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DRAGON’S BAIT by Vivian Vande Velde

Fifteen-year-old Alys is not a witch. But that doesn’t matter–the villagers think she is and have staked her out on a hillside as a sacrifice to the local dragon.
It’s late, it’s cold, and it’s raining, and Alys can think of only one thing–revenge. But first she’s got to escape, and even if she does, how can one girl possibly take on an entire town alone?
Then the dragon arrives–a dragon that could quite possibly be the perfect ally… .
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/372807.Dragon_s_Bait

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Finally I have found a book with a dragon I really like.
Although it’s a YA fantasy, and probably one that’s geared at an even younger audience than many of the contemporary YA books, it’s an absolute delight to read even for adults.
The themes of this book are revenge and responsibility and the wonderful thing is that the author doesn’t spell out every message hidden in this little gem of a book. Like the heroine, the readers have to come to their own conclusions.
Neither the heroine nor the dragon are morally pure to begin with nor are they by the end of the book. But both are changed by each other’s company.

The dragon in this book can change into (a very handsome) human form, so the monstrous aspect of the dragon is secondary. What makes him alien is his personality. He doesn’t adhere to human morality and his motivation is mysterious at best. His character really conveys a feeling that dragons are truly otherworldly creatures.

The interactions between the heroine and the dragon are delightful. There is bickering, there is jealousy and there is romance but it is very subtle.

Furthermore the book avoids all my personal YA pet peeves: no neverending self-indulgent introspection of the heroine, no over explaining of everybody’s motivations, no first person narrator and no fucking love triangle.

My only criticism: It’s too short. Otherwise it’s perfect.

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RADIANCE by Grace Draven

THE PRINCE OF NO VALUE

Brishen Khaskem, prince of the Kai, has lived content as the nonessential spare heir to a throne secured many times over. A trade and political alliance between the human kingdom of Gaur and the Kai kingdom of Bast-Haradis requires that he marry a Gauri woman to seal the treaty. Always a dutiful son, Brishen agrees to the marriage and discovers his bride is as ugly as he expected and more beautiful than he could have imagined.

THE NOBLEWOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE

Ildiko, niece of the Gauri king, has always known her only worth to the royal family lay in a strategic marriage. Resigned to her fate, she is horrified to learn that her intended groom isn’t just a foreign aristocrat but the younger prince of a people neither familiar nor human. Bound to her new husband, Ildiko will leave behind all she’s known to embrace a man shrouded in darkness but with a soul forged by light.

Two people brought together by the trappings of duty and politics will discover they are destined for each other, even as the powers of a hostile kingdom scheme to tear them apart.

Check out this book on Goodreads: Radiance (Wraith Kings, #1) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24473763-radiance

Fluffy fantasy romance about two people who look like monstrous nightmares to each other.

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Part 2, Eidolon, is also very much worth reading. Darker than the first book, it’s just as interesting and I think I loved the characters even more.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25056040-eidolon

If Draven doesn’t write an additional book for Anhuset and Serovek and makes them finally kill each other during sex or something, I will riot. The plot of Kirgipa and Necos was also interesting and I would love to see how their stories developed.

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TRANSMISSION LOST by Stefan Mazzara

Jack Squier is a civilian cargo pilot in a future where humanity has begun colonizing other worlds throughout space. This period of expansion has led to prosperity, but has also led to the unfortunate realization that humanity is not alone in the universe. Humanity is now at war with the Ailian Ascendancy, a fiercely territorial empire that does not take kindly to humanity encroaching on their domain. Over this decade-long conflict, humanity’s ships have been spread thin across space as they fight to hold back the Ailian fleets.

With military ships becoming such a precious commodity, civilian pilots like Jack find themselves pressed into service running supplies for the UN Navy. On one such cargo run, Jack encounters the enemy in the worst way possible, and sets in motion a series of events that will change the future of humanity. 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27236475-transmission-lost

Teratophilia recommendation by @winged-wolf-tsuki who shared some relevant information for monster lovers: ”It features a female character that is not only stronger than her human partner but much taller. The start of it has some similarities between Enemy Mine and Starkissed but then it starts to branch out a bit more. I found it a unique read.”

More books with monsters as the love interest: HERE

SPIDERLIGHT
by Adrian Tchaikovsky

The
Church of Armes of the Light has battled the forces of Darkness for
as long as anyone can remember. The great prophecy has foretold that
a band of misfits, led by a high priestess will defeat the Dark Lord
Darvezian, armed with their wits, the blessing of the Light and an
artifact stolen from the merciless Spider Queen.

