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A review by wjlongiii
Monsters Under My Bed by M.J. Marstens
3.0
This novel is not in my preferred genre wheelhouse. I'll say that first. The level of...spice wasn't a problem for me, but the format was.
Honestly, aside from a darker more savage form of erotica, I'm not sure the plan was thought or ironed out as well as it could have been.
I hate to write this, because I was ensnared for the majority of the story. The initial 60% of the book, puts the reader exclusively in the head of the main character, Alexis, and she is a colorful, willful and admittedly indecisive main character. I very much enjoyed her and the real world struggles she was forced to confront while creepy monster sought her...affections...from the shadows.
She had agency and drive in that first half or so, but the story swiftly shifts into full-on fantasy land for the back %40 that robs her character of all that To be fair, that could have worked for me if it didn't also jump between multiple characters who until then had basically been just monster archetypes personifying Alexis's desires.
More allusions to this or earlier shifts to separate characters could have made this change work in my eyes, but only if Alexis maintains power over the story. As it stands, she was thrown into the backseat and I find that unforgivable.
Honestly, aside from a darker more savage form of erotica, I'm not sure the plan was thought or ironed out as well as it could have been.
I hate to write this, because I was ensnared for the majority of the story. The initial 60% of the book, puts the reader exclusively in the head of the main character, Alexis, and she is a colorful, willful and admittedly indecisive main character. I very much enjoyed her and the real world struggles she was forced to confront while creepy monster sought her...affections...from the shadows.
She had agency and drive in that first half or so, but the story swiftly shifts into full-on fantasy land for the back %40 that robs her character of all that To be fair, that could have worked for me if it didn't also jump between multiple characters who until then had basically been just monster archetypes personifying Alexis's desires.
More allusions to this or earlier shifts to separate characters could have made this change work in my eyes, but only if Alexis maintains power over the story. As it stands, she was thrown into the backseat and I find that unforgivable.