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Consorting with Monsters #1

Tentacles and Teeth

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Katarina was only looking for one night.

An evening of no-strings fun with someone who knew what they were doing and wasn't afraid of getting a little wild. One look at the gorgeous bartender with the midnight skin and waving tentacles, and she knew she needed to feel all those…appendages wrapped around her before the night was out. Lucky for her, the bartender was a woman who went after what she wanted, and oh, did she want.

More wasn’t on the table.

But when Katarina wakes up the next morning not only still desperate to touch her, but also talk to her, she’s forced to reevaluate. Maybe a relationship wouldn’t be so bad?

Especially a naked werewolf before coffee.

Running into her maybe-more-than-a-one-night-stand’s roommate in the hall was yet another thing she wasn’t prepared for. It might have helped if she wasn’t still reeling from the night before. Or if he hadn’t been completely nude. Or so…sexy. She wasn’t in the market for one relationship, much less two. But they were both so tempting…

Can she finish her plate? Or did she bite off more than she can chew?

In this novella you will find:

Tentacles (put to various uses)

Size/stretching

Knotting

Primal

Sharp teeth and claws

And more…

Consorting with Monsters is a series of standalone spicy novellas set in the same world as the upcoming Cairn Riders Series. True love isn't guaranteed; but every couple, throuple, or collective will have a monstrous good time and finish (several times) Happy For Now.

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First published August 3, 2022

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Rowan Merrick

22 books117 followers
Born and raised in the Pacific northwest, Rowan spends her days dreaming of less cloudy realities where people find love with all manner of monsters. When not writing, she's chasing around her three partners, the tiny demon they created, and her pet hellhound.

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Profile Image for Maya.
294 reviews324 followers
August 5, 2022
I'm always looking for new monster romance and this cover caught my eye immediately. Plus, curvy FMC in a FFM dynamic? The potential was strong. And it started out strong too--this book could have been a five star read for me, but there were a few things that threw me a bit.

First, I will say I loved the FMC, Katarina. She was feisty, knew what she wanted, and wasn't afraid to ask for it (and demand it, in some cases). Her chemistry with Sid was intense, and the two couldn't keep their hands off each other as soon as they left the bar. Sid x Katarina was solid--Sid might not have a dick but her tentacles more than got the job done. Also worth mentioning: banter and dirty talk? A-fucking-plus.

My issue was with Sid's wolfy roommate Fenn's lack of screen time. Fenn was hot and compassionate and absolutely feral for Katarina's scent. Everyone was open to exploring an FFM dynamic, and I found communication between love interests to be super strong. Kat/Sid got SO much time though. And for a short book, I wish Fenn was just more...present on the page. It made their group dynamic feel very imbalanced.

Last thing I'll say and if you know me you know this always throws me off: "folds." I just can't lmao. That and twice her coochie meow meow was referred to as "the delta between her thighs." Girl no.
Profile Image for Rayne.
447 reviews133 followers
June 11, 2023
This was fun! It was mostly just spicy scenes but there were also some parts that were fade to black oddly enough. I liked how sweet and open it was though.
Profile Image for Rajini.
215 reviews4 followers
August 3, 2022
Fair warning, this book is smut. Not really a plot, not really romance, smut.

That being said, I read an ARC in exchange for an honest review so let's get into it.

This book started hot and heavy and ended hot and heavy. It wasn't really remarkable, most scenes leading to or ending in spice. Like a whole jar of spice. I wasn't obsessed with the whole mff. I honestly didn't realize it was sapphic until I started reading and then we threw in the male.

It was just... It wasn't as good as I anticipated. If you want a smut filled, pride friendly novella, go for it. I would have liked more world building and more substance to all the characters. A more defined relationship between the three would have been preferred.

But for what it was, it was truly well done.

⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶🌶
Profile Image for Deb.
683 reviews
September 29, 2022
4 stars

I decided to try reading this book after recommendations online, new author and all. Not disappointed. If you like steamy, RH, tentacles, knotting, you will love this book. Can’t say there’s much of a storyline, just a great deal of sex
Profile Image for Rhys.
259 reviews165 followers
November 9, 2023
I deeply apologize to my mom and the guy sitting behind me on the plane if you looked at my kindle anytime during the 4 hour flight as I was reading this…but I don’t regret it 🤣
Profile Image for Ciru.
1,678 reviews
August 16, 2022
We have Katarina, the enticing human, Sid, the tentacled female fae and Fenn, the male werewolf.

I think this is the first book I've read where they are not in effect a throuple/reverse harem. They are in a polyamorous dynamic, where Katarina has a relationship with Sid and is developing another one with Fenn. As a result, I didn't really like this overall dynamic because it felt like Sid+Fenn were both working in a co-sharing office space, it's just space they rented, they made sure everyone was okay, but they didn't have genuine affection for one another.

