A review by chrysfey
How To Marry A Marble Marquis by C.M. Nascosta

3.0

My first monster romance read. I’ve been lurking among the monster romance Instagram for a couple of years now, maybe longer.  It’s been fascinating to say the least. lol C.M Nascosta was one of the first monster romance authors I followed after seeing so many readers raving about orcs and becoming obsessed. 

I read this book quickly and enjoyed it. I haven’t felt that in a while…wanting to ignore everything and just read. It was nice. 

I enjoyed the character of Silas, the marble marquise. He’s devilish and charming at the same time, and he knows it. He agrees to help Eleanor line up a future husband at the Monsters Ball as her last resort to provide for her family. Lessons on seduction are involved. Very intimate, in-depth lessons. Things get messy, because of course they do. And not just figuratively but actually when the characters get very…um…messy in one specific scene. (The one thing I did not like about him was that he does have s e x with someone else at some point.)

The lessons were detailed and fun and 🥵, making you want to skip ahead to each one. I wish there had been a little more between each lesson, though, to truly show Eleanor and Silas bonding. I also wanted more near the end, like the days leading up to the Monsters Ball. It was too rushed for me. We were given snapshots when I would’ve personally preferred to experience those moments fully. 

The actual Monsters Ball was fun, as well as the conclusion, even the final sentence, and, yes, that epilogue…because I hoped Eleanor wouldn’t have offended him by not doing it. IYKYK 😘 

There were some errors throughout, like spelling errors (even the FMC’s name near the end was spelled as Elanor) and dropped/missing words that unfortunately kept taking me out of the moment because I’d have to read the sentence again a couple of times. As an ex-editor and a writer, I couldn’t shake it, but that’s just me.

Originally 3.75 stars but lowered to 3 after some thought.