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- Content warnings: Sexual content, Violence, War
The Monster's Mate
by Rena Marks
Book 8 in The Match Program
Pick this up for a soft-protective alien romance where the danger is mostly outside the relationship and the tentacles are very much inside the premise.
goodreads 4.14/5 145 ratings
storykind_community 3/5 1 rating
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length204 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 8 books
Spice4/5 · Tender / sweet explicit
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Protective love interest
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium burn
- High
- Tender / sweet explicit
- Comfort reread material
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- Monster
- Hurt/comfort
- Passionate / intense
- Romantic fulfillment
- Secretly soft
- Fated mates
- Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
- Feel-good
- Protector
- Only soft for them
- Possessive / claiming
- Possessive/protective
- Size difference focus
- Touch starvation
- Anticipation
- Monstrous anatomy
- Tentacle/appendage themes
- Monster romance elements
Fantasy promise
- Monster romance
- Alien romance
- Space station / spaceship / colony
- Dystopian
- Aliens
- Space/sci-fi
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- Monsters
- Post-apocalyptic
- Kraken / tentacle beings
- Secret relationship
- Rescue romance
- Interspecies romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Romantic
- Warm
- Moderate
- Low
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- Runaway / on the run
- Adventurous
- Conversational
- Survivor
- Steamy
- Humorous
- Hopeful
- Fast-paced
- Tense
- Character-driven
- Page turner
- Series binge material
- Comfort read vibes
- Binge read
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Different because
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Book details
- Length
- 204 pages
- Publisher
- Terran Publishing Ltd
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book