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Creature Cafe #8

Little Risk of Fall

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Creatures of all kinds go to the Barista to find love, including the outgoing orc known as Jasper.

Jasper is ready to find his mate. He can feel it in his *core* that it is time. Despite all of the things happening in the creature world, he is ready for someone who can love him— kilts, tusks, and all.

When the Barista sets up Jasper with a human named Alex, they plan a getaway together. The summer solstice orc games are to take place, the perfect time for Alex and Jasper to discover just how much they want each other.

Still, Lucifer’s reach is far and wide. When Jasper and Alex find themselves at the center of a coven’s plot to bring Lucifer back, they discover that no matter how hard you might fall — monstrous love will be there to catch you.

This novella has the following:

Hot MONSTER Scenes
Orc doms
Fated Mates Love
BDSM
Sword Crossing
Kilts
And more ;)

102 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 16, 2022

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Profile Image for Alexandra.
584 reviews1,085 followers
May 17, 2022
5/5 Stars
3.5/5 Spice

I would like a daddy Orc please and thank you. We're so close to the end of the series and I am unwell! Novella #8 was yet again another hit from Clio. We have Jasper (an Orc) who wants to find his mate and the Barista matches him with his human mate, Alex. After 2 weeks of dating they go on a little vacation/hunting trip to solidify their relationship if you know what I mean.

I absolutely adored this couple. Jasper is the ultimate DADDY. They were both hot but also really vulnerable with each other. During this trip other Orcs are there and they play these "games" essentially to prove their commitments to their mates (or future mates). I loved all the voyeurism and exhibitionism we got in this.

We do have Barista drama yet again and it involves this couple. This time it got a little too close for comfort and I just know my anxiety is going to be through the roof. I especially loved the moments in this one with Trixie!!! I CAN NOT WAIT!!

The goodies:
Daddy kink
praise/degrading
BDSM
dom/sub dynamics
voyeurism
exhibitionism
Gore/violence
Sadism/masochism
KILTS
Profile Image for Megan [At The Cottage].
1,054 reviews431 followers
July 17, 2022
MM Romance
Orc Fated Mates
2.5 Stars ⭐️

Out of all the MM books in this series, I found this one the most boring. Jasper gets matched with Alex and takes him to his hunting lodge for the weekend to play a series of sex games. Like always in these books, the sex was hot 🥵 but I didn’t feel a connection between them. I’ve read these completely out of order so my favorite part was actually learning why Cam lost his wing because when reading the MMM one I was a bit confused.

Are all Orcs this romantic?

“The next game will be your punishment,” I said, “but for now, turn around and bend over. I’m going to shove my orc cock all the way up your ass and dump my seed inside of you.”

“Yes, daddy,” he whimpered.
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269 reviews16 followers
May 31, 2022
3.5 ✨
Not my favorite of the series, but wasn’t bad!

Also it’s sad to me (not surprising though) that out of 10 books we get 1 dedicated F/F book and one that has an F/F/M relationship, and yet we’ll get 6 that have M/M relationships 🙁
Profile Image for Ciru.
1,730 reviews
July 26, 2022
It wasn't bad, it also wasn't all excellent. The I love Yous were too early, then it followed the standard formula, meet, fuck, almost fully bond, disaster, saved by the Barista and Co, recovery and happy ever after.

Then the clichéd dick too big for his mate, but his drug inducing cum helped.

One more book to book 10.
Profile Image for Sammie Reads.
1,154 reviews186 followers
May 27, 2022
I don’t know, I’m having a hard time getting into these after the first few. The Daddy nonsense felt so forced and fake, it was kinda cringey. I’m still along for the ride with the whole Lucifer side story and I am INVESTED in Trixie and The Barista, but Injust kind of rage-speed read this one.
Profile Image for Poppy || Monster Lover.
1,841 reviews525 followers
September 9, 2024
3.5 stars
I quite liked Jasper and Alex and thought they were a sweet couple. They had their little instalove plot line with some danger thrown in. I wish we’d gotten a little more of them getting to know one another on page to connect with them more, but it was still cute.

