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Creature Cafe #7

Little Taste of Need

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Creatures of all kinds go to the Barista to find love, including the sexy Naga princess Naomi.

Naomi wants someone to let her treat them like royalty, someone she can mesmerize.

The Barista introduces Naomi to Ella— a human that is very new to the world of fangs and claws but excited to meet her very own monster.

Ella quickly becomes Naomi's princess, the two of them diving into their relationship. When troubles from the past come around, everyone bands together to stand against their enemies. Even with more and more monsters siding with Lucifer, no one can tear apart two hearts in love.

This novella includes the following:

Hot MONSTER Scenes
Hypnokink
Tail play
BDSM
WLW scenes
Fated Mates love
and more...
The Creature Cafe Series follows the Barista and who he matchmakes. Each book will have a different monster finding their true love, tons of spicy scenes, and special *ahem* appendages. Follow Clio Evans on Instagram, Facebook, or Tiktok to stay up to date on monster-related shenanigans.

122 pages, Paperback

First published April 10, 2022

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Profile Image for Emily Sarah.
432 reviews956 followers
August 21, 2024
I…. There are no words, just intense gay panic.


Seriously if you’re looking for sapphic/WLW spice with a side of straps, tails and forked tongues this is probably for you. Though you will probably be re questioning your kinks after having read this.

I’m still digesting what I read but it made the last Katee Robert book I read look vanilla and cute.

This was an awesome read but holy crap I could never read this in public. It makes pepper spray seem like a therapeutic eye cleanser.

Saying that I will now be trying to find out if the author has written any other WLW novels because I am in DEEP. I am invested. I am gay afffff.

Also this was romantic and surprisingly heartwarming; my heart is mush.



TW’s listed below, please skip if you want 0 spoilers.






Tw// hypnokink, praise kink, bdsm (tied up) elements, spanking/flogging,straps, tail sex (idk how else to describe that one folks), some violence, vague stalking from ex, kidnapping.

There is NO dubcon, all sex is consensual and uses traffic light/safe word systems. (Hell yes)
Profile Image for Megan [At The Cottage].
1,021 reviews408 followers
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August 11, 2022
FF Romance
Fated Mates

Originally I DNF’d this. Review below. However, I needed the ongoing story to know wtf was going on to read the last book. I wasn’t going to come back to this one but am so glad I did because this book has a lot of cameos of past couples and because Naomi & Ella are friends with The Barista, I got a ton of backstory on his fated mates that I had been missing. I’m still not rating this because I skimmed most of it and had it not been part of a series I never would have gone back.

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Original Review


DNF somewhere in the middle? I’ve only read the MM ones in this series but I’m out of them so I decided to give this one a whirl. I’ve been trying to read this for days and it’s only 120 pages but I’m just kind of bored. I dont know how I can be bored with tail sex and kinky snake hypnosis but apparently I can. I think it’s more to do with the human female character, Ella, because she’s super insecure and her pov keeps taking me out of the story. Either way, I’m not feeling it.
Profile Image for Alexandra.
580 reviews1,081 followers
April 19, 2022
4.5/5⭐️
3.75/5🌶

As the world turns, the Barista is tasked yet again to find another mate for his monster clients. This time it is a gorgeous Naga Princess named Naomi. Yes Naga, as in she is half snake and 100% hot as fuck.

Ella is a human with human friends who are mated to other monsters and she wants to find her soulmate too. Despite these friends, Ella has always felt very alone without a family and that is what she craves desperately - to find someone who would love her, make her feel like a queen and find a family.

There is an instant attraction between Naomi and Ella and although they take their mating a bit slower than others. Honestly if my mating ceremony consisted of me wearing a harness thong made out of only rubies I would be mated by now as well. Also, lets discuss this hypnotization - cause that was hot and need more of it in my spice books!

This is book 7 in the creature cafe series and yes each book does add more and more to the complex situation the Barista finds himself in. We find out more about his past with Lucy (L) and its is very evident how he feels about a certain employee of his.



