Scan barcode
A review by kaonashiecho
Captured by the Monsters by R.L. Caulder
3.0
3.5⭐️
This book is for people that like:
- nice monsters (despite the cover, it’s not dark at all)
- the ‘fuck or die’ trope
- a lot of spicy scenes
- also not your usual type of monster (here they are smoky/more or less corporeal type of beings)
I really like nice monsters, so this was a plus for me, but… I don’t like fuck or die situations at all. And the entire book the monsters care deeply about the heroine and consent and all, but the entire setting of this world is based on situations that they have to have sex or bad things will happen. So it’s pretty heavy on the dubcon.
The plot was nice, I actually really like the world building. There was space for a lot of political disputes and drama, but the ending of this ark of the story felt extremely flat for me. I was disappointed because the author could explore the power dynamics a little bit more. Everything was resolved too easily. And this is coming from someone that usually loves books that are mostly spice!
This book is for people that like:
- nice monsters (despite the cover, it’s not dark at all)
- the ‘fuck or die’ trope
- a lot of spicy scenes
- also not your usual type of monster (here they are smoky/more or less corporeal type of beings)
I really like nice monsters, so this was a plus for me, but… I don’t like fuck or die situations at all. And the entire book the monsters care deeply about the heroine and consent and all, but the entire setting of this world is based on situations that they have to have sex or bad things will happen. So it’s pretty heavy on the dubcon.
The plot was nice, I actually really like the world building. There was space for a lot of political disputes and drama, but the ending of this ark of the story felt extremely flat for me. I was disappointed because the author could explore the power dynamics a little bit more. Everything was resolved too easily. And this is coming from someone that usually loves books that are mostly spice!