This was a first for me, with dinosaur erotica. The creativity of authors never ceases to amaze me! This is a classic BDSM office erotica, but with a dinosaur twist. I appreciated the sprinkling of being raised in the church and the shaming that occurs around sensuality.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing an e-arc of this title.
I overall enjoyed this. It had 50 shades vibes but without some of the problematic stuff in 50 shades. Add dinosaurs and you've got a fun time. There was one aspect that I didn't particularly enjoy. That was something they used as a lube and that wasn't for me, but it does fit the story. I would read from this author again... it was overall a fun time.

Essentially a parody on 50 shades of grey.

As it’s a novella there is not much to say, but I expected it to be a lot funnier than it is. Erotic scenes are pretty boring. But because I’ve giggled a couple of times I will settle at 1.75

She's back!

If any of you thought we could make it to the end of 2024 without me writing a review for another dinosaur erotica, think again!

<b>TW: Job interviews, "quiet luxury", billionaires, organized religion, disorganized religion, religious shame, youth pastors, Satan, hell, death (actual), torture (implied), taxes (implied), sex (including but not limited to oral, anal, manual, group, solo, dinosaur), light bondage, light spanking, sushi, Slavoj Zizek, Elon Musk, Kyle (any), prehistory, power, portraiture, raccoons, human resources, leather furniture, goats, animal death (goat), blood, true love.</b>

Well, this was a nod to dark romances and as the book title suggests a very popular one. A very different book than some of her others, Lola Faust still managed to capture my attention and hold it in place. Her main protagonist, Alessandra Ironside, is young and virginal. She is applying to be the personal assistant of Tristan Black, the elusive billionaire. Like Faust's other female protagonists- Alessandra is horny as hell and up for anything. That is, a relief because she will be servicing a carnivorous dinosaur with a healthy appetite for goats and personal assistants. Alessandra ends up with an HEA. Loved the revenge on the "Kyle" in her world.

A lot of antics ensue and while it's not a Pulitzer Prize read, it certainly is entertaining. If you don't take yourself too seriously a reader can have a lot of fun. It's a lazy Saturday morning, anyway, might as well start with a little bit of fun.

Interestingly, one of the people to whom Lola Faust dedicated her book is Neil DeGrasse Tyson, the American astrophysicist and writer. That blows my mind and also leaves me with so many questions. In her day job, the author works at a university but at night she writes these books. Has Neil ever read one of her dinosaur erotica? Will he read this one? If so, does he put a different book cover over the top of it so he can read it on the airplane without judgment? 🤔 Or will he merely be confused as to how a Canadian professor he once met at a conference is also a dabbler in dinosaur erotica and now his name is forever linked with hers?

I think this is my Roman Empire.

Effortlessly entertaining and a CEO/dinosaur romance that I feel satisfied to discuss. Preferably at awkward social situations and family gatherings.

<i>Thanks to NetGalley and BooksGOSocial for access to this title. All opinions expressed are my own</i>


Expected Publication 02/12/24
Goodreads Review 30/11/24
#FiftyShadesofGorgosaur #NetGalley

Fifty Shades of Gorgosaur - 3.5 Stars

I did not expect to love this as much a I did! From the first chapter I knew this book was going to be amazing. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would read a parody/reimagining of Fifty Shades of Grey that would involve dinosaurs but it was everything I had hoped for and more!

First of all, I was hooked from the start by the way that Lola writes. She really has the ability to make you feel what she's writing about, as opposed to just telling you. I really, really enjoyed it. She also has a gift for writing smut. I had no idea that I could find dinosaur smut so enjoyable - I thought for sure I would spend most of the time laughing or cringing at it (I had my moments don't get me wrong - especially when the goat was involved), but overall it was a fun time.

In the beginning it had the potential for 5 Stars but there were two main reasons why it it lost the 1.5 Stars. The first being that I was hoping to get more information/background on Tristan but we literally got nothing. Like what does he actually do at work?
The second was the ending. It was far too rushed and out of the blue for me. I would have been so much more content with Alessandra just moving into a new apartment or something and being happy and content with how her life has changed for the better.

Nevertheless, I have every intention of reading more of Lola's work! I'd definitely recommend reading this one, I had such a good time!

Dnf. I could get over the absurdity of this book to power through it despite the short length. Which is saying alot because I'm used to weird shit.

Until I read this book, I had no idea that dinosaur erotica was a genre…now that I know that it exists, I can definitely catalog is as a genre I don’t plan to revisit. It’s so bizarre. It’s basically the plot of Fifty Shades of Grey, as the title suggests, but the central character is a billionaire CEO named Tristan Black instead of Christian Grey…and he’s a dinosaur. This book is definitely just right for someone, but I’m not that person.

Unironically? This was absolutely hilarious, and I had a great time with it.

It starts great already with a list of content warnings, which both serves its purpose by, well, warning the reader about the content (including, but not limited to, sex with a dinosaur, as well as the blood, death and gore) as well as throwing in a good amount of humor with also warning about things like job interviews, or taxes (implied).

While I have not actually ready (or watched) 50 Shades of Grey, this certainly seems to be exactly the same - except the heroine is bisexual, the billionaire is a dinosaur, and there's a sexy executive assistant.

There isn't much plot beyond exactly what you'd think it would be - heroine applies for job, signs her body away to the billionaire, smut ensues.
But something about the fast-pace, the short length, enthusiastic and horny protagonist, and the writing which didn't take itself all too seriously, really reall worked for this.

There even is a third-act breakup! Well, sort of.

