#Ashley Bennett

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Atlas and Tegan from Muscles & Monsters by Ashley Bennett

I wasn't sure if I should post it because I really wanted to draw something better of this couple but apparently I have no idea how to draw werewolves (or just human animal hybrids in general)

Anyway, this book is short, adorable and spicy. Go read it if you like monster romances and cinnamon roll MMCs

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From the author who writes monsters that make us swoon, and has given us great works like Leviathan Fitness and Creepy Court: A Monster Mall Anthology, we're thrilled to welcome Ashley Bennett!

Ashley Bennett is an avid reader and lover of monsters, sweet characters, and spicy romance. She started her author journey in 2021 with her co-authored sweet omegaverse debut, "Vera and the Vegas V." She loves coffee, candles, fall weather, mid-century modern furniture, and a good alien romance (complete with fancy peens).

You can find their books on kindle unlimited or check out their patreon for artwork, advanced access to cover reveals, snippets, chapters, and merch.

Read the interview here

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Bookworm Will Review 2024 (#3)

Title: 'Tentacles and Triathlons'

Author: Ashley Bennett

Rating: 3/5

Review: (MILD SPOILERS)

The palette cleanser I didn't know I needed after reading Modelland!

I didn't have much interest in the rest of the series, thankfully they're all individual stories, but seeing a bearded queer monster romance was kind of an easy sell for me. Plus Cyrus (the kraken) is an artist, so another huge sell for me.

A pretty straight forward plot, training for a triathlon while fighting off feelings that you have the hots for your kraken swim coach despite childhood trauma/fears surrounding monsters. While the story wasn't ground breaking, I think it held up its end on providing some steamy spice~

Cyrus was more daddy than expected, so like I was taken a back, but I ain't mad though.... lucky Reece lmao

I kept picturing Abe from the original Hellboy movie, but with the attitude provided by monster lover daddy del toro. *chef kiss*

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The Dalwick Demon by Ashley Bennett

Um, I guess that's just how the image is going to show up then... sorry it kind of kills the normal format... anyways... I read this; it was another recommendation. This is one of those books where the review is no fun to read cause it's just "eh" and that's all there is to it.

This follows Iris who right off the bat is getting thrown into a deep cave accused of prostitution, thievery, and witchcraft - only two of which, she declares, are true. There she meets Selvyn, the Demon of Dalwick Cave. He is (what I'm sure is supposed to be impressive but leans more towards terribly ordinary) 6', with red skin, horns, and - for the first time in my monster fucker career, a beard. As Iris puts it, he's a perfect rendition of the devil, in looks that is.

Selvyn is very kind... I'm going to stop before I try and scrape the bottom of the barrel to try and enlighten these characters to you. This book is so fast paced that there really isn't a thing that sticks out from the plot, the characters, or anything other than how it's constantly moving forward and forward, and soon enough you're tripping over yourself trying to keep up with how fast this book is moving through this whole entire emotional escapade in 110 pages.

I like the premise and where it could go, I think the characters could be really good - the issue is that neither them nor you are given enough time with any of the elements to actually feel like something worthwhile was made of the very brief time you spend in each instance. To quote my trusted colleague, a best friend who got the short end of the stick and has to hear me ramble about every book I read, MIZZ TANKZ: "You're trying to build a story with great emotional prose, but you're not allowing any time to do it so it's like okay ?" Which is the best way to put it. Iris and Selvyn have issues, amazing, glorious, eat your heart out issues that I would love to see delved into and unpacked... instead they get a quick little blurb and there's no real payoff to it actually getting mentioned. It quite literally feels like "I deserve to be here as punishment for my mother's death.... (insert like one thing that someone says) ah yes, easy peasy I am healed and can move on" WHAT????

Anyways, it's a quick read if you need to kill some time but it's nothing that I would suggest putting in front of other books. It does have smut and that was pry the best part. 4/10

Would I read again? Maybe if it ever got reworked and fleshed out... otherwise no.

Would I recommend? If you need something to read quick and aren't too worried about being wowed, sure.

