fuck-yeah-monsters-and-villains:

Thank you for
asking! Really, your ask was exactly what I needed. You see, I was thinking
of writing this list for some time now but I was too lazy.

I have stuff to
recommend because I‘ve been actively looking for books that
feature inter-species/monster romances for a long time. Fun fact: Up
until recently I didn‘t know that this kink was called
teratophilia. 🙂 Thanks, tumblr for educating me. Also, since I found
out how to navigate the relevant tags my life has improved
immeasurably.

Books with monsters as love interests:

• Radiance (Wraith
  Kings, #1) – Grace Draven

The
male protagonist is terrifying by human standards. He finds the human
heroine appalling and he’s just as ugly to her. The like each other
from the start.

• The
  Last Hour of Gann –
  R. Lee Smith

Alien-lizard-man,
monk and fighter… Need I say more? Ok: The heroine is fat. She does
lose weight while trying to survive on a hostile alien planet though.
The lizard man protagonist is interested in her either way. All kinds
of trigger warnings for this book: violence, rape, gore, death. It’s
also over 900 pages long. Crazy.

• Cottonwood
  – R. Lee Smith

Alien-Insect
man, single dad and adorable. The human social worker really tries to
help him and she does… Reads like District 9 fan fiction which is a
good thing! This book is a bit tamer than The Last Hour of Gann but
the sex is still graphic. 🙂

Check
out this author’s other books as she seems to specialize in
monsters of all kinds.

• The
  Hollow Kingdom (The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy, #1) – Clare B. Dunkle

Girl
is abducted by the King of the Goblins. This is not a David Bowie
Goblin King, this one looks really monstrous. It’s a YA book but
the good kind. The heroine is not an insufferable brat and there is
no love triangle (note: love triangles are only acceptable for me if
they end in a three-way).

Really
beautiful and magical book, sex happens but off-screen.

• Bessie
  Bell and the Goblin King (Tales of Aylfenhame #3) -Charlotte E.
  English

Another
one where the Goblin King really looks like a goblin. Set in
Jane-Austen-Land.

• Keeping
  it Real (Quatum
  Gravity #1) – Justina Robson

The
heroine is almost a cyborg. Her extremities were replaced by
completely overpowered prosthetics after a horrific assault while
working as a government agent. She’s traumatized, in pain, doesn’t
have full control of her new body and hasn’t come to terms with her
new menacing look. The rock star demon elf protagonist is very much
into her. Yes, really.

Add
a really inhuman demon to the mix with whom the heroine also has an
intense relationship. Don’t worry it’s not a fucking love
triangle (the bane of my existence). You’ll see… Actually the
description of the whole demon society is very cool and unique and
probably my favorite part of the book.

• Endless
  Blue – Wen Spencer

The
male love interest is a genetically manipulated cat-like human. Plot
driven science fiction book.

• Starkissed
  – Lanette Currington

Trigger
warning: atrocious cover art

Still,
give this book a chance! Fluffy and sweet romance between a human
woman and an alien-lizard man. Enough plot to be still considered a
science fiction romance rather than just erotica in space.

• Earthrise
  (Her Instruments, #1) – M.C.A Hogarth

This
is an actual furry novel. I did not know such a thing existed.
Thankfully the main couple is a WOC and a space elf but there are so
many furries in this book. For example there is a furry (tiger-like ?) couple. They are siblings (twins actually)… But don’t
worry that’s perfectly normal on their planet.

Now
one might think by this description that this book is completely
depraved erotica. Unfortunately it’s not. The tone of this book is
so sweet and cute it could be directed at children. Spoilers: It’s
not because, you know, incest…

So
yeah, strange experience but if your are into this stuff this might
be the book for you.

• Lips
  Like Ice – Peggy Barnett

This
one is really erotica. Mainly sex, a little plot.

Human
heroine meets impossibly tall gender-fluid space-elf prince who grows
an interesting cock over the course of this novella. Yeah.

Books
I haven’t read yet :

(I
don’t know if they are good.)

• The
  Sorceress’ Orc – Elaine Corvidae

• Honor
  Among Orcs (Orc Saga, #1) – Amalia Dillin

• Of
  Beast and Beauty – Stacey Jay

• Books
  with dragons: They are really easy to find. Just type ‘dragon’
  in the search bars of Goodreads or Amazon. From children’s books to
  erotica – there are many titles to choose from. I can’t really
  recommend a specific book because they are not my preferred kind of
  monster. I have read a few books with dragons but nothing that was
  memorable enough to recommend it. I’ve yet to find an interesting
  dragon. 😉

Do you know a book with a monstrous love interest? Please, contact me or reblog with your recommendation! Thanks 🙂

Reblogging
to add some books I forgot in my initial post:

• The
  Hob’s Bargain – Patricia Briggs

It’s
the end of the world but in a remote valley a small group of people
survived. A woman strikes a deal with a magical creature, the Hob to
keep them safe.The
Hob is monstrous, magical and mischievous and also the last of his
kind. The poor monster boy just wants a girlfriend. 😉

• Stellarnet
  Rebel (Stellarnet #1) – J.L. Hilton

Human
blogger tries to raise awareness for the amphibious hero’s people
who suffer on their occupied home world. The first book seems to set
up a polyamorous relationship.  

Books
I haven’t read yet:

• Mrs.
  Caliban – Rachel Ingalls
  

Seems
to have a lot in common with The Shape of Water. It’s also the only
book on this list that falls into the category of literary fiction.

• King’s
  Property (Queen of the
  Orcs #1) – Morgan Howell

For
Orc lovers. I don’t know if there is romance. 

Thanks
to @roguesareth who suggested

• Valiant
  (Modern Faerie Tales
  #2)
  – Holly Black

The
love interest is a bridge troll.