Spice: 4/5

Triggers: voyeurism, exhibitionism, murder, sacrifice, attempted murder through exsanguination, dismemberment, discussion of past near drowning
Profile Image for Kadisha (paperbackpassionista).
365 reviews42 followers
July 1, 2022
Omg!!!! Please stop my beating heart!!! Between how adorable Jasper and Alex love story is and the issue between Lucy and the Barista coming to a head! I’m not well and my poor heart can’t take all this love and angst! Someone come save me!

This story starts off with Jasper, an orc and really good friend of the Barista, asking the Barista for help to find his human mate because it’s time. After the Barista pair Jasper up with Alex, they agree that they will spend two weeks getting to know each other before they head to Canada for a retreat for the summer solstice. When Jasper arrives to the cabin for the retreat he is in for a week of nothing but fun and “games”.

I don’t know how @clioevansauthor is able to get me to fall in love with two characters and their love story in under 140 pages but my heart felt everything for Jasper and Alex. Their connection to each other rivals some of the other couples we’ve met so far. Jasper ability to be Dom/primal yet gental and reassuring to Alex when he needs it, made me feel butterflies! Alex submission and willing to ask for what he wants in life even though he’s scared of rejection made me want to wrap him in a warm hug! Jasper and Alex will make you believe in soulmates and there is someone for everyone in this world.
Profile Image for Natalie  H.
3,825 reviews30 followers
November 21, 2022
This was probably my least liked in the series. The recklessness from Jasper with the chase game was mindboggling. His ego could've cost him his mate. I didn't really see the point of this couple, other than a favor granted for letting the barista know about the witch sacrifices.

Pairing - Jasper (orc), Alex (human)
Bad guy - Witches
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for jessasreading.
232 reviews
May 28, 2022
I am a slut for orcs. I don’t know what it is about them, okay, actually I do. They are sexually free, unashamed, and amazing daddies. 😏 loved this couple. I’m still so excited for book 10!!!
Profile Image for Paula.
243 reviews4 followers
October 26, 2023
Amiga que cringe como vuelva a leer la palabra daddy me va a dar una embolia
Profile Image for kim_is_bookish.
607 reviews31 followers
May 18, 2022
ARC review!!!

I love this series and I absolutely loved this book! Jasper is Daddy material and his big D energy is everything! Loved the Dom/sub dynamic and all the kinks involved, so spicy!! Clio is such an amazing author! She puts these profound sentences all throughout her books that just make you have an epiphany, and it feels super natural through the story and the monster smut! I already can’t wait for book 9!!!
Profile Image for Kaylah.
203 reviews17 followers
May 31, 2022
First of all this book was HOT 🥵 I mean Clio knew what she doing when she wrote this! The Barista has matched up Jasper and Alex and they are literally perfect for each other. I loved how Jasper cared for Alex and wanted to see him grow and build a life together. He is Daddy Jasper for a reason 😏
Profile Image for Christina (Christina's Book Corner).
922 reviews181 followers
July 15, 2022
July 11-15

Creatures of all kinds go to the Barista to find love, including the outgoing orc known as Jasper.

Jasper is ready to find his mate. He can feel it in his *core* that it is time. Despite all of the things happening in the creature world, he is ready for someone who can love him— kilts, tusks, and all.

When the Barista sets up Jasper with a human named Alex, they plan a getaway together. The summer solstice orc games are to take place, the perfect time for Alex and Jasper to discover just how much they want each other.

Still, Lucifer’s reach is far and wide. When Jasper and Alex find themselves at the center of a coven’s plot to bring Lucifer back, they discover that no matter how hard you might fall — monstrous love will be there to catch you.

