he's like nobody, everybody thinks his family's like gargoyles are like really terrified of curses I guess.
00:50:58
Speaker
So everybody thinks that Bram's family is cursed and that's why they all died even though they were murdered. So nobody wants to fuck Bram because they're scared that the curse will transfer to them. So he's like, I'm just gonna get a human who's, you know, consenting to this and then knock her up and have a baby and then she can go home after seven years. So that is why he did this like auction thing with Grace.
00:51:26
Speaker
Grace comes from a line of monster hunters. Um, so she's not scared of the demon realm. She gets there and she's like kind of sassy with Bram, but she like obviously thinks he's really hot. He's got long white hair and massive horns and huge wings and he's like stony and he's like huge compared to her.
00:51:44
Speaker
And he's like kind of obsessed with her because she's like really sassy, right? But like literally the first night after they had like flirty banter or whatever, he's like, I want, he wants to like woo his human because he wants her to like consent to having a baby with him, you know? He's like going to put in the work so that she will agree to this. So he like made a nice dinner for her and they had like dinner and he's trying to be really nice and she's just kind of being like a dick to him.
00:52:11
Speaker
And literally the first night she tries to run back to the demon castle. Yeah. Well, not to go get answers about her mom. She's just like, I only use this bargain to get to the demon realm so that I can go find answers about my mom. So she's like bolting and he like is so pissed. He like binds her. He like swoops down from the sky and like standing there and like yelling at her and he's just so pissed that she would try and run.
00:52:37
Speaker
And basically, she's like caught up in the spider web in this like enchanted forest or some shit. And he's like saying they're berating her. And he's like, I'm just going to leave you here. And there's like big ass spiders coming to like eat you right now. They love humans. And she's like trying to control her emotions, but she's kind of freaking out. And I don't remember exactly what happened, but they made a deal like she gets to try and run as much as she wants to. But if he catches her, he gets to fuck her. That's to play Katie, bro, like.
00:53:06
Speaker
Yeah. So she's like, yeah, sounds good. And like, obviously there's been like sexual attraction right throughout this whole time. So he like saves her from the spiders, swoops her back, takes her to his bath. And yeah, he just like wants to fuck her real bad. But then she finds out very quickly when they start doing this that because Bram is such like a sad little boy, she like needs a Dami mommy. So Grace. Yeah.
00:53:37
Speaker
so Grace is like fine like she kind of like bosses him around a little bit because like I said she's kind of being a bitch right so she's like can see that's kind of turning him on so she's like what if I just go full throttle into this and she's like get on your knees like crawl whatever and like he's really into it
00:53:52
Speaker
So there's one line, I, they're like in the tub or whatever. And then she said, if you play this game with me, if you submit to my commands like a good boy that I know you can be, then we'll end tonight with me riding your cock. I lean forward and he mirrors the movement. My body goes tight and I lower my voice, coaxing him closer. And if you're very, very good, I'll let you fill me up.
00:54:17
Speaker
So then she's like masturbating in front of him and telling him that he can't move like he just needs to sit there and watch and he's like begging her he's like grace please let me please and he like goes down on her one night because his cock is just so big and it's ridged that they're like scared it's not gonna fit right
00:54:36
Speaker
Yeah so he's like begging her and then eventually they do have sex and he is like having to like basically force her down onto his dick like as as in like it's so tight you know what I mean so she's like do it do it do it and he's like grabbing her by the hips and like his
00:54:53
Speaker
dick is huge and ribbed and like a big like Katie talked about it all the time in this book like he's laying on his back like grace makes him lay on his wings which is a very vulnerable position for gargoyles to not have access to their wings right so she's like always on top um and she did again they love talking about common monster books i guess because they talk about like how much he comes every single time he's coming so like
00:55:19
Speaker
This time he follows me his cock pulses inside of me. I cry out against his lips and he swallows the sound even as the orgasms on and on and on each stroke a surge I can feel until his seed overflows and spills down my thighs all over his lap.
00:55:37
Speaker
Yeah, and like it's so funny because like I don't know how many down sub books you guys have read but there's like always that element of aftercare right after So she's like he's like so rung out from their fucking that he's like breathing really heavy So just give me a couple minutes and she's like, let's take a bath like a nice long soak and a snack and a cuddle
00:55:58
Speaker
which I thought was so funny. She's like telling this gargoyle to cuddle. Yeah. So like the middle part is kind of, I'm just like boning. And then like the next day she's like really cold and he's confused or whatever. And then he opens up about his family and like how he feels all this guilt and like she can tell that he doesn't even want to be alive sometimes. Like he thinks there's, because she's a monster hunter and he knows this and she knows this or whatever, um,
00:56:26
Speaker
there's like one moment where she I don't know she's pushing him and he like hands her a knife and like puts it to his throat he's like do it I don't care like and his inner monologue is like really fucking sad he's like honestly it would kind of be a relief to not have to like deal with the hate of my people anymore and the shame that I feel yeah it's kind of crazy so like she like is spending the book like building him up and being like you're a great leader you're so kind you care so much about people you shouldn't care about because they treat you like shit whatever
00:56:54
Speaker
Anyways, she lights them on fire at one point while they're arguing. And she like immediately regrets it, but he's just like sitting there because he's like, you know, gargoyle. So like he's like fully on fire and doesn't really even matter. So I like realize they're developing feelings for each other. And she's like, I'm supposed to be finding out about my mom and blah, blah, blah. It's basically confirmed that.
