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Found by the Lake Monster: A Love Bathhouse Monster Romance

by Lillian Lark

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Found by the Lake Monster is a short and sweet contemporary romance novella coming in at just over 100 pages on my Kindle. However, Adrian himself, the titular lake monster, is anything but short—which I think his human partner, Amy, really appreciates! This novella is primarily an erotic piece focused on Amy getting lost in the woods at night, meeting Adrian by accident, and agreeing to carry an oviparous pregnancy to term as his mate. In other words, this book includes oviposition, although the laying of the egg is not shown. It also features dual POVs—swapping between Amy and Adrian, of course—;that are both told in the first person.

I really enjoyed the good communication that Adrian and Amy used with each other. The start of their sexual relationship is very emotionally intense and employs miscommunication—Amy impersonates Adrian's blind date to get in his pants—but there are realistic consequences for this breach of Adrian's trust, and also a show of how Amy regains that trust over the course of the novella. They go on an actual date with each other where they talk, eat, laugh, and use their words as well as their sex toys.

I found it a refreshing change of pace that Amy took the lead in their shared sexual acts and told Adrian what she wanted—and then received it in spades. The magic cum as lubricant and aphrodisiac trope was played really well with just the right amount of seriousness. Amy herself is a monster romance connoisseur with a collection of monster dildos, so she knows her tropes. She never quite breaks the fourth wall, but it's clear she's both amused and aroused by everything that happens to her.

Overall, this was an incredibly cute and sweet novella. I really like Lillian Lark's prose style; it's funny, earnest, and very approachable, with a plethora of pop culture references that manage to remain endearing rather than verging into the territory of being a nuisance. I would highly recommend Found by the Lake Monster to anyone in the mood for a big helping of fluff with their steam.

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