This novella has the following:

Hot MONSTER Scenes
Orc doms
Fated Mates Love
BDSM
Sword Crossing
Kilts
And more ;)

Review : love this series this is about Alex and Jasper. They get connected by the Barista and they get together and end up going on this retreat for orcs. And it gets spicy fast oh my this one was hot . I love Jasper and Alex but as always things go bad and witches try to sacrifice Alex for Lucifer but Alex gets saved and Jasper and Alex mate .

Quotes :

Instead, I was faced with his bulge behind a furred kilt— one that even I couldn’t ignore. “My eyes are up here,” he grumbled, although he smirked. “It’s hard to ignore,” I chuckled.

He is my mate. I brought him here. He will be claimed by me.” “My cock says he’s mine.” “I can cut off your cock then,” I growled. “And then shove it up your ass.


You’re still unmated,” one of them sneered. “Yeah because you had your weird monster attack us. If you hadn’t, I’d be getting pounded by my orc Daddy back at the lodge. Now, I’m in the middle of three idiotic witches who think they’re going to do this without dying terrible deaths,” I said.



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Profile Image for Natasha.
254 reviews16 followers
October 8, 2025
◇ M/M relationship

◇ Orc & Human

◇ BDSM & “Daddy” vibes

◇ Prey/Predator chasing

◇ So many feels

Alex and Jasper are my new favourite couple in Creature Cafe 😭😍

Alex wants to be seen for who he is and Jasper not only sees him but encourages him to be exactly who he is. I would read an endless amount of pages of those two just talking I swear.

Jasper wants to settle down, to build a home with his mate and experience life while having someone to love and care for, and to be loved in return.

I can’t, these two are my everything 😭

Favourite quotes: “It was hard to walk life alone. It was hard to go so long without feeling loved and needed and accepted.”

“It was like waking up from a deep dream, and finding yourself in an even better reality.”

“I had finally realized that my desires were worthy of being cared for. That I could be with someone who saw me for me and wanted to see me grow. It had made me realize that while there was always danger when soaring so high, the flight was worth the risk of the fall.”

Profile Image for Elyse.
405 reviews32 followers
June 13, 2022
This Orc and human MM pairing is definitely my second favorite couple of the series so far. Jasper and Alex just click so well together. I also loved how slowed down things were, well as slow as you can get for a 100 page book.

Jasper and Alex are definitely mates but instead of mating right off the bat, it’s held off for quite awhile. While they have explosive chemistry together, Alex gets more of a chance to think about things and whether he wants to mate with this ‘monster’ for the rest of his life. I absolutely loved that. It felt a bit different from the other books in this series.

I also love how there was more plot than there was sex. Although there was definitely sex and it was hot as hell, I felt like their little conversations & the murderous witches portion really shone through in this one.

This whole Lucifer and Barista situation is getting quite crazy. Looking forward to see where it takes us in the end.
Profile Image for Barbara.
441 reviews35 followers
June 7, 2022
TWs (+kinks): murder, human sacrifice, kidnapping, daddy kink, dom/sub, BDSM, voyeurism, orcs, penis piercings, exhibisionism, humiliation, c*ck and b*lls torture, sadism/masochism, kilts

This was really good, but not the best by Clio in my opinion. I really enjoyed it but I found myself not that horny as I was while reading previous books. I'm usually into the daddy thing but it was so overdone here and used in nonsexual scenes too, and I lowkey found it cringe. Jasper is a super sexy daddy orc tho and the thought of his dick piercings made me drool 🤤

When it comes to the sex scenes I found them hot, but I was contantly wanting more... as if the author was giving us 70% of it. Dunno, I was constantly wanting more. Just when it got all hot and spicy, it was cut of. Lowkey disappointing, I'm not here for the goo-goo-ga-ga, I'm here for the hardocre monster porn... and the Barista subplot that I'm starting to enjoy quite alot.

