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Ménage Mountain #10
Their Mountain Surprise
[Siren Ménage Everlasting: Contemporary Ménage à Trois Romance, MFM, HEA]
This is the tenth book in the Ménage Mountain series.
Baily is pregnant and unsure who the father is. She slept with two men at one time. Does that make her loose or adventurous?
Seth and Cannon are thrilled at finding out that Baily is having their baby -- and can’t wait to get her to move in with them -- only she is digging her heels in about doing it.
They cajole and list all the ways they can make her life easier until she finally agrees. Then they work on getting her used to having them around so that she slowly falls for them. Will they fall for her just as fast as she is falling for them?
Can she trust that they won’t change their mind and want her to move out or worse, fall in love with someone else and ask her to move out so they can move her in? It would devastate her. Baily is sure it would devastate her to have her surprise turn into a disaster.
** A Siren Erotic Romance **
Marla Monroe is a Siren-exclusive author.
This is the tenth book in the Ménage Mountain series.
Baily is pregnant and unsure who the father is. She slept with two men at one time. Does that make her loose or adventurous?
Seth and Cannon are thrilled at finding out that Baily is having their baby -- and can’t wait to get her to move in with them -- only she is digging her heels in about doing it.
They cajole and list all the ways they can make her life easier until she finally agrees. Then they work on getting her used to having them around so that she slowly falls for them. Will they fall for her just as fast as she is falling for them?
Can she trust that they won’t change their mind and want her to move out or worse, fall in love with someone else and ask her to move out so they can move her in? It would devastate her. Baily is sure it would devastate her to have her surprise turn into a disaster.
** A Siren Erotic Romance **
Marla Monroe is a Siren-exclusive author.
92 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 26, 2019
About the author
Marla Monroe
170 books258 followersMarla Monroe has been writing professionally for about ten years now. Her first book with Siren was published in January of 2011. She loves to write and spends every spare minute either at the keyboard or reading another Siren author. She writes everything from sizzling hot contemporary cowboys, to science fiction ménages with the occasional bad ass biker thrown in for good measure.
Marla lives in the southern US and works full time at a busy hospital. When not writing, she loves to travel, spend time with her cats, and read. She’s always eager to try something new and especially enjoys the research for her books. She loves to hear from readers about what they are looking for next. You can reach Marla at themarlamonroe@yahoo.com or visit her website at www.marlamonroe.com
Marla lives in the southern US and works full time at a busy hospital. When not writing, she loves to travel, spend time with her cats, and read. She’s always eager to try something new and especially enjoys the research for her books. She loves to hear from readers about what they are looking for next. You can reach Marla at themarlamonroe@yahoo.com or visit her website at www.marlamonroe.com
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July 21, 2023
I'm new to the (published) menage genre, but I am not new to romance novels. I was interested in a concept that was a mix of new (polyamorous MCs) and old (one-night-stand-baby tropes), and I came in with high hopes, especially based on the ratings.
I do not understand why this book has so many 5 stars. I just don't.
It's not a bad book. It's just...not the best written. I feel as if this book needed some additional editors, at the very least. I don't need overly lyrical narrative in every book I read. I don't need an author to wax poetic about things like the color of tablecloths or beautiful mountain landscapes. A little bit of that is nice, and adds some dimension to the story, but I can be a simple gal if at least the dialogue is good. Unfortunately for this book, the narration is flat, almost abrupt and curt, and the dialogue is just bad. It's so stilted; it didn't feel like natural conversation at any point. So many "um" and "fuck" in almost EVERY line of dialogue. It's not bad to add some emphasis to show nervousness or anger, to highlight emotions through stuttering, stammering, or cursing. I also was kinda thrown off by how the sex scenes were not sexy AT ALL. They felt almost clinical, but with some words like 'cock' or 'pussy' thrown in. I'm by no means a Puritan, and I'm absolutely fine with foul language and crude terms, even in explicit sex scenes. But this felt less like exchanges between three adults, and more like how a teenager THINKS adults talk.
Again, I don't need every author to paint a word picture, but it'd be nice if the scenes were set a LITTLE bit more than they were. It felt like she just stated a place like "hotel room" or "diner" and then the reader is just supposed to fill in the rest while reading the characters have very wooden interactions. Can we get a little more insight? Is the hotel room lavish? Is the diner dirty? Is Cannon (also, what a dumbass name for a MC) and Seth's apartment messy or neat? They share a room, but do they share a bed? Are there two beds in there? WE DON'T KNOW HALF THE TIME! The author just states the name of a room and that's it. It drives me bonkers.
I'm going to harp on the dialogue again because it's just SO bad and it really ruined this whole book for me. There's an old writing technique called 'show, don't tell' where the author is able to demonstrate how a character feels, what the mood is, what the dangers are, etc, through narration, rather than outright stating those things. None of that is present here. We as readers are constantly subjected to being "told" what's happening. Early in the book, the sister of one of the MLs comes to speak to the heroine. "I'm here to ask if you want to give them your phone number. I'm not involving my husband because he would get mad because he thinks menage relationships are bad. I want to make sure you're comfortable" Like, yes, you can lay out all of those details in dialogue. But you could also SHOW those things through other means. A scene that could be several pages, give insight into the relationship between the two characters (who are IN-LAWS!) as well as give some outside perspective to the heroine about her potential partners would be WAY more enjoyable to read versus five short, abrupt lines of dialogue before the scene ends.