Their
journey will be long, hard and fraught with danger. Allies will
become enemies; enemies will become allies. And the Dark Lord
will be waiting, always waiting…

Spiderlight
is an exhilarating fantasy quest from Adrian Tchaikovsky, the author
of Guns at Dawn and the Shadows of the Apt series.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28765741-spiderlight

Spoilers ahead…

This
book was a pleasant surprise. At first glance it’s a classic quest
novel about a small party (priestess, mage, warriors, thief) setting
out to defeat the eeeeeeeeevil Dark Lord.

It
becomes relevant to my (monster) interests when they force a giant
spider to join their party. To make him look less conspicuous the
resident mage attempts to give him a human shape. This goes slightly
wrong. The result is Nth, a man spider described as having a sinewy
physique, gray skin, slightly too long limbs, much too long fingers
and sporting 6 beady eyes as well as razor sharp fangs in a mouth
that, upon occasion, opens a bit too wide in an otherwise handsome face.
He’s also strong and tall. I’m in love.

The
poor spider monster fills his party members with intense disgust. Not
only do they not trust him despite having him placed under a spell
which compels him to obey everything they say, the human questers are
also having a hard time recognizing him as a person. My heart really
broke for Nth. He tried to adjust to an unwanted body complete with
its strange sensations and even stranger states of mind. He is forced
to betray his people, knows that he will never really belong anywhere
ever again and is even denied a free will.

But
slowly some of the party members start being compassionate towards
him and he in turn reaches out to them. A kind of camaraderie
develops between them and they start turning to each other for
comfort. Yes, I mean Nth and the female warrior Cyrene have (drunk)
sex. Moral implications ensue. Cyrene is genuinely worried that she
might have raped him because he’s still under the spell that makes
him obey everything the party members tell him to do. Luckily it
turns out Nth went into the situation willingly. This is quite
astonishing considering he later thanks Cyrene for not eating him
afterwards. He didn’t know that among humans this is not a common thing to do
after sex. 😅

So
Nth starts making friends, first the thief and then Cyrene. By the
end of the novel he has gained at least the respect of all the
questers (except the dead ones…) and is more or less made into a
hero and savior. Needless to say he doesn’t care about those
things. He also regains his free will and that is infinitely more
important to Nth.

The
end is happy enough because it suggests Nth and the two people who
genuinely care about him look forward to a quiet life where they can
escape all forced heroism and live unnoticed and therefore free.

I
have some minor criticisms but overall I thoroughly enjoyed this
book. The language is a bit overwrought but on the other hand this
goes very well with the dry humor the whole novel is infused with.
The POV of view changes quite frequently but it wasn’t confusing
despite all the characters’ voices sounding a little bit too much
alike.

The
book also deals with issues I didn’t expect in a novel about some
questers setting out to defeat the ultimate evil such as racism,
blind faith and bigotry, sexism, crimes committed under duress and
free will in general. Sometimes it’s a bit heavy handed but overall
the inclusion of those themes made the emotional struggle of the
characters very real.


Also have I mentioned that I love Nth? His
characterization is human enough to emphasize with him, yet as a being
of a different species also believably alien.  The poor monster
spider boy just wants to be treated like a person.

More books with monsters as the love interest: HERE

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It’s DEFY THE WORLDS launch day! Hit your local bookstore to find out what happens next for Abel and Noemi. Separated by the Liberty War for the independence of planet Genesis, Abel and Noemi have an entire galaxy between them. When Earth strikes at Genesis through biological warfare, however, Noemi is forced to venture back into the greater galaxy in an attempt to find help. But doing so puts her incredible danger–from which only Abel may be able to save her. Yet Abel knows that stepping forward to help means exposing himself to his creator, Burton Mansfield, who will stop at nothing to reclaim Abel for his own. 

Did I mention DEFY THE STARS is $2.99 on all online platforms this week? BECAUSE IT IS. Time to plunge in, people! 

Soldier girl and robot boy are back!!!!

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THE DARKANGEL (DARKANGEL TRILOGY #1) by Meredith Ann Pierce

Aeriel is kidnapped by the darkangel, a black-winged vampyre of astounding beauty and youth. In his castle keep, she serves his 13 wives, wraiths whose souls he stole. She must kill him before his next marriage and comes into full power, but is captivated by his magnificent beauty and inner spark of goodness. Will she choose to save humanity or his soul?

Check out this book on Goodreads: The Darkangel (Darkangel Trilogy, #1) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92717.The_Darkangel

You think this is your average YA novel? Think again! First published in 1982 it came long before the supernatural love interest was trending. I read this book as an adult and I never once had the feeling that I couldn’t relate to the young heroine. This trilogy features incredibly imaginative worldbuilding, a wealth of interesting secondary characters and universal themes including love, friendship and betrayal. I was crying by the end and I mean crying, like actual salt water leaking from my eyes.