🐍🐍 Recieved ARC for honest review🐍🐍
Profile Image for Karla.
445 reviews148 followers
August 6, 2023
I wanted to read a spicy sapphic book, this also happened to be a monster romance and honestly this is all I need in my life.
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1,091 reviews101 followers
April 20, 2022


Naomi and Ella’s tale is hypnotic!
*****
Rating: 4 stars
Steam: 4 flames
Genre: Monster Romance / PNR / FF / Kinky Read / Fated Mates
*****
The Barista has done it again! Another successful human/monster match and we are one step closer to the epic battle between Lucifer and the Barista! And the even more epic battle… between Trixie and the Barista, will these two EVER get together! Not going to lie… I can’t wait to see how that all plays out.

Naomi, the lovely Naga Princess, has enlisted the Barista's assistance in finding her ideal match. She wants someone who is open to dominance, hypnosis, pleasure, and pain, and Barista knows just who Naomi's ideal match is... Ella.

Ella has never really had her own family. Melody is her best friend and the closest thing she has to family… and since Melody is family, that makes the twins Icarus and Dalus family too. But all Ella wants is someone to love her and with whom she can love and share her darkest desires without fear.

Naomi + Ella = Perfect Match

This seventh installment in the Creature Café series is another home run and is a must read for anyone who enjoys edgy, steamy monster romance. Ms. Evans has a gift, she is a master storyteller that manages to quickly draw you into her tales of steamy goodness that keep you quickly turning the pages!

Little Taste of Need is an excellent addition to the series, and I can't wait to meet the orc again! This book / series gets my recommendations and this is truly a must read series!
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178 reviews14 followers
July 6, 2023
Ok so a lot of my feelings on this are invalid based on how I impulsively accidentally jumped into book 7 in a series just because I wanted to get on this sapphic monsterfucking project and I also don't want to be nasty. I just got no enjoyment out of this whatsoever.

This takes place over a week. We jump right in, barely getting any introduction to the characters. Then we're on a date, then we skip past them getting to know each other (and we don't get to know them either) and then we're at a party having short interactions with other characters and then we're fucking and the story is half done. It was kind of comical how little space there was for the greater plot of the series, like we're just casually mentioning fighting Lucifer and it never comes up and the only conflict is the usual ex disturbance but more murdery than usual. I just couldn't be interested in anything and it's not just because I had no idea what was going on in this series. I've never felt like I knew the main characters less in anything.

The monster was really cool though. But I was checking twitter in the middle of the sex scenes and getting stuck reading news articles instead so that's not great. I guess some people don't need context for the sex but I definitely needed something more here. This thing is so short it felt like I was given a second hand summary of events rather than reading a story.
Profile Image for Kadisha (paperbackpassionista).
365 reviews42 followers
June 30, 2022
I’m shame to say it but I didn’t like it. I was super excited to read this one because hello look at the cover but I didn’t like it. (I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I have to be broken)

This story starts off with Naomi, a Naga princess, going to see her old friend, the Barista, to personally invite him to a ball her father is having but he soon figures out that the invite is a cover because she wants him to help her find her mate. The Barista agrees and sets her up with the beautiful Ella who Naomi instantly falls in love with her and wants to protect her from everyone!

Like I said in the beginning I’m broken! Because why didn’t I like it! I can’t give you one good reason why I didn’t like it and why I couldn’t connect with the characters or beloved their love for one another. But they didn’t do it for me The running plot line was great. I’m super excited about the books to come in this series but their love story fell flat for me.
Profile Image for Romancing the Reader.
1,254 reviews523 followers
April 19, 2022
Will I get tired of this? Nope.

📚 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲: Monster Erotica, lesbian romance, opposites attract

📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Naomi is a Naga princess, half woman and half giant snake, looking for a mate. Ella is an orphan with no family and as independent as they come. The Barista pairs them together in the latest installment of Creature Cafe.

