carrionlibrarian's review
2.0
This was an okay Lovecraftian homage anthology. However, the stories within are a far cry from erotica. The sex is either glossed over or non-existent. A sexier Cthulhu maybe. Perhaps a better tile would have been Cthulhuadolesecentdaydream.
librovert's review
4.0
I can't believe I never reviewed this, oops! This was the Vaginal Fantasy Hangout read for September and I surprisingly enjoyed it.
The stories in this collection vary A LOT. Some of them horrorific, some are romance-y, and some of them are just... weird. It did, however, inspire me to check out some real Lovecraft, so that's on my TBR tower now.
The stories in this collection vary A LOT. Some of them horrorific, some are romance-y, and some of them are just... weird. It did, however, inspire me to check out some real Lovecraft, so that's on my TBR tower now.
darkcoffeelover81's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
bleucaldwell's review against another edition
3.0
I thought this anthology was interesting and well-written overall. I liked it, and I'm glad that I read it, but in the end lusty tentacle erotica just isn't my thing.
di_the_reader's review against another edition
Too many stories in too short of a span, leaving me confused.
jennkei's review against another edition
3.0
Not quite as erk as Evolution's Darling (my favourite t******* sex book) (mainly due to less length), but some very varied and interesting stories.
kellysilva's review against another edition
2.0
I did not enjoy this book. I was too stubborn to quit reading for most of it, and got about 78% through before I had to quit. The writing wasn't horrible, but some of it seemed unrealistic (besides the fantasy elements) and the sex scenes just weren't sexy. I'm not a big fan of horror in general, so this book just wasn't for me. I found most of the stories to be too weird for me to get into. There were only a few I kind of liked. I kept finding things to distract me from reading this book, and that's usually a sign that the book isn't quite reeling me in. This book may be for others but I really didn't like it.
tregina's review
3.0
When you read a book called "Cthulhurotica" you more or less know what you're getting into. It is going to be dark, and there are going to be tentacles. So I wasn't caught off guard by the level of non-con or the vagina-as-opening-to-hell motifs. But honestly, I had hoped that overall it would be a bit more inventive. It was neither particularly Lovecraftian nor particularly erotic (both would have been ideal but either of the two would have been acceptable) and in general, in all ways, it just sat around the middle. The stories were fine, and for me Silvia Moreno-Garcia's "Flash Frame" was a real standout, but lacked the oomph I was looking for.
jeminijem's review against another edition
3.0
A lot of this was really good, but I wanted a complete mind fuck here, and I was sadly let down, wasn't scarey, creepy or just plain gross at all. Maybe I'm just getting immune to this stuff. I blame the internet.