Watch the new Vaginal Fantasy Romance Book Club episode with Felicia Day, Veronica Belmont, Bonnie Burton and Kiala Kazebee discussing the book “Radiance” (Wraith Kings, #1) by Grace Daven! Plus booze!
Here’s an older CNET article of Vaginal Fantasy co-host Bonnie Burton that’s a hilarious yet informative read about Cthulhu, Bigfoot, dinosaur romance books.
also me: ah, but why stick with angel monsters when you can ALSO read alien elf erotica
Oh mY the author is on tumblr! This explains the very vivid descriptions of very specific genitals. Also angsty pretty boys. And somewhat heavy handed handwringing over power dynamics and consent. Like I love how this erotica is trying to be more than erotica, and informed, but if they both wanna fuck and it’s clearly telegraphed as consensual just let em fuck mate. They don’t gotta be politically correct about it when there’s nothing to be politically correct over? This book is full of knotting and alien peen that looks like a tentacled lotus plant, so it don’t have to be that deep
me: *sees a novel where a woman sleeps with a kraken*
me, with a hundred unread samples already on her kinkle, pointing to the shelf: I want that one
HNNNNG. So after being coy and finishing this book in less than a day I’m gonna have to recommend it with some (fairly) large caveats, because even though I’ve got quibbles I really enjoyed it and think it deserves to be read:
Genres: Erotica/Alien kink Read it if you like: knotting, extremely graphic descriptions of VERY creative alien peen, captivity scenarios, tsundere alien princes, soft boys, actual feels, very passionate/loving romances that transcend species and differing genitalia, actual emotional character development in your erotica Warnings: Rape/Attempted Rape (not by the love interest to the protag, though, thank god–he’s good) Things I loved: The book tried to be more than erotica, which was really cool? Like I went into it thinking it would be alien kink junk food, but it actually was really thoughtful and self-aware in its depictions of gender, gender fluidity, power imbalances and depression. The alien prince is great. The pacing is great and the sex is hot. Things I wasn’t too hot on/the caveats: The subtext/philosophical discussions were heavy-handed af and kinda clumsy. As you can see from my complaints above there were points where the author seemed tortured by the current zeitgeist of fictional hand-wringing that we see on tumblr, and it detracted from the story. There was some real shoe-horned death and the maiden stuff at the end that also felt out of place, and the protag–Lydia–really has no character development at all, whether its internal or external. I felt like I was reading about a blank piece of paper designed to reflect the prince’s emotional state–like it was reader x alien–and I’m not a fan of self insert. I’m annoyed at the rape/attempted rape and the subtext surrounding it.
ANYWAYS, IT’S STILL A V GOOD READ. Very quick, only took me a couple hours.
Great review!
For more books with strange, unusual and monstrous love interests take a look at this list:
Nonnie you better sit down, major spoilers under the line so if you don’t want to read them, just don’t but to answer your first question, yes, there is romance ;]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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. 😉
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.
@cuthbertflangenibbler asked me if I knew any books with female monsters. I had to think
long and hard to come up with the three following examples. Female
monsters are even harder to find. This may or may not have to do with
beauty standards. Often a woman’s physical attractiveness
determines if they are worthy of being loved. Yes, it also happens to
men but why then is it so difficult to find monstrous women?
BTW
if you know a Beauty and the Beast version where the beast is female
(and not just on the inside because that’s lame) and Mr. Prettyface
Bell needs to fall in love with her to save her or something similar,
please send this precious piece of media my way! That is actually
roughly the plot of the adorable movie Penelope which is on my list
of Ugly
Badass Girls Getting the Hot Guy in Fantasy and Science Fiction.
I
read two or three of this series ages ago but I really liked it back
then. I’m not even sure why I didn’t continue.
Human
survivors of a spacecraft build colony on the home world of humanoid
aliens. They are very tall, their skin is pitch black and they are far
less emotional than humans. The story centers around the human (male)
emissary who lives among these aliens his struggles to keep the
political relations smooth and to regulate the technical exchange
between the two cultures (the alien culture is per-industrialization
as far as I can remember). A female bodyguard is assigned to him.
Their relationship slowly turns from professional to romantic.
The
main protagonists of this fantasy novel are actually a female woman
and someone who is described as a golem is this book. There are also
female golems with interesting story arcs. One of them gets her own
tentative love story with a human girl.
The
golems in this book are hard to describe. They are human shaped, have
clawed hands and interact strangely with light which changes their
appearance.
I’ve read some of those and if I really liked them they are on the
list.
If you read a book from this list and like it for one reason or
another, please let me know! I love recommendations. 🙂
The Last Hour Of Gann is epic in every sense on the word and well worth the time it’ll take you to read. Be warned: both the main characters are put through the ringer emotionally, mentally and physically throughout the story.
For a crazy long, utterly gripping and heart-warming human male/orc female story; look no further than this:
Come for the XCOM Vipers, stay for the Borealans. Into 9 foot tall lizards emitting low-frequency mating calls that get humans soaking wet/diamond hard? Snekguy has you covered!
Original fiction links!!! Thank you!
Free monster erotica – what’s not to like? Although consider helping these artist out if they have a patreon or a tip jar!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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. 😉
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.
@cuthbertflangenibbler asked me if I knew any books with female monsters. I had to think
long and hard to come up with the three following examples. Female
monsters are even harder to find. This may or may not have to do with
beauty standards. Often a woman’s physical attractiveness
determines if they are worthy of being loved. Yes, it also happens to
men but why then is it so difficult to find monstrous women?
BTW
if you know a Beauty and the Beast version where the beast is female
(and not just on the inside because that’s lame) and Mr. Prettyface
Bell needs to fall in love with her to save her or something similar,
please send this precious piece of media my way! That is actually
roughly the plot of the adorable movie Penelope which is on my list
of Ugly
Badass Girls Getting the Hot Guy in Fantasy and Science Fiction.
I
read two or three of this series ages ago but I really liked it back
then. I’m not even sure why I didn’t continue.
Human
survivors of a spacecraft build colony on the home world of humanoid
aliens. They are very tall, their skin is pitch black and they are far
less emotional than humans. The story centers around the human (male)
emissary who lives among these aliens and his struggles to keep the
political relations smooth while trying to regulate the technical exchange
between the two cultures (the alien culture is per-industrialization
as far as I can remember). A female bodyguard is assigned to him.
Their relationship slowly turns from professional to romantic.
The
main protagonists of this fantasy novel are actually a human woman and a male who is described as a golem is this book. There are also
female golems with interesting story arcs. One of them gets her own
tentative love story with a human girl.
The
golems in this book are hard to describe. They are human shaped, have
clawed hands and interact strangely with light which changes their
appearance.
Monsters and Villains 