🌟 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: As always, I'm in love with this little series. The characters are great, the representation is there, the monster-ness of it all is on point. Absolutely no complaints on this one.

Especially loved the FF of it all. Naomi was powerful and sexy. Ella was vulnerable and open. I love Clio Evans for her sexual fluidity and appreciated this installment the most.

𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 4.5/5 🌶🌶🌶🌶

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Profile Image for Christina (Christina's Book Corner).
910 reviews180 followers
July 12, 2022
July 9-11


Creatures of all kinds go to the Barista to find love, including the sexy Naga princess Naomi.

Naomi wants someone to let her treat them like royalty, someone she can mesmerize.

The Barista introduces Naomi to Ella— a human that is very new to the world of fangs and claws but excited to meet her very own monster.

Ella quickly becomes Naomi's princess, the two of them diving into their relationship. When troubles from the past come around, everyone bands together to stand against their enemies. Even with more and more monsters siding with Lucifer, no one can tear apart two hearts in love.

This novella includes the following:

Hot MONSTER Scenes
Hypnokink
Tail play
BDSM
WLW scenes
Fated Mates love
and more...

Review : Such a fun book I love this series it's fun and sexy . This is about Ella's and Naomi the Barista pairs them up Naomi is a Naga and ella is a human . Naomi is a princess. Ella ends up going to a party with Naomi where Naomi's crazy ex shows up . Ella and Naomi leave and end up having some sexy fun a lot of it . Naomi's crazy ex takes ella but ella gets saved . Ella and Naomi's do the mating bond can't wait to read the next one.

Quotes

“I heard he was the Grim Reaper, but I don’t know what that means. Like, I know what a grim reaper is but is he like the grim reaper?


Lucifer is a ‘fallen angel’, a creature that has existed for a long time. He’s inspired stories, he’s…definitely been at the center of a lot of problems between humans and monsters. The Barista is the Grim Reaper. Their paths crossed a lot, I’m sure. So at some point they started banging.”

Ella!” Icarus snapped. “What do you mean without a family? Is Melody not your family? Am I not? Do we not all love you? I would kill for you, Ella.”

“I kind of made up with her. I made her a cup of coffee this morning at the cafe and she didn’t throw it on me.”

How’s the Irish Creme?” he asked, raising a red brow. “Good,” I giggled. “Can you really hear us?” “Of course I can,” he snorted, but he was fighting a smile.
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Profile Image for Natalie  H.
3,796 reviews30 followers
November 21, 2022
These two were sweet. The gala was a wakeup call and although the father was nice, I questioned Naomi's judgement, putting Ella in danger. It seems all of the big strong monsters get mate brain fog in this series. The succubus ex was a bit cliche, but I did like how Ella handled herself.

Pairing - Naomi, Ella
Bad guy - Aurora
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Profile Image for Well Read Nurse.
592 reviews238 followers
April 3, 2022
Ella is a spit fire and it's just what the Naga Princess needs. Someone she can control but let her walls down with as well. Someone to cherish who she is not just the title.

Naomi is stunning and I am obsessed with her character's interest. Hypnosis intrigues me.

This is my 2nd favorite pairing so far!!!!

The barista better get his shit together with our girl Trixie and fast! We are all dying for that explosive ass combo!!!

This Sapphic novella is sssspicy 🐍🐍

Naomi is use to being in charge and Ella's submission will be the sweetest yet.


We also get to see some of our other babies, Luna, Quinn, AL, Melody, Icarus, Dalus ♡

Shopping list
Hypnosis
Biting/mate marks
Tails
Impact (hand and whips)
Safewords 👏🏾👏🏾
Sensory play

Triggers
Other woman (NO CHEATING)
Kidnapping
Profile Image for S.J. Stewart.
Author 13 books79 followers
July 7, 2022
This is a pretty solid series if you like monster romances. They feel like standalone books, though they're all connected as they all deal with different couples or groups. If I'm being honest, at this point I'm more interested in the Barista's storyline, but this book was much like the others. Steamy, hot, with monsters that make you drool.
Profile Image for Ciru.
1,723 reviews
June 26, 2022
Issssa snnnnnaaakkkeeee.