I didn't even want them to fuck, because that was how awkward their inter-dynamics was. In my head space, Katarina felt to me like a sex toy for each of them that they genuinely cared for but they didn't have the same affection for one another.

Anyway, I feel like I am repeating myself. The smut was hella hot, just didn't like one scene with dick too big for Katarina's pussy then Sid comes behind with the lube and Fenn asks her you had the lube the whole time.
Profile Image for Chalan.
Author 4 books53 followers
August 3, 2022
Novellas like this give me life.

Overall
This novella starts off with a bang. And right off you're swooning for the characters and then panting because of them. And, the way it handles consent is sweet, but really important it shows excellent examples of how this could be done.
The rich and elaborate but understandable world building sucks you right in and has me eager to wantbto know more on how it all works. Thankfully, this is the first work in this world so there I'llget to see so much more. I honestly am so in love with the way magic is handled in this alternate modern world with all manner of creatures.

The Smutty bits
I'm gonna keep this PG but the book doesn't! It delivers. The cover is just a taste of what you can expect. Heart pounding, jaw dropping, and very clutch your pearl moments. I loved every bit. But what made the smut so good for me was that the characters really took a moment to get to know each other and find interesting things within one another.

The swoony bits.
The relationship between the characters are so wonderful. And even in a short span it really gives them an opportunity to develop. The way situations were handle in this, goes so far to show how good and crucial communication is. Also, Fenn and Sid are as different as someone with tentecles and fangs could be, but work soooo well together, which is everything.

Basically I really loved this. More than a Li'l bit.
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308 reviews12 followers
March 16, 2024
when the book is tagged everywhere only as sapphic, but its actually also polyam... and somehow the sapphic story (which is what you went into it for) is actually the part you like least... weird right?
Profile Image for Carla.
519 reviews100 followers
July 21, 2022
Holy SHITE what did I just read? Also, why did I enjoy it so much?
For this being a novella, it truly packs so much information, I found myself constantly in awe of how full the storyline felt.
Now its full full smut and steam mixed with a great introduction to the world Rowan Merrick is building. The world being ours, mixed with magic and magical beings and humans.
In this particular story we get a shadow fae woman, with tentacles... just phewww!
A werewolf shifter with a huuuugggeeee, you know what.
And they both love the curvalicious human girl.
They are both obsessed with her every being.
It's instalove-ish and lots of STEAM!
I am addicted to the way Rowan Merrick writes, despite things moving fast, she packs a lot of emotion and inner communication for the characters.
I am totally enamored over this book.
I was given an early E-ARC for my honest review, my thoughts are my own.
Profile Image for Emmy Jeanz.
143 reviews13 followers
July 17, 2022
Holy shit this book was hot. This is a MFF Poly Monster Romance with a plus sized main character.
Katarina, the main character, goes to a bar looking for a one night stand and finds Sid. Katarina and Sid, the tentacle bartneder lady, hit it off right from the start and their chemistry is... let's just say really good. 😏 But, Sid's Werewolf Roommate Fenn is also attracted to Katarina.
Sharing is caring. And my god do they share 😉
Knotting, tentacles, and group scenes. What more could you want from a Monster Novella? I highly recommend this book to all of the monster lovers. 🖤

Thank you to the author Rowan Merrick for providing me with an e-arc in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are my own.
Profile Image for Carmens.library.
83 reviews5 followers
December 20, 2022
Holy hell!! That was so freaking hot! Hot hot hot!
I started it on kindle but I finished it on audiobook by Ruthies narration! And dear goodness it was absolute fire!
Syd being a shadow fae with tentacle! Tentacles! The things that woman did to katarina! Omg I was blushing!
Fenn is also such a hot af werewolf like come on!!!
This FFM was absolute gold! I enjoyed ever bit of this!
The worship Katarina had!

I can’t wait to read more by this author because wow! This book just was everything I look for in a monster smut
Profile Image for tori.
236 reviews25 followers
October 4, 2022
loved loved LOVED

tentacles and knots and shadows, oh my!
hehe
anyways. this was literally so good. it's written well, the spice is hot, the characters are great, the world building is also super cool. it's FFM, bi rep, plus sized fmc, wolf man, shadow fae (W TENTACLES) and a human? SO GOOD

I have absolutely zero complaints and I one hundred percent recommend :)
Profile Image for Shaye.
178 reviews125 followers
November 25, 2022
3 ⭐️
4 🌶️

*polyamory
*shadows
*tentacles
*werewolf
*FF
*MF
*primal

*Check author provided CW’s*

Plot was non existent but frankly I don’t care. It was hot AF. I highly recommend the audiobook. Like I’m sweating just thinking about it.

