Her Beast, His Beauty

ROMANTIC EROTICA

Title: Her Beast, His Beauty
Author: Jenika Snow   
Publication date: 11/18/2017
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Cliffhanger: No

I should have liked this story, folks. Kick ass cover? Check. Good blurb? Check. Beauty and the Beast retelling? Double check! I LOVE fairy tale retellings. But sadly, this one didn’t just fall flat for me. It sort of face-planted in a pile of dog crap. (If you want to get all visual about it)

​Now, I understand that plot isn’t always the main feature of romantic erotica, so I had low expectations going into this story. But the plot wasn’t just thin, it was practically nonexistent!

Here, let me sum it up for you and save you some time: rich, scarred, billionaire recluse hires hot young maid because he wants her, instalove and sex ensue after he creepily skulks around the house watching her, stalker style. The end. Once again, here’s a story where I can’t help but feel like if the hero had been fat and ugly instead of a sexy billionaire, this would’ve been an episode of Criminal Minds instead of a steamy romance.

But sadly, double standards and a complete lack of plot weren’t all that I found wrong with this story:

1. It’s SUPER short.  I failed to notice that when I downloaded, so that’s on me. But how can a story have good character development and have 2 characters realistically fall in love in 58 pages? It. Can’t.
2. I despise instalove. And any dude who tells me he owns me and I own him after we’ve only just met and had maybe 1 stilted conversation together isn’t getting in my pants. He’s getting a restraining order and that’s that. A girl can’t be too careful these days.
3. The hero’s name is Rofus. Really? You name a dog Rofus, not a hot, sexy hero.
4. And apparently the heroine has a magical vagina, because the epilogue tells us that after sex with Britta, Rofus is actually able to rejoin society after years of being an antisocial recluse. Wonder if Britta’s vagina can also cure cancer or make stupid people smarter? That’d make for an interesting science experiment, huh?     

Honestly, I probably wouldn’t have finished this one had it been any longer than 58 pages. But because I was able to finish it, I offer this one a single star. But that’s it. This is an honest review,  not charity for authors. So, with that, I snub my nose at this one, turn on my heel, and walk away.   

Does this book contribute to or help crush the romance stigma?
Ugh. Contributes on every front. Just say no, folks. 

Other reading suggestions
I’ll admit that I’m not a super huge fan of romantic erotica, but I did enjoy Bronwyn Green’s Rewritten and Drawn That Way.  ​​​

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