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Monsters Under My Bed by M.J. Marstens

noemi1010's review

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4.0

Alexis has left Texas and flew to Australia to escape the 3 monsters she kept seeing since she was younger. Forced to come back home as her father is in the hospital, Alexis has to face her monsters and her ex; however, she's not prepared to find herself in the boogeymen's realm and have to fight the usurper to the boogeymen's throne.

It was a spicy read, and I'm so curious to see what will happen with Alexis, Mark and her 3 monsters.

I was kindly provided with an ARC by the author, but I'm leaving a voluntary and honest review.

bestieandthebookish's review

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3.0

We got pictures!

This was okay. The fmc got on my nerves, but the plot twist got me.

Not very spicy, but the monster scenes were

allyreadsromance's review

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4.0

Unique Monsters

This is my first time reading this author and I look forward to more, especially the next part of this story! I enjoyed the heroine being taken to the monster land and dealing with their politics & king!

wjlongiii's review

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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.

nougat_01's review

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dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

spicybookswbb's review

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5.0

So hot!

The spice level on this book is off the charts! The suspense is wonderful and I can’t wait for the next book!

nightynight's review

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5.0

Hmm... #loved it
Can't wait for the next book. Super excited.

Love that Dr.Bradley stays in the story.

sarahnhall1213's review

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dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

marabaelish's review

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2.0

Boring

colbiecam's review

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4.0

Fun read, and I will definitely be back for more from this author. I think this story got started a little slowly for my taste but it wasn't so slow that I lost interest. I'm hopeful the next book picks up right where we left off!