Love the plus size and the poly rep.

Also tentacles.

That’s it. That’s the review.
Profile Image for Alexis C..
Author 9 books77 followers
August 2, 2022
Love everything about this novella!

The vibes🌈✨, the spice🥵, the characters 😍. If you like monster romance definitely a must-read!
Profile Image for Mads.
251 reviews44 followers
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October 12, 2023
DNF @ 43%

It’s not terrible but it’s not capturing my attention either. Very… lukewarm?
Profile Image for yvette.
121 reviews11 followers
November 21, 2024
this book is truly 85% smut so if that’s not what you’re looking for you are NOT going to have a good time.

who remembers that song by Justin beaver, that should be me ? well guess what THAT SHOULD BE ME. I DESERVE THAT. Sid was so cute and excited to get to know Katarina 🥹 unpopular opinion I love insta love and it makes sense to me it absolutely makes sense that someone would fall in love with me in a week!!!!! they technically don’t fall in love in the book (yet) but they are so cutesy and heart eyed IMMEDIATELY

Also there’s knotting 🪢

this book was a good time and I giggled and that’s what I was looking for and needed after how mid a lot of books I read recently were
Profile Image for Natalie  H.
3,622 reviews30 followers
November 2, 2022
This was a new one for me. A woman with tentacles and knows how to use them. I liked Sidone ruling the bar. I liked Katrina's confidence. Fenn was alright too. I started getting bored. It was interesting and there was sex, there was a bit of pining on Fenn's end and more sex. It ended up mostly sex, losing the plot at the beginning.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Isabelle.
Author 1 book65 followers
June 24, 2024
This was so fun. If you’re looking for a sweet romance, this isn’t it. Though I do have to say that all three of them were pretty cute with each other at times. But this is straight up erotica so be ready for lots of spice in a very short amount of time. Well written though. A fun little break. Loved having an MC that wasn’t a tiny, skinny girl and that her curves were appreciated. The world was interesting too. I’m looking forward to the next one.
Profile Image for Lindsey (30Something_Reads).
747 reviews32 followers
September 24, 2023
So I picked it up for the sapphics and tentacles but to my very great surprise there were also werewolf knots and polyamory?! (I love when I apparently don't read the blurb very well.)

Anyways. Yeah. This was hella spicy and had all of the things:

✔️ FF, FM, FFM
✔️ Shadow tentacles
✔️ Bondage
✔️ Werewolf shifter
✔️ Chasing scene
Profile Image for Lilylou426 .
492 reviews36 followers
April 11, 2025
this book will submerge you into a wonderful world of mythical creatures who are (mostly) part of an MC. They operate a bar and welcome humans....some may even be lucky to find their happily ever afters!
Profile Image for Sugarpop.
702 reviews1 follower
April 16, 2025
A fun smut story featuring a not-really chubby girl (I translated the sizes and she is a European 42? That's nothing I would call chubby but the story kinda implies that), a female dark elf with tentacles and a werewolf. So there are some nice smutty scenes with fun atuff going on.
there is also a lot of eating food, which might be there to further the relationship between the three characters, they didn't do much for me though.
Could have been more smut ;)
Profile Image for Leigh Kramer.
Author 1 book1,405 followers
November 28, 2022
Very hot, very instalove FFM romance between a human, Shadow Fae (who knows how to use her tentacles!), and werewolf. It’s kind of “you’re mine but don’t worry, we’re not going to talk about marriage or being mates yet”. As with many novellas, I was left wanting more.

The sex scenes were great but they also overtook the story. It left me unclear about how this polyamorous vee was actually going to work. Sid and Fenn are roommates but they’re not sexually or romantically involved. Sid is lesbian and they see each other as siblings and that doesn’t change once Katarina enters the mix. This is all fine and dandy but how is their relationship going to function on a practical level? Are they a throuple now or can Sid and Fenn have other partners? Are Sid and Fenn really going to be okay sharing Katarina long-term? Is Katarina just going to move in with them? The sex scenes were also unbalanced. Sid was left out once Fenn entered the picture. Don’t get me wrong—she was there but her presence was almost always about getting Katarina off while Fenn got his. The emphasis on Fenn and Katarina’s relationship was particularly jarring since the novella starts with Sid and Katarina meeting at the bar. Their chemistry was off the charts but we barely get their first time together, since much of it happens from Fenn’s POV as he hears them.

Everything needed more time to breathe. Fenn went straight for primal play in his werewolf form the first time he has sex with Katarina, even though she’d just freaked out in the bathroom about trying a polyamorous relationship. Talk about escalating quickly! The freak out felt realistic but then it’s like Katarina shrugs and gets over her concerns after a few more orgasms. The scene was still hot but it would have been better to omit the freak out altogether.


