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Title: Monsters Under My Bed
Series: Bogeymen #1
Author: M.J. Marstens
Genre: Erotica, Folklore, Monsters, Romance, Paranormal, Supernatural, Contemporary, Reverse Harem
Status: Finished
Rating: 3.5/5
Sypnosis: BEWARE THE BOGEYMEN…
Monsters are real.
I’ve seen them.
Felt them.
Fled from them.
Fifteen years later and I still have nightmares of the things that used to live under my bed—the diabolical ringleader with fiery red eyes who brought his friends to torment me. Crazy and unhinged, but nothing compared to the one with blazing yellow eyes who pretended to be my friend. And the worst of them all, the one with relucent green eyes, who was silent but always watching.
Waiting to strike.
I traveled halfway around the world to outrun my demons. My last memory of them is their taunting laughter filling my ears. Except, they’re waiting for me. Forced to return home to help my dying father, I have nowhere to hide. My monsters won’t leave me alone unless I give them what they want.
They’re hungry—starving—but now that I’m grown up, they don’t want to eat me.
They want to breed me.
Fifteen years ago, I wanted nothing more than to escape them.
But now…
A part of me wants to join them—submit to them.
Will I ever vanquish my night terrors, or will I just become another notch on their bedpost?
MONSTERS UNDER MY BED is book one in the BOGEYMEN series. MONSTERS IN MY BED AND MONSTERS FROM MY BED will complete the trilogy.
Review: After reading a lot of manga/manhua erotica, I have long since learned to turn off my brain when it comes to consent between characters. It has become apparent that "no" is the new "yes" for sex. It is not smexy and makes the whole romance seem a bit forced and I wish many authors would take a moment to approach this consent with the right way and not let their readers believe that rape is consent.
The world-building in this world was excellent. I enjoyed seeing the monster world here and learning about some of the other pieces of this world. Even better learning that there is definitely a portal under your own bed that monsters use.
Monster romances have become a new favorite of mine and this one was recommended to me by a friend. Unfortunately, I am going to have to give this one a 3.5. It is good but it is not a favorite monster read of mine.