00:57:14
Speaker
she's dead and then you find out that she was the consort to her dad so her mom killed his whole family because like I said family of monster hunters right so they she was like planning on she made this deal to be his consort she killed his whole family she ran to like another I don't know if it was like the krakens or the dragons or the succubi or whatever but she ran to like another species that are in the demon realm and killed their leaders like she was planning to go as far as she could like knowing that she was probably going to be executed at the end
00:57:44
Speaker
So it's just like, honestly, the ending felt like the plot just felt so superfluous to what was going on and like so rushed at the end. And this book was like kind of long, it was like 180 pages or something like that. It just felt like there was like too much plot. Yeah, it's a lot for
00:58:02
Speaker
I felt like we should have had less plot or a longer book so that we could expand on the plot a little bit more because the end he like finds out that her mom was the one who killed his family and obviously he like freaks out and he's like oh my god oh my god oh my god and like pushes her away and she's like terrified and she like loves him or whatever and then obviously he comes back he's like you're more than your family and she's like you're more than whatever your fears
00:58:27
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they decide to be together. They- Do you have a baby? Not like, it's so funny because Katie Robert like loves writing about like real human issues like in these like fantasy worlds, right? So like it was so funny their conversation at the end. He was like, how about we just take it day by day? I like, I want you to stay here for your seven years. You don't have to go home. And but like, I think it's too soon for us to discuss having a baby. Even though at the beginning of the book, he's like, I need to impregnate this woman.
00:58:53
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It was just like very funny. It felt like a very human conversation about like, I think it's a little too soon to decide whether or not we're going to have a baby because like partway through the book, she was like, you're not knocking me up and not leaving a kid here in the demon realm. So he gets her like a pendant or whatever to what is it called? A birth control pendant so that she isn't getting knocked out.
00:59:13
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Yeah, so it was kind of fun. I liked like the Lady Dom aspect of it, which I usually don't. I think it's because he was so sad and that's why I liked it. Like she was like, yeah. But I think my book took itself a little bit more seriously than your guys. It was just so funny. I think so.
00:59:30
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Do you think you'll read the rest in the series? I do kind of want to go back. I'm just so curious about the dragon's bride. Is he a dragon the whole time? Is he shaped like a dragon 100% of the time? That's the one I see all the time, right? The first one in the series. Yeah. Yeah, I can picture that one. The dark blue cover is so pretty, too. It is pretty, though.
00:59:51
Speaker
Yeah, they're all like they look like they're painted. I and like I've heard the Kraken. The Kraken one has the best ratings. The Kraken sacrifice. I was scared of the tentacles or I would have read that one. But now that I've, you know, dipped a toe. I do want to go try and read it. Gracie gave that one five stars like the Kraken sacrifice and like talked about how there's like a grief and healing journey for both the characters in it and like
01:00:17
Speaker
I don't know. Yeah, I'm definitely interested. Those ones are on Hoopla, so I probably will do those when I don't have anything else.
Recommendations and Reflections
01:00:26
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Speaking of Gracie, if you aren't following Gracie at Grapey Del Taco on TikTok, she has a whole wildcard romance playlist. And if you just want more insane descriptions of monster romances, she is your girl. Also Maya at Maya Read Spice reads a lot of monster romances as well. So they're like, they're experts. Oh yeah, Virgo Reader too, Steph. Like they know what they're, we're amateurs when it comes to monster romances. They are the pros. So yeah.
01:00:56
Speaker
I had so much fun. It was it was like I want to go back and like read the other two books that are in my series. Like it was just it was fun. And like who am I? Like I texted Brandi and Kayla yesterday. I was like, do I want to fuck him off, man? Like he was so hot and like so sweet. I think that's what I made me really like it because like if he was a dick and I like I don't know. But since he was like, oh, he's like just a little cute little nerd scientist. I don't know. Here's here's my thing. I don't think I will like pick up these like
01:01:27
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all the time, definitely not. But like, if I'm maybe ever in a slump and I just need something very silly, goofy, that doesn't take itself seriously, then maybe I will read The Orc at the Office or whatever that one is called. Just because it's just it's short, super short, can read like literally in like an hour, an hour and a half. So, yeah, I was reading I read that one while getting a pedicure, you guys. It was a good choice.
01:01:52
Speaker
That's crazy. The woman's like, why are you crossing your legs? And you're like, oh, okay. She's like, I need you to uncross. I can't do it. Yeah. Yeah. It was like, I just like was more jaw droppy throughout mine than like, like, whoa, this is hot. I was just like, whoa. Yeah. So, yeah, maybe we're going to turn into monster romance girlies. Who knows?
01:02:16
Speaker
Yeah, maybe that's what this podcast will slowly become. Sorry, everyone. Welcome to Bring Your Own, a Monster Roman podcast. Yeah. All right. We all had fun. Happy Halloween. Happy spooky season, everybody. See you next time. Bye, guys.