Review: My Boyfriends Are All Monsters by Kimberly Lemming
🧛♂️ Part of the Scared Sexy Collection (Amazon Original Stories)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3/5 stars)
Genre: Monster Romance / Paranormal Comedy Romance
Length: Short Story (~70 pages)
Kimberly Lemming does what Kimberly Lemming does best—chaotic, spicy fun with a wink at the reader.
In My Boyfriends Are All Monsters, Lucy’s dream of a Hallmark-style happily ever after goes wildly off-script when her jerk boyfriend leaves her stranded on a mountain. After making a wish in a mysterious well, she wakes up in an enchanted small town full of supernatural hotties—all convinced she’s the one. From vampires to demons (and yes, tentacles), Lucy’s surrounded by love interests straight out of every monster girl fantasy imaginable. But the town’s magic comes with a price, and she’ll have to decide whether the love she wished for is worth what it costs.
It’s fast, fiery, and laugh-out-loud funny—exactly what you’d expect from Lemming. Lucy’s inner monologue is charming and self-aware, and there’s a clever meta quality to how the story plays with “too good to be true” tropes. That said, the short length works against it; the pacing feels rushed, the romance jumps from meet-cute to mayhem, and the ending wraps before the emotional arc can fully land.
Still, it’s delightfully bonkers, brimming with magic, mischief, and heat. Think Hocus Pocus meets Monster Tinder—a perfect bite-sized read for readers who like their Halloween romance a little weird, a little wild, and a lot spicy.
💋 Tropes & Themes
- 🐉 Monster Romance / Reverse Harem Vibes
- 🌙 Wish Gone Wrong
- 💋 Lost & Rescued / Stranded Heroine
- 💞 Small-Town but Make It Enchanted
- 🧛♂️ Supernatural Love Interests (vampire, demon, shifter, tentacle god…)
- 🎃 Halloween Magic / Forgotten God Curse
- ✨ Carefree, Quirky Heroine
- 🔥 High Heat, Low Angst
- 😂 Humorous, Self-Aware Tone
⚠️ Content Notes
Explicit sexual content, tentacle sex, magical coercion (light / consensual fantasy context), mild violence, abandonment, supernatural elements, humor with darker undertones.
🦇 Final Thoughts
My Boyfriends Are All Monsters is pure Halloween candy—sticky, sugary, and maybe a little messy, but undeniably fun. It’s over the top in every way, and while the plot doesn’t have much room to breathe, Lemming’s signature blend of humor, chaos, and monster-loving charm makes this a quick, spicy treat worth tossing in your TBR cauldron.