I loved that Naomi+Ella talked, the I love you's were too soon, my favourite part was when they built and calm downed each others anxiety.

I also love that there's isn't a conventional relationship (you know, aside from her being a snake) in that they'll probably not have the white picket fence lifestyle.

I've never read hypnosis kink, so that was a first. The smut was inventive but at the same time, I couldn't get over Naomi being a Naga.

My question though was, why was Naomi seemingly against all males, just for the sake of they are male? Like the only person she showed complete respect and mutual love to was her father, any other male was just basically tolerated because they were male, yet these were seemingly her closest friends/acquaintances. That mindset didn't make any sense to me.

Again, I'm now just reading to get to the Barista's book and in this tale, we've not made progress on the Lucifer+Barista/Barista+Trixie long haul plot and since I've been checking on Clio's IG,
Profile Image for Hillary.
683 reviews801 followers
July 10, 2022
4/5 ⭐️s

Naomi and Ella are officially vying for favorite match of the series status! Luna, Al, and Quinn still hold my heart, but it’s so close!

I loved how much of an emotional connection we got with this couple. There was an air of vulnerability with them that most of the books in this series hasn’t had.

Now that we’re coming towards the end of this series, I feel like the stakes are getting higher, and the Barista is less and less sure of how he can fix it all. The Barista is my entire reason for reading this series, so I love seeing him in a somewhat compromised state with Lucifer coming. It’ll be interesting to watch that story unfold!

Spice: 4/5 🌶
Profile Image for Heather.
736 reviews11 followers
August 25, 2023
Sapphic Monster Love.

This is book 7 of a series with various monster/human pairings and a storyline throughout. It was easy enough to follow the storyline with a piqued interest to read the rest of the series (this was my first chosen for being sapphic). Well written. Interesting in both the MCs pairing and romance as well as the main story from the series. The chemistry is hot hot hot. The spice is perfect. Short quick read with plenty of plot, lots of spice and a lovely monster pair.
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Author 91 books1,525 followers
June 1, 2022
So hot!

Amazing yet again and oh so spicy. This is my 2nd FF book and I loved it! And oh the tail ! Yummy. Off to read the next one and sad that its almost over!
Profile Image for Ana Ramirez.
731 reviews24 followers
September 7, 2022
Just okay. I didn't connect with either of the main characters. I liked the action at the end, and I liked the side characters.
Profile Image for Liberty Jones.
127 reviews
July 21, 2024
just a little amuse bouche palette cleanser if you will.
wlw stories are so fun - i love representation.
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450 reviews27 followers
February 24, 2025
the smut was nice but since it was a novella i felt there was no character development or an intriguing plot. good to pass the time tho 🤷‍♀️
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73 reviews12 followers
May 16, 2022
This series is EVERYTHING I never knew i needed! They are all short and spicy but the characters have you falling in love with them from the first page!
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Author 2 books25 followers
May 21, 2022
Yes yes yes. FF romance and we meet someone of our faves from other books. Can't get enough of this series
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436 reviews35 followers
June 7, 2022
TWs (+kinks): sexual content, vomit, kidnapping, injury, blood, snake-like monster (naga female), hypnokink, sensory depravation, whipping, spanking, bdsm, ex drama, praise kink, tail sex,

As a WLW, I hate it when a WLW book disappoints me.

I lowkey hate it that the author decided to introduce the Lucifer-Barista plot. Like I'm here for monster porn, not plot and world building. Have them fuck each other sensless and go. I don't care about the rest.

And this book had the most side plot and Naomi and Ella just pining in the backgroud. I missed the smut... there was smut, but not as much as in first four books, let's say. The book really lacked the heat.

