Before you come in, darling.
This corner of Cece Rants talks about explicit romance, erotica, kink and dark themes in fiction. It’s written for adults.
Clicking through is your word that you’re 18 or over — I can’t check IDs from here. If you’d rather not, the main site is right behind you.
Monster Romance & Monster Smut
“He’s not a red flag. He’s a whole different species.”
Basilisks, sirens, Krampus, alien kings. Love interests who are not, in any meaningful sense, men. Anatomy gets discussed like adults, content notes come first, and nobody is sorry.
Nonhuman, on purpose
Books tagged siren or monster romance. This shelf is small and honest right now — several of my monster reads are still waiting on full reviews — so it grows as I post. Dragons and shifters have their own shelves; this one is for the love interests that never had a human form to begin with.
Monster romance is an interest label, not a spice level. Some of these are tender. Some are not.
Highest rating first
Each title links to the one real review on the site. Within a rating tier, the newest review comes first.
Not read, not rated, not endorsed. Yet.
The Throne of Broken Gods (Gods & Monsters, #2)Amber V. NicoleTo read · not yet reviewed
The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King (Crowns of Nyaxia, #2)Carissa BroadbentTo read · not yet reviewed
Throne of the Horde King (Horde Kings of Dakkar, #6)Zoey DravenTo read · not yet reviewed
The Wolf & the Wildflower (Fated Fae)Ella FieldsTo read · not yet reviewed
Craving in His Blood (Brides of the Kylorr, #2)Zoey DravenTo read · not yet reviewed
The Warrior Heir (The Heir Chronicles, #1)Cinda Williams ChimaTo read · not yet reviewedThe newest additions to my Goodreads to-read list. No ratings, because there aren’t any yet.
Latest rant / rave on this shelfKraved by KrampusDecember 2025★★★★★Read the review →Not sure how dark you want it?
Read the two-minute guide on spice vs. darkness on the hub, then come back and pick with confidence.
Spice vs. darkness