Characters: Katarina is a fat bisexual human and business analyst. Sid is a lesbian Black Shadow Fae (with tentacles) and bar owner who has purple eyes and a nose piercing. Fenn is a grumpy white werewolf and conduit engineer. They are in a polyamorous vee; Sid and Fenn are roommates but not sexually or romantically involved.

Content notes: brief sexual harassment, on page sex, primal play, tentacles, MFM menage, DP, knotting, size difference, biting, light blood play, bondage, spanking, public sex, auditory voyeurism, phone sex, video call sex, edging, masturbation, alcohol, inebriation (secondary character), incest joke, “man parts” as euphemism, gendered pejoratives, gender essentialism, ableist language
Profile Image for Jess *lovetolovebooks*.
650 reviews147 followers
September 10, 2022
“Want to see that gorgeous ass bounce as you run from me. Chase you until you’re dripping, then lap up all that sweetness when I catch you. ‘Cause I will catch you. Catch you, pin you, and fuck you till you can’t walk.”

Tentacles & Teeth was a sexy little smut filled monster romance. I loved that one of the monsters in this poly relationship was female. I don’t think I’ve read a female monster with tentacles before this one but I freaking loved Sid. She’s a take no shit, work hard play harder kind of person and it was just a blast getting to know her. Plus she owns and bartends a monster bar. How cool is that?!

Then there’s confident and sunshiney Katarina. She is a curvy lady who doesn’t find anything wrong with her body and we adore that! After getting harassed by a fellow bar patron and being saved by Sid, the two hit it off immediately and decide to spend the night together.

But Sid’s roommate, Fenn the grumpy but cute werewolf shifter, can’t stop lusting after and obsessing after Katarina too. So they give Katarina the choice of having them both. What’s a girl to do? Deny her feelings and cravings or give into her ultimate fantasy?

I think was a really good debut and I will absolutely read the next one this author releases but I did have a few problems. The relationship between Fenn and Katarina wasn’t given the same amount of page time as Kat and Sid so their relationship felt stunted and not as organic as it should have. I wish we had gotten more scenes of Kat and Fenn alone together like we got with her and Sid. Also in some places the writing felt a little clunky which pulled me out of the story. Again I see amazing potential and I’m excited to pick up future releases in this series.

Kinks/Tropes:
Monster roommates sharing a human, tentacles, knotting, primal play “run”, mutual masturbation via video chat, FFM (where the sole focus is on the MFC Katarina so the other two do not interact with each other sexually), biting, minor blood play, bondage, spanking, squirting, stretching, double penetration

This book has mid/plus size (size 16), lesbian and bisexual rep, as well as diverse characters who are sex positive and communicate very well.

4⭐️ 4🔥
Profile Image for Courtney.
374 reviews8 followers
April 4, 2023
Tentacles and Teeth is a sweet and spicy read featuring a poly dynamic! I give this ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️!

Katerina, a human, walks into her local monster bar with one thing on her mind… find someone to go home with. She immediately hits it off with the bartender, Sid, a female fae with tentacles. Their chemistry is off the charts and it only explodes when Sid takes her home that night. But what was supposed to be a one night stand quickly develops into more.

It’s not only Sid that Katerina has eyes for. Sid’s hot as sin roommate, Fenn, has caught her attention too. He’s a werewolf and he’s itching to sink his teeth into her. Sid and Fenn have no desire to be intimate together, but they all come to an agreement to “share” Katerina and have a bunch of fun!

I loved how three different types of people/monsters came together in this. I also loved their poly dynamic in that Sid and Fenn respected each others boundaries of not wanting to be together, but coming together to give Katerina her pleasure. It was nice to see how open they were to having an unconventional relationship.

And sheeeeeeeesh! The spice! This book was all smut and I 👏🏻 was 👏🏻 here 👏🏻 for 👏🏻 it! Sid and her tentacles?! Plus there’s Fenn and his biting and knotting. Katerina is a lucky girl 😉.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Xmonster BunnyX.
38 reviews
July 22, 2022
Disclamer: I did receive an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

So a woman walks into a bar......

And gets.....not one but two sexy monsters wanting to fuck her brains out....sigh some women get all the fun....lucky bitch....😘



HOLY FUCKING FUCK! This book is HOT HOT HOT🔥

There are only a select few of FMC that I've gotten jealous of and Katrina definitely made the list! Tentacles, werewolf bites and more! Book also had poly, LGBTQ+, and plus size representation. My ONLY complaint is....it's too short....I need more of these three and the magical world around them, I'm invested in all three characters and I hope the author makes a fantasy series with this because I NEED MORE!!!!!!

P.S.
If you don't sex....move along because there's lots of sex! If thats your thing then bring the lube!!!! 😉😏
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