Merry Monsters: A Festive Monster Romance Anthology

by Bex Deveau, Elle Mae, Gurby Rene

Don’t be lonely this holiday season!

Curl up by the fire with a warm cup of cocoa and a deliciously hot monster. Or several. Nine romance authors have come together to give you this steamy collection of new, original short stories about our darkest holiday desires---and the festive creatures that can make them come true. From Santa’s elves to the Ghost of Christmas Past to the naughtiest gingerbread man, there’s a little (or a big) something for everyone.

A Chance Encounter by Elle Mae

The Nykurs’ Captive by Gurby Rene

The Taste of Sweetness by A. M. Rupert

Naughty and Ice by Alexis C. Maness

The Sugar Plum Fairies’ Feast by Bex Deveau

Oh! Christmas Tree by Ash Willows

The Nutcracker and His King by A.P. Clarke

Oops! All Spice by The Bashful Baker

All Three by Sol de León

100% of the proceeds from this anthology will go to benefit The World Literacy Foundation to support literacy around the globe!

Genres: Christmas, Anthologies

296 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 2, 2022

About the author

I'm a cat-mom of two, wife and spicy romance enthusiast living in Edmonton, AB. You can usually find me curled up on the sofa surrounded by a hundred pillows and reading on my kindle (or, y'know, writing.) Becoming my bestie is easy! You just need an undying love of all things sweet and be cool with watching the same five movies on repeat.

Reviews

[Kate Russo ❦ (Rina Kent’s Version) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Did I read this yes n if anyone asks I will say no bc wtf

[Reading_RainRho · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m starting to think me and anthologies aren’t friends.

[Morgan Sulham · Rating 3 out of 5]

Honestly? Delightful and creative holiday smut. I got this for two stories in particular by a couple of my favorite authors but ended up enjoying most of the others. Some of them did not have great editing and a few big typos or sentences that didn’t really make sense which was a bummer. Great tags and content warnings before each story so you can decide if it's one you want to get into. Absolutely was attracted to a Christmas tree for a few pages so I think that's good writing? Anyway if you're in the mood for festive and weird erotica, you'll enjoy this. Sorry if you know me in real life and this is weird for you.

[Kassybetweenpages · Rating 3 out of 5]

Festive, spicy and fun, short stories. I really enjoyed a few of the stories but some of them I was trying to skim through to get to the next. All in all worth the read.

Also the Christmas tree one 🤣, brings a whole new meaning to “Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree”

[Ash Story · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am blown away by these authors’ creativity. Not all of the stories were for me, but I tried to give feedback and reactions for each.

🌊 A Chance Encounter - F/F - I would read a full length novel about them. Would love to know more about Kraken-esque species and see the world fleshed out more.

🧊The Nykurs’ Captive - F/M/M/M - So so so good. So hot. Would love to know more about their mythology too.

🎁Skipped The Taste of Sweetness - I’m so sorry but no. I’m not having an Elf on the Shelf come to life. Nope. I cannot. Those things are terrifying as is. This could be for you though!

❄️Naughty and Ice - F/M - Jack Frost is hot. Lilah is hot. Thank you. I want more. One of my faves of the whole anthology.

🧁The Sugar Plum Faeries’ Feast - F/F/M - Oh my gosh I thought it was going to be a Nutcracker type imagining. No. No we get a gloriously horny elf who lives in Santa’s Village who visits the equally horny Sugar Plum forest for an orgy.

🎄Skimmed Oh Christmas Tree - Sentient trees are not my thing. But I can see how it could be someone else’s!

🥜The Nutcracker and His King - M/M - Yes!!!! Here is my Nutcracker imagining and had no idea I needed this pairing in my life. Dark and twisty. Loved this one.

🍪Skimmed Oops All Spice - Person sized gingerbread man brought to life. Also not for me. But it could be for you!

👻All Three - F/M, F/F, F/F/M/M - So emotional and sweet and sexy as fuck. A take on the ghosts of Christmas helping you move on from the death of a loved one.

[Charlotte 🦋 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is just 12 different stories of Christmas porn like wtf did I just read. 😳

[Grapie Deltaco · Rating 3 out of 5]

For a bizarre, yet creative, Christmas monster romance anthology, I’m very disappointed to see the opening story have literally nothing to do with Christmas. Why even bother putting it there? I’m not saying the first story is a bad one either (because in spite a few notable grammatical errors, I thought the relationship between the two women was very well developed and the writing was pretty good) I’m just confused on why it’s in the Christmas collection.

Story 1 - CW: explicit sexual content (including monster appendages), vague references to sexual violence, death

The next story had the content description of “feminism” in its lineup.

?

I don’t really have the energy in me to argue against that or how off-putting this interpretation of feminism felt. So I’m moving on.

The story, overall, is fine in spite of how overly repetitive the horse-men’s dialogue got. We get it. Human men are small and weak and you are not. Once was enough, bud.

