Little Music of Night

Creature Cafe #17

by Clio Evans

Creatures of all kinds go to the Barista to find love, including the two cursed phantoms, Erik and Ray.

Erik and Ray already know their mate. They’ve been watching her, stalking her, and yearning for her night after night. There’s just one problem—Christy cannot see the phantoms who haunt her dreams.

Christy is ready to give love a shot. But when she’s ghosted on her first date, she leaves Creature Cafe furious. Little does she know, her two phantoms are in agony, waiting for the moment she can finally see them.

Will Erik, Christy, and Ray finally break the curse that’s holding them back?

This novella includes the following:
MMF Monster Romance
Phantoms
Opera Singer FMC
CNC
Voyeurism
Fated Mates
And more ;)

The Creature Cafe Series follows the Barista and the monsters and humans he matches. Each book has a different monster finding their fated mate, tons of spicy scenes, and monsters who love harder than they bite. Books 12-20 can be read without the first 11 books, but still recommended to read in order.

Genres: LGBT, Novella, Paranormal, Fantasy, M M Romance, Why Choose, Monster Romance

109 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2026

Reviews

[Ahren McNamara]

One of my favorite Creature Cafe novellas for sure.

[Trinity]

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 🌶🌶🌶/5

TW - stalking, peeping Tom, migraines (sc, mentioned), alcohol consumption

CW - somnophilia, CNC, impact play (canes, spanking), masochism, marking, biting, power exchange, degradation, voyeurism, pain play, hand necklace, breath play, sensory deprivation (blindfolds), masks, breeding

Tropes - why choose, shadows

Representation - queer rep, polyam - MMF

Fun short read that follows 2 phantoms and an opera singer. The story was cute and obvs hot. Like the previous book, I found myself eager to know more about the overarching plot that threads through these books more than the characters’ plot.

Idk what it is but, imo, the first couple of books in this series just hit more than the more recent ones

Scale:
⭐️ - would've DNF'ed / continued out of spite
⭐️⭐️ - shit, but whatever
⭐️⭐️⭐️ - meh, could've been better
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - lit 👅
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - loved it, inject this shit into my veins 🤪

🫑 - no smut
🌶 - no point
🌶🌶 - mediocre at best
🌶🌶🌶 - standard smut, hot
🌶🌶🌶🌶 - 🥵 okay, some CW
🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶 - fuck me 🥵🥵 CWs / filthy with a side of filth - see Poison / Room Twenty-Two: Hide and Seek/ The Naughty List / The Naughtier List

TW/CW not to be repurposed by authors / publishers for website / book / content use without permission

[emma | ecvbookstagram]

ah it’s just good to be back in the creature cafe 😌

[Anya]

Thank goodness there wasn’t a crazy cliffhanger in this one because I’m foaming at the mouth enough for the rest of the books in this series. This was a great addition to Creature Cafe 2.0! I loved the twist on phantoms, I’ve never read a phantom book that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed like this one.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5

‼️CONTENT SPOILERS‼️
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Tropes/Content:
MMF
Phantoms x Human
Fated mates
Cursed MMCs
Non-C0n sta|k!ng
Fancy d!cks
MMC has two d!cks
K!nk exploration
C.N.C
D/s dynamics
!mpact play
S0mn0ph!l!a
V0yer
Mat!ng b!tes

TW/CW:
Tox!c boss
N0n c0ns3nsual sta|king and V0yer

[Nora's Bookish Corner]

⭐️3.75 - after the last two, I was expecting this to be so much more dramatic and intense, but this was one of the "filler" novellas in the series. Its fun, flirty, fast paced and easily sets up the next one. You can feel the tension brewing in the background with all the characters and I'm so excited to see where it all heads! I can't believe we only have three more novellas and then the series is over!

[Abby]

This was ny least favorite of the bunch. Sure its a novella thats focused on spice so its gonna be short with minimal plot but Christy was as interesting as a wet sponge, Ray was annoyingly "good", and Erik was insufferably frustrating. There was no build up and I found myself flipping through spicy scenes just to get through it.

[Felicia Berg]

I just love these books

Another fantastic read. I’m glad to see The Barista back. I’m super greedy and I wish I could see all that’s happening with The Barista’s family. This was such a cool idea. A beautiful opera singer fated to two phantoms. I could easily read more about this three. I of course love the teaser at the end and I’m intrigued.

[Sophia Cristello]

I found this one very lack lustre. It felt like not much went on, there was no intrigue, there was no explanations/detail, and for an MMF story and only one of the guys even fully fucks her while the other only ever eats her out

It just felt like nothing happened the whole book and I didn't feel like the characters really made sense or had a connection

[Nicole]

Phantoms? Love it!

I absolutely love this series. And this story was fantastic. I really can’t believe how fast I read this one, I was so sucked in. I also can’t wait to find out more about Layla and Bell. I am super excited for this collection and can’t wait till the next one.

[Alexandria (Ink Stained Sorceress)]

Full review to come!

[C'airra Carney]

I’m disappointed there was no DP…..🥲

[Angela Ferebee]

3🌶

[Alexandra]

2.5✨️

[Tya Teller]

Loved it,bit I do am mad at the Barista for what he did..

[Marissa West]

Anyone who says you can’t learn anything from romance has obviously never experienced the wonders of monster romance and all the new doors it can unlock.

[Chloe Woodley]

Phantom of the opera Vibes

I’ve always liked the concept of the phantom of the opera and this book executed that concept perfectly but in this book there are two phantoms!!

[Ciru]

Short. Smutty. There is still the overarching story of The Cafe and The Barista and now the kids from the unions. I liked the play on the Phantom of The Opera. Enjoyed reading this. So were they still fussed with their masks after the bond?

[Natalia]

A Phantom of the Opera but make it monster romance, genius. Such a clever choice making them phantom monsters 😂