Getting It On With Gargoyles by Hazel Mack
Release Date: July 17, 2023
Content Notes
Tail Play
MMC built like a sex toy
Spur-like add-on
Fated Mate
Halloween Town
Witchy Trio Sisters
Small Town Setting
After reading Getting It On With Gargoyles, I can see that Hazel Mack gave me story to put on my list of Monster Hallmark Channel movie pitches. We can call it The Clawmark Channel and make it a Halloween movie marathon. Come on, TV producers. You know you like this idea.
I fully admit I read this to read Tangling with Trolls, but it was far from a chore reading this first installment about Ever, Massachusetts. The town appeals to my Millennial nostalgia for Hocus Pocus, Halloween Town, and those other iconic bits of 90s Hollywood that made me a monster lover like Gargoyles.
Thea and Shepard are a couple you can easily cheer for. They are silly, sweet, family-oriented, and a solid pick to introduce readers into this cozy series.
Tangling With Trolls by Hazel Mack
Release Date: September 25, 2023
Content Notes
Troll Daddy Dom
Needs magic to make it fit
All the Edging
Plant Magic
Magically Delicious Cum
Creative use of vines
Small Town Romance
Plus Size FMC
I keep on saying we need more trolls, and I’m glad Hazel Mack wrote something like Tangling With Trolls to help this reader out. Additionally it has this cottagecore BDSM vibe I didn’t know I wanted in a book. Now, I could make a Pinterest board.
The previous book in the series, Getting It On with Gargoyles, built up this couple, and I’m glad Mack didn't wait long to write about Ohken and Wren. They continue the tone Mack sets with the first book. This world is on the fluffier side of Monster Romance. There are also some threats of outside danger to keep it exciting. This couple still gets to stand out. So far, they are my favorite.
As an aside, Ohken is so into edging he gives me a new definition of “edge lord.” I do like the troll version better.
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