All in all, I absolutely loved it and had lots of fun reading it.
Profile Image for Karly Wise.
306 reviews25 followers
May 28, 2022
⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
🔥🔥🔥/5

TW’s: Mention of Drowning

Kinks: Hunted/Chased; Spanking; Daddy Kink; Ball Slapping/Spanking; Degradation; Praise; 69; Biting; Dom/Sub; Aphrodisiac Cum; Orgasm Denial; Exhibitionism; Public Punishments

Tropes:
Orc/Human Romance
Mates
MM
XL Parts
Short, Sweet, & Spicy


These books are seriously like fucking crack, I can’t get enough.

This book was sweet and spicy and everything in between. P.S. I am now opening application for my own sexy orc daddy!!😂😈

Lucifer is back to causing mayhem from the, almost, grave. I NEED to know what will happen next!!! June 21st can’t come soon enough.
Profile Image for ☾⋆⁺ Nurse After Dark.
1,048 reviews16 followers
September 26, 2024
“You can feel that it’s time I find your soulmate because of your balls?”
“Yes,” Jasper said, looking me dead in the eye. “It’s like an itch I can’t scratch.”
It was moments like this that I questioned my sanity.

I'm so fond of orcs, and add in the m/m dynamic on top of it, this is one of my higher rated CC stories! I liked Jasper and Alex, and the games at the orc hunting lodge were fun and deliciously spicy!

We have one more book - Little Wings of Fate - until we reach the long-awaited Barista book. We got a little set up for Gabriel and Cam during the drama at the end of this read - and oh! Darn! A quick peek ahead tells me the next book is M/M/M.... whatever shall I do? ;)
Profile Image for Anya Z..
444 reviews5 followers
April 27, 2022
...kilts, huge $exy pierced Orc 🍆, Daddy/boy k!nk, wicked delicious $ex games out in nature...O.M.GAWD and all that is good in the world...!! Jasper and Alex spontaneously set my phone on fire 🔥 in Clio's newest Creature Cafe Series Little Risk of Fall. I really enjoyed reading their story. I now want an Orc of my own. (Basically every monster that Clio has introduced to us in the Creature Cafe Series is one that I want for my own...) This is one of my favorite Series! Clio doesn't disappoint either by providing more snippets about the Barista too. 😊🌴🌺 I received an ARC for my honest review.
Profile Image for Erin (the.bookish.playlist).
212 reviews20 followers
May 4, 2022
✨Rating: 5⭐️
✨Spice: 4.5🔥

✨Synopsis: Jasper comes to the Barista looking for love… but the big and domineering orc wants a lover who can not only feed his primal instincts, but maybe let him open up a softer side of himself. Alex is the exactly what he needs…

✨Thoughts: I think Daddy Jasper and Alex are my new favorite Creature Cafe couple 😍 Jasper is a strong and possessive orc, but also caring and romantically protective of his mate. And Alex is the sweet, special someone that Jasper needed… the Barista knows best, after all. The spice is top tier, lots of intense and steamy primal play, as well as some sweet intimacy. I just love them!! Plus, as we get closer to the culmination of the series… the impending return of the Barista’s former lover is really ramping up the intensity of everyone’s lives! I really cannot wait for the Baristas book, but also don’t want these stories to end!

✨Genre: Romance, Paranormal Romance
✨Tropes: monster/human romance, MM, kink/bdsm
✨TW/CW: daddy kink, primal play, voyeur/exhibition, humiliation, and more
Profile Image for Romancing the Reader.
1,273 reviews527 followers
May 25, 2022
Much monster smut...

📚 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲: Monster Erotica

📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Jasper, a giant Orc, is finally ready to find a mate. The Barista pairs him with Alex, a shy architect with a kinky side.

🌟 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: This book is back to why I fell for this series. Quick read. Just enough plot. Dangerously spicy. The pacing was great, the romance portion was swoony, and the background story furthered the Creature Cafe plot. Can't wait for the next one!

