#also!!! goblin might get serious!! and may have big themes besides romance!!

[mejomonster]

Thank you so much for the recs, they do look promising 👀 in this topic, the chinese movie Yin Yang Master that you reblogged earlier has body horror and there's literally no heterosexual explanation for the relationship between the main characters. In the kdrama Hotel del Luna, she's not a literal monster but this drama has the trope of Death and the maiden where she's death and he's the kind hearted maiden who romances this bitter immortal undead woman who is the owner of a place where the spirits of dead people go to get some comfort before going to the afterlife. And for books, my favourite one is Land of the beautiful dead by R. Lee Smith. The cover is super ugly, but the narrative quality it's great and the story it's surprisingly deep with existential themes and the romance and all the characters are so well written, it's a pity it's in the erotica section of Amazon because, this story it's not about that, although it has a few sex scenes. And the main male character looks like a full monster, not some kind of sexy human vampire, like he's so physically repulsive that he wears a mask on his face because no one can't stand to look at him, except for the female lead with a huge and unapologetic monsterfucker kink.

Hey hun! 1 I got these recs! And the message you sent today ^-^ If there was a second message yesterday tho, then I didn’t get it.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HYPE I AM FOR THE NOVEL RECCOMENDATION! Literally since 2021 started I dived into the historical romance genre trying to find some writers/stories I could click well with? Including a few fantasy ones potentially, and so your recommendation is right in the zone of what I’ve been trying to find to read lately! And of course I’m especially excited, since you loved it I know it was good to someone with similar tastes! Also I’ve quickly found my irks with let’s say some overused tropes not necessarily always used freshly/differently, and the way you describe that book it sounds pretty refreshing tbh!

I was literally like... well dang if it got recommended maybe I should get the paperback version ToT

Thank you so much for the recs!!! <3 <3 I always appreciate them so much!!

I’ve contemplated checking out Hotel De Luna before? And the woman being the more inhuman one is hella intriguing to me. I just tend to venture into kdramas less, I like horror/suspense/mystery a lot in dramas and like. Goblin was the second kdrama I tried to watch and just so fluffy/lighthearted in its presentation of everything that I could not finish 2 episodes despite liking the premise itself and the actors. Versus Strangers From Hell which I devoured in like 1 night. So when kdramas include romance I tend to hope they get heavier in plot presentation (like Tale of The Nine Tailed I’ve seen one ep of and the way it felt sort of x files, the way the supernatural world felt heavy, the main heroine was determined and on her own agenda, the horror moments, made me think that’s definitely more a kdrama romance I might like). Just like, in general I veer away from stuff that’s mostly fluff/tragedy (like cute moments, sad angst, but not a lot of heavy themes beyond that??). So I’m never really sure what romance stuff I’ll be able to handle lol. (I’ve seen one half of an ep of Its Okay To Not Be Okay and tbh I might like that kdrama as well long term as it felt very character study Before romance which is how I prefer things mm)...

Lol we all need more time in our lives.

I do love when tropes are reversed, and when women get to be the more traditionally cold or ruthless archtypes etc. So thank you for sharing Hotel del Luna!!