Snakes in the Class by Catherine Haustein is the first book in the Monster College Chronicles.

This was an intriguing monster romance, and can be read a couple ways in my opinion. You can read it for surface entertainment as I did or you can pay attention to the deeper parts of the plots for social issues and how our 'monsters' dealt with them.

While this is not a fluffy monster romance it certainly isn't dark like some. I did have some issues with the past/present switch and had to backtrack a couple times but other than that nothing of note to take me out of the story.

I'm beyond teen/young adult romance so if the next book focuses on more of the staff I'll more than likely try it.

Thank-you to City Owl Press and NetGalley for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.

There’s so many observations and themes the author includes in this book that I loved having reaffirmed, and I wanted to love the book itself, but sadly I didn’t love it. The FMC (Gormley Grimn) - wow what a dreadful name - is a challenge to connect with and to care for as she makes some truly bizarre decisions. First she abandons her husband and infant “for their safety”, and but for a detailed flashback early on in the novel, it’s just sort of yada-yada’d away as no big deal. Then in the process of hooking up with Ormr Snaakemon (good grief another astonishingly bad name), the Dean of Students where she’s working as a professor some 20 years later, and after basically getting him to show her his reptilian sex organs, she casually drops that she “left someone behind”. That’s it, that’s all she says.
Finally there’s a scene in which she invites - in front of her six gorgon students - a man from the Purity League to “spank” the paranormal out of her. It’s beyond strange.
The world building here is also lacking. At the halfway point we still don’t understand the Purity League’s motivations beyond hating anyone or anything out of the ordinary.
The book is also riddled with typos, omitted words, and malapropisms such as when Percy chooses a song and it’s called “Starving Like A Wolf” vs. the Duran Duran song “Hungry Like the Wolf”, and the absolute butchery of the lyrics to Rick James’ classic “Superfreak”; nitpicking to be sure, but these are things easily verifiable with a google search,

I received a free advance reader copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I believed it was ordinary monster romance book. But I was so wrong. I haven't read such book before.

First of all, monsters. Yes, they are lived among human. But it's not a happy place for them to live. Monster still a monster (that's what people think). But if you try to know them better, there are human after all.

The transformation of Gormley. So unfairly. Just imagine that one day you became a gorgon or something else. How to live, what to to? And a lot of other questions.

This book is truly write to us. Because Gormley ask a reasonable questions about half human, half snake partner. Does he have....? How.....? And you will get a good one answer.

All these human/monster environment was new, was fresh, was interesting. It was more human related than monsters. It was new experience and I glad I read this book.

Snakes in the Class is book 1 in the Monster College Chronicles by Catherine Haustein.
This was a very cute and entertaining story. I thought it was very unique and different.
The characters were interesting and had great chemistry.
Catherine‘s writing drew me in and kept me flipping the pages and I never did get bored.
I’ll be keeping an eye out for book two.

"I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own."

Thank You NetGalley and City Owl Press for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this amazing eARC!

Unfortunately I couldn't get into this book the writing style is not for me and it's all over the place I had to dnf

ARC review from NetGalley.

Book follows Dr. Grimn, gorgon-turned chemistry professor at Manster University, who navigates coming to terms with being cursed into a gorgon while also mentoring women in the same predicament all the while sorting out her past and present love life.

The plot as a whole is very intriguing, encouraging women to find who they are and love themselves but admitting it’s not an easy road. It explores common issues women face and tackles how to approach them.

The issues come with the delivery. The story was very choppy. As I read details were presented at times that I thought was out of place or unnecessary. While the story had the underlying message of a woman out in the world finding herself, the FMC went back and forth a lot to one extreme to the other which made me feel like she never truly found herself or knew what the lesson should be but did not actually learn/implement it.

It was cute! I enjoyed reading a fresh take on magical worlds but inside a college. I loved the romance and the chemistry and how lighthearted the story was overall.

First off, thank you for NetGalley for providing me this Arc in exchange for an honest review.

This book was a solid 3.5 stars, for me. Dr. Grimn (formerly Helen) is a Chemistry professor at Manster College, and also a Gorgon. After becoming curses by a jealous Minnie, she leaves behind her old life to start anew. Here she falls in love with Dean Snaakemon and works on accepting herself as a monster.

The story was new and could have been great. The reason for lower stars is because it felt very choppy. On the same page, she went back to tell her ex-husband she can control her Gorgon powers and keep them safe, then a few lines later she is back in bed with Snaakemon. The transitions for things was rough but the story overall was good. I wish more time was spent with developing Dr. Grimn's identity and how she transitioned from self-hate to self-love. All in all an enjoyable read that could be better.

Addicting!!! Thoroughly enjoyed this book. It draws you into the story instantly. It was an easy read, while still containing a complex story, and the descriptive writing is almost POETIC. I couldn't put it down.

Gormley Grimn was cursed by the jealous fiancee of her study partner to become a gorgon. She fled to become a professor at the magical Manster College. She falls in love with Dean Ormr, a half-man/half-snake. But the local humans wanedt to stamp out monsters and she's undecided about what to do....

A fun story about mythical monsters/humans falling in love. I enjoy the romance a lot. It's steamy and swoony. Great chemistry between the leads.

Thanks to the publisher for the arc.