🔮 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝗲: Easy. Clio Evans doesn't give you a chance to get confused.

𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 5/5 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

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Profile Image for The Open Bookish Mom.
180 reviews17 followers
April 27, 2022
5⭐️
4.5🌶
________________
Clio Evans can do no wrong with her writing.

This is a short. Hot. Spicy. Dirty. Primal. Yummy. Monster. MM.

Every time I think I have a favorite book of this series Clio goes and writes another one and I’m no longer sure who is my favorite.

I can’t wait for the rest of this series but I’m so sad it’s going to end 🥺
Profile Image for Sade Pram.
323 reviews30 followers
July 18, 2022
⭐️ 4

Took a little break from the creature cafe series, but now we're back! I really enjoyed this one, and it was the first one that I've been super into in a while which was a pleasant surprise. I'm sooooo excited for the final book, coming out super soon, but until then I have one more book to go
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1,715 reviews111 followers
January 9, 2023

Is Jasper my favourite? Do I like Orc's now? I really should pick up The Lady and the Orc. That's got nothing to do with this book other than I now need to investigate Orc's.

Anyway, this was wild. I had fun! :D
Profile Image for Amber.
1,084 reviews83 followers
August 20, 2023
I unfortunately got sick and my reading slowed to a stop for a bit. So I'm happy to finally pick this back up. I really love the main couple in this one. I don't know what it is they are just so cute. Also I know we have another book before we get to the Barista and Trixie but I am so excited for their story.
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932 reviews23 followers
July 10, 2022
4 stars…
Wasn’t a huge fan of the hunt scene but I liked the rest.

4/5 on spice. 4/5 on kink. 1/5 on tears.
Profile Image for Bourbon, Books and Brenda.
1,091 reviews102 followers
May 22, 2022
Little-Riskof-Fall-2

Daddy Jasper will have you wishing you were matched to an Orc
*****
Rating; 5 daddy stars
Steam: 4 daddy flames
Genre: MM / PNR / Monster & Human / Kinky Read
Triggers: Please read the TW
*****
Daddy books are one of those genres that I either love or don’t, and Little Risk of Fall, Daddy Jasper was an HIT!

Jasper, an Orc living in a human world, has reached the point where he is ready to find his ideal mate. Despite the fact that the Barista is battling his ex-Lucifer, who is threatening to ruin all the matches he has made, he agrees to assist Jasper in finding his mate. Alex, architect and comic book artist, has dreamed of someone to love and take care of him, as well as, explore his sexual desires with. He is ready to put his faith in the Barista’s matchmaking and meet his monster match.

What I loved about this book is that even though Jasper knows Alex is his fated mate immediately, he takes his time wooing him; while it was insta-mate, it was not insta-love, and these two work to get to know one another. Additionally, the Orc games... I believe I have a Primal Kink thing because that was HOT and everything was consensual, without being overly in your face “do you consent.” Jasper check-ins with Alex through all their sexual adventures and that was sexy! Jasper may be a Daddy with particular tastes, but they never get in the way of taking care of his boy.

Little Risk of Fall is an excellent new installment in the Creature Café series. The characters are fantastic; their storyline, as well as the underlying Barista plotline, will captivate you and leave you wanting to learn so much more! I'm dying to read the final two books. If you haven’t started this series… what are you waiting for, and if you are a long-time reader of this series, you won’t be disappointed in this addition. I adored Jasper and Alex and absolutely recommend this to all the monster lovers out there.
Profile Image for Michelle Owen.
148 reviews6 followers
August 13, 2023
Ok, so this has been my absolute favorite of the series by far! I absolutely adore Jasper! The storyline for this series has been great intertwining each books characters into every new book. Every creature that goes to the Barista is wanting to find love and their soulmate! Jasper who is described as green with tusks and an Orc! Jasper and his human mate Alex and pure perfection! I love them as a couple!
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