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JUNE WRAP UP | ⚔️✨📚 a month of reading graphics & finally reading Good Omens! 😇😈

Hey everyone, welcome to or welcome back to my blog! This month I mostly had time off uni, so all I had to do was go to work and read books… the dream, right? I also went book shopping a bunch with @tashreadsromance and participated in graphicsathon round 9, so right now, ya girl’s one happy reader! Continue reading Untitled

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It was a well known fact that when it came to working out, I was a quitter. Physical fitness just wasn’t my jam. It’s who I was. “I think I’ll start with the silver package. I’d like to try some classes, but I need to make sure I can make this a habit.”

His thick tail started to wag again. “Well, you know. I’m here every day. I can help keep you accountable.”

“Oh yeah? You’d do that for me?” I laughed and batted my eyelashes at him. I wondered if he offered that to everyone that was signing up. This was his business after all.

“One hundred percent. If you have goals, we’ll get you there.”

What if my goal was to have him on top of me? Could we get there, Atlas?

Muscles & Monsters (Leviathan Fitness, #1) by Ashley Bennett

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Second book read in 2024 📚 Mantras & Minotaurs by Ashley Bennett

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“You deserve pleasure. You deserve to be treated like the goddess you are. Let me give you that.”

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I finished this last night. It was cute and quick, and I enjoyed in immensely.

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Hall of Fame || April 05 - 2024

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Ep.34.01- Dedicated Involved Loving Fathers

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John Lennon, Bianca Jagger, and May Pang at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, 1974.

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May 10, 2022 | Happy 2nd Anniversary of being in Moulin Rouge on Broadway, Derek!

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FEBRUARY WRAP UP | 35 books! 📚💕 small town romances, mysteries + rereads

Hey friends, welcome to or welcome back to my blog! can you believe it’s time to talk about February?! January was the longest month known to man, but February blew through like it was nothing! I’m so serious, how is a whole month over already and I feel like I have nothing to show for it… except for this wrap up. This month I did A LOT of reading and listened to a lot of Taylor Swift (I also…

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Summer TCA - July 11, 2024 Hallmark Panel

(photos from Hallmark's official Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts)

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KRISTY (2014) + REWATCH

😿Dog Dies💁‍♀️Strong Female Lead

Stars a Jennifer Lawrence looking motherf***er. Classic scheme of people murdering others and posting videos online (dark web). Awesome Hunter becomes the hunted scenes. You can tell the anguish of the protagonist throughout every event, even when she has the upper hand. The entire pool scene is absolutely amazing. The after credits scene was just stupid but hopefully enough people closed out before that. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

REWATCH REVIEW

I really enjoyed rewatching this, it is a lot of fun even if you remember some parts. I found myself looking forward to scenes and that movie held up well. This film is a lot of fun, I always love a “hunted becomes the hunter” story, especially with a strong female lead. Reminds me of You’re Next but with more Satan (so I guess Ready or Not?)

⭐⭐⭐⭐.5

Hard working college student, Justine, is targeted by a killer cult. After being pushed past the brink, the hunted turns hunter as this thrilling horror unfolds.

“Justine is dead. My name is Kristy.”

REWATCH REVIEW

All alone during Thanksgiving break, hard working college student, Justine, is mistaken by a killer cult as some blessed child of God when all she was trying to do was drown her loneliness in a pint of Ben & Jerry’s. The adults are extremely incapable in this movie (and one of them was Keith from Six Feet Under!) but I don’t fully know how or why, I get that they were surprised but, still, they are quickly and quietly disposed of and it is up to our Final Girl, Justine, to stop her would-be killers. 

What I love about this movie is that they appear to have blown all their budget on getting the empty college set so the bad guys had to wear homemade tinfoil masks which made me think this movie was low budget but it is a 6.9 million dollar movie. Wack. But seriously when I thought this was a low budget indie film I liked it a lot more than when I knew it was funded out the ass. This is a good movie but certainly not perfect. 

My understanding of why the cult nicknames their victims Kristy is because it is a shortening of Christ or like his chosen one or something, the name of their game is all to upset God and yes, it is a game to them. Justine assumes the role of Kristy and takes on her attackers after they kill her boyfriend and she shows very little mercy. This film isn’t really plot heavy it just kind of goes from location to location and kill to kill but it sure is a lot of fun. Each scene feels purposeful in our heroine's journey through the night. “Justine is dead. My name is Kristy.” Damn right, girl, you don’t just murder four (4) people and not change a little bit. A worthy film for the genre.