Eventually, I got to like Naomia and Ella. They were sort of really cute. But it was definitely the worst one out of all the books in the series so far in my opinion.
Profile Image for Erin (the.bookish.playlist).
212 reviews20 followers
April 12, 2022
✨Rating 4⭐️4.5🔥

✨Synopsis: The Barista is back at it again in the seventh installment of the Creature Cafe series… this time it’s Naomi, the Naga princess, looking for someone to let her dominate them body, mind, and soul. She is used to getting her way, and expects obedience in all aspects of her life. But what she doesn’t expect is Ella, the sassy spitfire human with a mind of her own, to captivate her and slowly tear down the walls she built around her heart.

✨Thoughts: this is the first strictly FF couple in the Creature Cafe series and I absolutely adored them. I love seeing a tough as nails character absolutely turn to mush for their mate… and Naomi was exactly that. Ella might also be one of my favorite human characters in this series.

I also loved that Clio gives us a little more of a glimpse into the extended family that these monsters and their humans are building, and we see a little more of the Baristas struggles as his own story is coming close to its climax!

✨Tropes: monster, paranormal romance, FF, taboo, bdsm/kink
✨TW/CWs: tail play, hypnosis, sensory play, impact play, biting/marks, ex drama
Profile Image for Amos24601.
1,287 reviews44 followers
April 3, 2022
I’ll preface this by saying that I am not a normal reader of F/F books. But this was very well done. I loved how real Ella came across. She had fears and anxieties that fit so well with the situation. Her reactions seemed on par for what was happening to her. Evans wrote Ella to perfection.

Naomi was a wonderful character here as well, strong and unyielding, but with a sense of vulnerability that made her softer. The way that she treats Ella is beautiful. She cherishes her and adores her. I really liked the depth of their connection.

The steamy times were super sexy with several added elements due to Naomi’s Naga side. Evans has an imagination for days. These books are always written so well.

A little more information is trickled out about the Barista and the impending war with Lucifer. I can’t wait to see what happens. Next up: ORCS! I am so, so ready.

*I received an ARC of this book and this is my honest review.
Profile Image for Taylor.
237 reviews35 followers
April 19, 2022
Bdsm themes
Hypnosis
Tail play
Bonded Mates
FF
OW drama

Ella and Naomi are such a good match. Ella has wants that she has never been able to trust another person with but with Naomi she can finally let go.

Naomi has never felt the need to be vulnerable with another woman. She is always the one in control and that’s the way she prefers it. Until Ella. She feels a level of vulnerability with Ella that allows her to let go of her tightly held control.

The sex between these two🙌🏽 I want all of it. I haven’t read many FF (because really there aren’t very many I can find) so this was a great surprise!


Barista🖤🖤 I just love him so much. His vibes are so sweet at the shop but outside of it🥵🥵🥵 he’s so dark!!
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480 reviews50 followers
May 16, 2022
Clio Evans
Little Taste of Need (FF Monster Romance) (Creature Cafe Series Book 7)
MC Naomi & Ella


Review

This book! OMG ! Nothing like I’ve ever read before. I love how protective Naomi was of Ella. She wanted to give her all the desires her heart so desperately wanted.

There was of course some drama, ex’s and the other monster .This was a spicy aka hot short story. I loved the chemistry between the two main characters. Ella wanted a love and family of her own, and Naomi Long for a mate. It was amazing the story .

At the end of the day when danger came, Ella realized that she did have a family and they came to rescue right away. I highly recommend these spicy novella’s. Their oh so good. 5 stars ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Profile Image for Willie Mercedes.
1,455 reviews136 followers
April 19, 2022
Barista is back with his love matching. Naomi is a Naga Princess and Ella which we met in Little Song of Pain, Melody’s best friend, is the human chosen to mate with. We get more of an insight of Barista’s past with Lucifer and how the battle will commence sooner than later.
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