A review by xxivo
Monster Mixer by Robin Jo Margaret

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This short story collection is absolutely fun and adorable.

This collection of smutty short stories blew me away. While definitely being erotica, there is a lot of sweetness and tenderness to these stories that made them really amazing. In every story there is care for each other, making sure that each partner is doing okay and being cared for. Consent is handled well and clearly upfront and people check in multiple times if everything still is okay. This made it be a collection where everyone is respected including me as the reader and that's totally awesome.

I really fell in love with the characters in them as well. Jamie and Vance are absolute sweethearts. I loved their meeting and the following fun they had. They both were really having a good time which was transferred to me as the reader. Their joy became my joy. And this theme of joy continued into the following short stories. Because there was such a good base of communication everyone just kept enjoying themselves, and damn did I love that. Just some uncomplicated fun for queer people is so healing. I loved how it included all kinds of people with different gender identities, different sexualities, different relationship structures and just all together a good bunch of varied people. This made every story different and good to be enjoyed.

The smut itself was also very hot and really gave me a good blush. Things were sexy, things were intense and I really felt this as a reader. The amount of smut was good balanced with the amount of more casual parts and I felt like it vibed really well like that. 

Concluding I would really recommend this for any queer monster erotica lover.


I received an eARC and this was my honest review.