Story 2 - CW: explicit sexual content, fatphobia, murder, attempted human trafficking, brief sexual assault, dubious consent, violence

The third story was just fucking scary. AND INVOLVING THE ELF ON THE SHELF ???? IN SUCH A DARK MANNER ?? H E L L O ?

Story 3 - CW: toxic family dynamics, infidelity, dubious consent

Fourth story was cute.

Story 4 - CW: explicit sexual content (including BDSM)

I had to google what dollification was before jumping into the fifth story.

Story 5 - CW: explicit sexual content, dollification

The sixth story is about a Christmas tree.

A literal.

t r e e

Story 6 - CW: explicit sexual content (with a tree)

Seventh story. Nutcracker and the rat king.

It’s a surprisingly compelling story tbh.

Story 7 - CW: explicit sexual content (heavily including BDSM)

Eighth story. I hate vore.

And all I could picture while reading this was Gingy from Shrek screaming, “not my gumdrop buttons!”

Story 8 - CW: explicit sexual content (including vore)

Ninth story. I’m surprised I haven’t heard of more Christmas Carol-esque romances.

Also this story was genuinely very emotional and bittersweet. I’m legitimately devastated over it.

Story 9 - CW: mentions of terminally ill + dead loved ones, grief, explicit sexual content

[Sandra Blasco · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are in the mood for something with Christmas vibes and a lot of spice, this is your anthology.

• A Chance Encounter ~ FF, Human + Sea Monster FMCs. It's a cute and spice story ⭐3.75/5 🌶️3/5

• Naughty and Ice ~ FM, Plus size FMC + Jack Frost MMC. Love it! They're so cute and the spicy scenes are chef's kisses ⭐4.5/5 🌶️4/5

• The Sugar Plum Faeries’ Feast ~ FFM, A Santa Elf FMC + Sugar Plum Fairy Plus-size FMC + SP Fairy MMC. The smut is sooo good! ⭐4.5/5 🌶️4.5/5

• All Three ~ FFMM, Mid-size/Curvy FMC + The Ghosts of Christmas. This story is SO wonderful and emotional, feels like a christmas romance movie but with such a freaking good smut ⭐5/5 🌶️4/5

• The Nutcracker and His King ~ MM, Nutcraker MMC + Rat King human MMC. A dark enemies to lovers story, when one of them is defeated. Do I have to say anything else? ⭐4/5 🌶️3.5/5

The stories that I have not read, it has been because of the TW‼️, which I am grateful for, by this I mean that these stories are not for me but surely someone enjoys them a lot🤗

[Rissa Harms · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such an amazing assortment of stories

I think out of all the stories I did have two favorites, with that being said they were all amazing!!!! These were nice and short, some were sweet while others were most definitely naughty. Hint, hint... Wink... Wink. Totally pulled me out of my holiday funk & gave me just what I needed this christmas. Smut!

[Tanya Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Honestly if your looking for smutty silly Christmas stories? This is it.
Lots of interesting reads - very creative

I did read the cookie one while standing in line for my prescriptions & I wouldn’t recommend reading them standing in line. I was a giggly mess 🤭😂

[Carolina Castillo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm biased because I wrote one of these under my other pen name, Sol de León, but these stories are fun and sexy and everything you need this holiday season.

[Danielle Mccowen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This whole anthology was just pure monster smutty holiday fun! All of these stories were so unique. I loved them all.

[KateJoanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I absolutely loved the first story but DNFd the others pretty early, very deliciously Wattpad but I enjoyed, thank you

[Wicked Fox ✨️ · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun, festive monster anthology <3 I really enjoyed the stories in this antho and will be looking forward to more (hopefully) in the future!

[Briar &#x1f3f3;️‍&#x1f308; · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn’t enjoy a few of these at all but the few good ones made up for it.

[Z · Rating 4 out of 5]

*4.5 Stars!

[Spotted Writer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had a great time reading this anthology. Some stories were stellar out of this world and some were pretty good. The sugar plum story is worth it alone. I could read like 1000 pages of that story!!

[Tylia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This anthology was amazing, I loved every freaking minute of it

[Kenzie Griffin · Rating 3 out of 5]

will vehemently deny that i read this, but kinda fun. some were too much for my taste and some not enough

[Kassie MightBeReading · Rating 5 out of 5]

You cannot prepare, you will enjoy every second, except for the seconds you stop reading to think too hard about what you are reading. Don't think, just vibe and you will have a great time.

[R.E. Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super fun

I really enjoyed it. Some of the kinks weren't for me but others were! Fun writing on all the stories. Will read again.

[Cynthia Gonzalez Diaz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I only liked two stories from the whole book . And I feel felt like something was missing in some of them . Over all it was not the best but not the worse in my opinion

[Melissa M · Rating 4 out of 5]

Why can’t I find this book anywhere anymore??

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

God, it’s me again. Please ignore my reading lists.

[pageswithparis · Rating 4 out of 5]

this had a little bit of something for everyone and I loved the short spicy stories!