My 2024 Reading Challenge for the month of February will be Beat The Backlog work (digital and print books). I'm going to start with the Monsters & Mayhem series (a mm collection of classic horror adaptations with a romantic twist). The second book is "In Darkness and Dank" by K.L. Hiers; it's a Creature of the Black Lagoon retelling.
["Kittisak Amarin is not a scientist—he's barely a student, but he joined his college professor's research team for an expedition into the Amazon as a last ditch effort to pass his biology course. His professor thinks they're going to discover a new species out here, but Kittisak is more worried about being eaten alive by giant mosquitoes and staying awake while the team studies test tubes of dirty water.
When he sees a fantastic amphibian creature watching over him one night, he thinks it's just a dream.
Until it comes back.
A fatal misunderstanding leaves Kittisak wounded and unable to flee once the creature has taken him prisoner. As the creature nurses him back to health and shows him the wonders of his mysterious jungle home, Kittisak has to confront his growing attraction to his enigmatic captor and his dwindling desire to escape. He begins to realize that the creature may not be the monster he appears to be...
And that even amongst darkness and dank, the sweetest romance can blossom."]
Gotta be honest, I didn't know that there was a Creature of the Black Lagoon story, just the "Teacher of the Black Lagoon"...not sure what that says about me.
ANYway! This story was suuuuper cute. It was both protective and sweet and reminiscent of the Little Mermaid. There was meddling sisters and exotic fruit and a perfect paradise in which to fall in love. Add in some bad guys, some magic, and a guaranteed HEA? Yeah, yeah. ;)
Trigger Warnings: violence, guns, mild racism, and more.
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