The writing was really great too - not a literary masterpiece, but easy to read, and it made me laugh out loud, both from the... let's say creative ways of describing genitals, but also by the occasional dry humor, plus the occasionally frankly ridiculous situations that happen. I was laughing a lot while I was reading, and this really wasn't a long book - I read it in one sitting in about an hour.

Overall this is a ridiculous but very fun and unserious dinosaur erotica novella. Exactly what it promises to be.

Wtf haha? Grabbed this one on Netgalley due to pure curiosity and regretted it from the first page. Hyper-sexual, bad writing starts the whole thing off. The story continues with plot holes, choppy writing, and an HEA that's way too happy. Obviously you need to suspend belief when it comes to a book about a dinosaur, but even that didn't make sense! How does the dinosaur communicate? How did he make money? How does he get in and out of his office building? It was a quick read that's fun to poke fun at but I wouldn't give another one a try.

This book is definitely not for me, although I suspect it will delight its intended audience.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is exactly what you think it will be like

- spice
- dinosaur
- billionaire
- throuple
- Blood

Please read the trigger warnings both for your sanity and because some of them are so funny.

You get what you expected with this book and will enjoy explaining it to people to see them horrified. I would read this author again for sure ahaha.

Yes she does actually fuck the dinosaur thought it would be a dinosaur shifter situation and it wasn't and amazing ahaha.

Thanks Netgalley and BooksGoSocial for an e-arc in exchange for an honest revie

I'm not sure that I'm the target audience for this book, but then again I'm not sure who is. Having said that, this is an absolutely hilarious read, and I spent the hour reading it literally laughing out loud.

The book is short and the plot is essentially if the MMC in '50 Shades of Grey' is an ACTUAL dinosaur. There were a few moments where I questioned how a dinosaur was not only alive, but also a billionaire CEO - but if you just suspend your belief and roll with it, you'll have a much better time. I should have known I was in for a good time as soon as I read the trigger warnings at the outset, which ranged from "quiet luxury" to Elon Musk and love. I did find the descriptions of the dinosaur eating goats and our FMC being covered in blood, dino spit and...other dino substances a little bit much, but by that point I'd reframed my expectations of the book from smut to satire and so didn't mind that I didn't find any of it 'sexy'.

Ultimately this was a great way to spend an hour of my time. 3/5

I have no idea what I just read... I went into this thinking it would be bad and I'd hate it. I was very wrong. Is it weird? Yes. Is it full of very odd descriptions of genitals and sexual acts? Also yes. But it's so much fun that I don't care.

Alessandra needs a job and there just so happens to be a vacancy with the most elusive billionaire in possibly the world. Of course she gets the job and all kinds of weird and wonderful shenanigans ensue.

Seriously I think Lola Faust has managed to make something that should be awful into something that seems almost reasonable. If you like smut and don't mind something a bit weird, like a DINOSAUR, then you should definitely read this book. Also I don't know what Kyle did to the author but it looks like it wasn't great, he has a great cameo near the end.

How does one rate a 50 Shades of Gray retelling where Christian is Tristan the dinosaur? 🦖

Did I pick this up solely for the absolute ridiculousness? Uhhhh yeah. Am I shocked at how easy this was to read? Yes. Did I cringe at all the different words one could use to describe their lady bits? 1000x yes.

This was definitely…something, but Dino Stud sucked me in and I had to see what else Lola Faust had to share!

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC!

This is about as wild as you think it'll be!!
Honestly, dedicating this to Neil deGrasse Tyson and then putting that list of trigger warnings? Chef's kiss!
It was definitely an entertaining read and made me laugh at the audacity.

I have a feeling I'll be compelled to read a few more of Lola Faust's books...

Okay, I was not a fan. Storyline/plot was very lacking. It’s a short read and I almost couldn’t get through it.

👀

2.75 ⭐

Was I entertained? Yes. Did I like it? Undecided. 😂

I read this as a book club pick for luls. And luls we had! I mean, I was entertained AF while reading it. LOL It was an absolute wild ride. The ridiculousness of it definitely peeked my interest. How does one do a gorgosaur? What even is a gorgosaur? Is there time travel? Does it talk? I needed answers!

It had a few clever little things in there that made me laugh. Ms. Hammond? I mean come on, that's funny!

I will say, that the FMC was kind of annoying. She was one horny b that I think would have done anything that had a heartbeat. It got a bit repetitive with her.

There was also a few questions that went unanswered for me that I think would have made it better IMO. How does he portray what he wants since he didn't seem to talk? How is he a billionaire? Is he from the Jurassic period? How does a gorgosaur suck? 😂 Etc. Etc. I suppose that might be the mystery of it all, but I wanted to know! Give me a little back story on him.

Overall, good for some laughs.

Lola Faust always manages to deliver with the most excellent dinosaur erotica that is both well thought out and just a plain good time. It never pretends to be anything it isn't aand always gives those with an open mind a reason to love the absurdity of dinosaur/huuman romance.

I’m not quite sure what I’ve just read…but I enjoyed it! An extremely niche sub-genre that I never knew existed until a few days ago!

Although a novella, the author manages to create a lot of depth and background for the main character of Alessandra. There’s a lot of description, which is quite original, although maybe a little heavy at times.

Considering I saw this and decided to try it, with no prior expectation, it was a fun read and I’d definitely be interested to read more.

I think I am actually speechless. I did not know what to expect from this book, but I don’t think this was it. From a sexually deprived church girl to a gangbang in two days is quite a step to take for anyone.

No one should take these books serious, but if you want a book with questionable sexual scenes, laughing out loud at bizarre scenes and strange characters than this is definitely the book for you!