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NIGHT’S MASTER (Tales from the Flat Earth # 1) by Tanith Lee

NIGHT’S MASTER is the first book of the stunning arabesque high fantasy series Tales from the Flat Earth, which, in the manner of The One Thousand and One Nights, portrays an ancient world in mythic grandeur via connected tales.

Long time ago when the Earth was Flat, beautiful indifferent Gods lived in the airy Upperearth realm above, curious passionate demons lived in the exotic Underearth realm below, and mortals were relegated to exist in the middle. Azhrarn, Lord of the Demons and the Darkness, was the one who ruled the Night, and many mortal lives were changed because of his cruel whimsy. And yet, Azhrarn held inside his demon heart a profound mystery which would change the very fabric of the Flat Earth forever…

Come within this ancient world of brilliant darkness and beauty, of glittering palaces and wondrous elegant beings, of cruel passions and undying love.

Discover the exotic wonder that is the Flat Earth.

Check out this book on Goodreads: Night’s Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #1)

Reylo vibe recommendation by @k10c2
I strongly second this recommendation. 😍 I’ve decided that each of the ‘Tales from the Flat Earth’ books will get it’s own post.

Very sensual, reminiscent of 1001 nights, featuring a wide cast of characters over the course of 5 books but always returning to beautiful and casually cruel Azhrarn, Lord of Demons who occasionally has a soft spot for humanity.

While the reylo vibe is not as strong in the first of this series it will still make you fall in love with Tanith Lee’s creation and her characters.

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STAINED GLASS MONSTERS by Andrea K. Höst

Creatures from the Eferum are a world-wide problem: creeping through tears in the fabric of space, they feast on every unprotected human they can find.

Tyrland has a solution in the Kellian: faster and stronger than humans, they are Tyrland’s clawed, shadowy monster hunters. But no matter how faithfully they serve, or how true their sworn word, they are too different, too separate, to ever be entirely trusted.

Rennyn Claire is a complication. Secretive and obscenely powerful, she knows entirely too much about a massive new threat to Tyrland’s safety. Worst of all, she is linked to a past that the Kellian would rather forget.

All three of these things – monsters, Kellian, and an entirely overpowered mage – are about to land in Kendall Stockton’s lap. The last thing Kendall wants is to try to play conscience to someone who can swat her like a bug. But innocent lives are at stake, and no-one else seems willing to ask if what is necessary is the right thing to do.

And who, exactly, is the monster?

Check out this book on Goodreads: Stained Glass Monsters (Eferum, #1) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10134027-stained-glass-monsters
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Andrea K. Höst’s books are not easily chategorized. She mixes fantasy, science fiction and steampunk with a strong romantic element while never losing focus on plot and character development.
Her novels always feature interesting and capable heroines that are easy to identify with, sexy and thoughtful men and fully fleshed out secondary characters. There are usually multiple lgbt characters in each of her books.

Heyy do you know some books with teratophilia themes? Or if not, some good monster books?

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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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.)

  • 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.  

Books
I haven’t read yet:

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.

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.

LIST UPDATE

@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.


Ok,
here is my short list of FEMALE MONSTERS:

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
haven’t read this one yet but as far as I know the male protagonist
has a female alien (insectoid?) lover.


After
going through my “to read list” I found some more books which are
a good fit for this post:

  • Adaption
    (Adaption Series #1) – Pepper Pace

The
alien in this book seems really quite far from humanoid looking.

A giant spider by the name of Nth is turned into a human to help on
quest against a dark lord.

Even if the spider has a human form I still found the premise
interesting and rare enough to put this book on the list.

This one is probably a literary cyborg/human love story paralleling
the story of the golem in Jewish folklore.

@xmiss-megafaunax recommended:

  • Cinder
    (The Lunar Chronicles #1) – Marissa Meyer

“Not
fully centered around the monstrous love interest, but Scarlet’s
love interest is kind of like an alien version of a werewolf.”


For further reading take a look at these two Listopias on
Gooodreads:

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:

https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7501884/1/

For a bunch of very different and equally marvellous stories featuring monster/human romance in sci-settings check out Snekguy:

https://www.patreon.com/Snekguy/posts

https://www.literotica.com/stories/memberpage.php?uid=3361584&page=submissions

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!

I’ll add my favourite tumblr authors @momolady and @monsterboysmooches.

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THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS by N. K. Jemisin

Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an heiress to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle.

Check out this book on Goodreads: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance Trilogy, #1) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6437061-the-hundred-thousand-kingdoms

Yes, I’m aware that this is the author who holds a controversial opinion about Kylo Ren’s redemption arc. ANYWAY let’s separate the art from the artist because this book definitely has strong REYLO VIBES.
A girl of mysterious descent awakening to her strange powers and a beautiful but incredibly destructive god complete with a redemption arc must work together to gain their freedom and become their true selves. I mean….

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