Another issue I had was with how these men spoke to the heroine. I absolutely have no issue with petnames. I actually am a huge sucker for them in the romance genre. Greek tycoon using "agape mou"? Love it. Spanish playboy pulling out "mi amor"? Amazing. Even just a simple cowboy "darlin'" can get me right in the gut. But petnames are like adding salt to a dish. A little bit really enhances the flavor, and too much makes your face pucker up and ruins the whole damn thing. Calling her "babe" constantly, referring to her as "our woman" before they even know if she's interested in engaging in a serious relationship with them, really put me off. It comes off less romantic and sexy, and more clunky, childish, and forced. Just use her goddamn name, and call her "babe" MAYBE once a page, if you must (but ideally less than that, Jesus Christ).
If I could give it half a star, I would. 0.5/5 because while it's not the worst written book, it's not good. It's clunky and awkward and honestly, I've read better written fanfiction, or stories on Wattpad. And I say this as someone who is not at all diminishing the talents of fanfic/Wattpad writers. I just wish one of them had taken this premise and done it justice.
I do not understand why this book has so many 5 stars. I just don't.
It's not a bad book. It's just...not the best written. I feel as if this book needed some additional editors, at the very least. I don't need overly lyrical narrative in every book I read. I don't need an author to wax poetic about things like the color of tablecloths or beautiful mountain landscapes. A little bit of that is nice, and adds some dimension to the story, but I can be a simple gal if at least the dialogue is good. Unfortunately for this book, the narration is flat, almost abrupt and curt, and the dialogue is just bad. It's so stilted; it didn't feel like natural conversation at any point. So many "um" and "fuck" in almost EVERY line of dialogue. It's not bad to add some emphasis to show nervousness or anger, to highlight emotions through stuttering, stammering, or cursing. I also was kinda thrown off by how the sex scenes were not sexy AT ALL. They felt almost clinical, but with some words like 'cock' or 'pussy' thrown in. I'm by no means a Puritan, and I'm absolutely fine with foul language and crude terms, even in explicit sex scenes. But this felt less like exchanges between three adults, and more like how a teenager THINKS adults talk.
Again, I don't need every author to paint a word picture, but it'd be nice if the scenes were set a LITTLE bit more than they were. It felt like she just stated a place like "hotel room" or "diner" and then the reader is just supposed to fill in the rest while reading the characters have very wooden interactions. Can we get a little more insight? Is the hotel room lavish? Is the diner dirty? Is Cannon (also, what a dumbass name for a MC) and Seth's apartment messy or neat? They share a room, but do they share a bed? Are there two beds in there? WE DON'T KNOW HALF THE TIME! The author just states the name of a room and that's it. It drives me bonkers.
I'm going to harp on the dialogue again because it's just SO bad and it really ruined this whole book for me. There's an old writing technique called 'show, don't tell' where the author is able to demonstrate how a character feels, what the mood is, what the dangers are, etc, through narration, rather than outright stating those things. None of that is present here. We as readers are constantly subjected to being "told" what's happening. Early in the book, the sister of one of the MLs comes to speak to the heroine. "I'm here to ask if you want to give them your phone number. I'm not involving my husband because he would get mad because he thinks menage relationships are bad. I want to make sure you're comfortable" Like, yes, you can lay out all of those details in dialogue. But you could also SHOW those things through other means. A scene that could be several pages, give insight into the relationship between the two characters (who are IN-LAWS!) as well as give some outside perspective to the heroine about her potential partners would be WAY more enjoyable to read versus five short, abrupt lines of dialogue before the scene ends.
Another issue I had was with how these men spoke to the heroine. I absolutely have no issue with petnames. I actually am a huge sucker for them in the romance genre. Greek tycoon using "agape mou"? Love it. Spanish playboy pulling out "mi amor"? Amazing. Even just a simple cowboy "darlin'" can get me right in the gut. But petnames are like adding salt to a dish. A little bit really enhances the flavor, and too much makes your face pucker up and ruins the whole damn thing. Calling her "babe" constantly, referring to her as "our woman" before they even know if she's interested in engaging in a serious relationship with them, really put me off. It comes off less romantic and sexy, and more clunky, childish, and forced. Just use her goddamn name, and call her "babe" MAYBE once a page, if you must (but ideally less than that, Jesus Christ).
If I could give it half a star, I would. 0.5/5 because while it's not the worst written book, it's not good. It's clunky and awkward and honestly, I've read better written fanfiction, or stories on Wattpad. And I say this as someone who is not at all diminishing the talents of fanfic/Wattpad writers. I just wish one of them had taken this premise and done it justice.
March 5, 2022
Awesome book. I loved it.
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