This is honestly quite charming and sweet! It's rather too short, though, so it feels terribly rushed. I appreciated how awful the ex's family was, in a realistic but crapsack way, and the tenderness of the... okay of the dinosaur.

Lola lost me again this was comical, not romantic, her MMC are not cute or romantic, instead weird and creepy.

I can't fathom why this didn't get better reviews, because I was THRILLED to read this and I enjoyed every horrible minute of it. I guess maybe some people wanted it to be a more serious, legitimate monster smut type book, but this is a very short and very funny erotica. I would gladly read everything Faust puts out about dinosaurs. Complaints like "the anatomy is unrealistic" and "the relationship is too fast" don't really matter to me because it's a fucking dinosaur Christmas novella that made me laugh so hard I cried. I gave it 5 stars and I won't ever be ashamed of that. It was sweet, it was cringe, and I am free.

If you are ever in a reading slump, bored, or slightly depressed my advice is to read something like this.. lighthearted and FUN. I find dino erotica weirdly entertaining and humorous.

FMC Holly is in a crappy relationship with Thad (perfect name for him tbh). Thad only cares about is money and success, treating "Hottie Holly" like another object to show off. After being ditched by him, again, Holly decides the relationship isn't working and goes home to Utah, alone, for Christmas with her family.

While at home, Holly meets up with Rocky, a friend from high school who happens to be a Utahraptor. They talk and discover the chemistry they had as teenagers is still there. [Compared to previous works by Faust, the amount of spice in this book is very tame with only one scene between Holly and Rocky.] Dino/Human relationships are taboo, but with the surprising blessing of her family Holly gets a HEA that jerk Thad could never give her.

😕I liked Rocky but didn't feel like I got to see much of his personality shine through in the brief amount of time he's in the story.
😁I did purchase the paperback and was pleasantly surprised parts of Faust's other books were also included after this novella.

Quoteable: "He licked her as if she were the only source of dietary salt within a hundred kilometers."

No amount of stars feels like a suitable rating system for this book, so I will arbitrarily say 3.

Thank you to NetGalley and BooksGoneSocial for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

How is one supposed to review this? All I Want for Christmas is Utahraptor is exactly what it purports to be, so I will not pretend to be scandalized, but the expression “meaty breath” really warrants a trigger warning and I can’t help but feel like I was set up.

This book was.... different. I haven't read anything else like it but I also hope to never read anything else like it. If this is for you, that's great! But it's definitely not for everyone.

3 ⭐️ This was my first dinosaur romance book and it was a fun quick read. Short stories like these are always a refreshing escape from reality. It was the perfect balance of short romance with a little Dino smut mixed in without being too much which I appreciated.

Thank you NetGalley and Storm Crow Press for the eARC of All I Want for Christmas is Utahraptor by Lola Faust in exchange for my honest review.

Well. I had heard about dinosaur fan fiction, but this was my first experience of it. I suspect that there is a whole world of books out there about this world but I'm afraid that I shall not be exploring it.
I thought the writing style weak and simplistic and the romance rather cringeworthy. Better writing and storyline would have given me a better introduction into this area.
I'm all for fantasy but this theme, along with aliens, is not one for me. I like a good style and strong storyline.

3.5 stars out of 5

This is the 2nd dinosaur erotica book from Lola Faust that I have read, I found the writing smoother than the first book or hers I read (Triceratops and Bottoms) and it was a very fast read.

There were a few quirky terms in the story that I thought was rather entertaining, such as “He licked her as if she were the only source of dietary salt within a hundred kilometres” and “my beautiful meaty darling”.

I found the plot a bit basic, and it was more romance that erotica (it only had one sex scene) but overall it was a quick fun read.

So if you think there should be more dinosaurs in ‘The Young and the Restless’ or you wanted to see a porn parody of Jurassic Park, than this is the book for you.

*Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.*

Enjoyment rating: ALL THE STARS!
Spicy rating: .....unclear

Holly is back home in Utah for the holidays, and she finds herself at a turning point in her life. Rocky is her highschool crush, and a Utahraptor. Now that they are back in each other's orbits the sparks start to fly, but can they have the relationship that they want to? Feathers will be ruffled, in more ways than one (har-har), with this transspecies love story!

All I Want for Christmas is Utahraptor had me snort-laughing out loud in public! The reading experience is one that I will never forget! This book was such a joy to read. It was absolutely ridiculous in the best of ways. I mean she gets turned on by his "glorious fount of meat-breath that bathed her face in a delicate mist of saliva." This is just one example of a sentence that will make you find it hard to breath.

This book is so weird, just like her other Dino-human love stories. Be sure to check out her trigger warnings before you read, mostly just because they are also hilarious and contain content warnings about things like "Etsy, ducks, Canadians and casseroles". Just make sure going into this that you are ready for Dino lovemaking shenanigans.

I honestly cannot wait for the next novel. Lola Faust has a way of just continually upping her game with these stories. She goes ALL in and somehow keeps coming up with ways to completely shock me. Her books are an entire experience and give me the best conversation starters!

This was silly and fun and so very strange. It was very religious in tone which I was not expecting. I do have a new favorite word though... "Love swamp". HAHAHA. I laughed so much and had a lot of fun reading it.

4 stars

I honestly wasn't expecting much from this. I definitely wasn't expecting to get turned on, and good thing too because I found it all so incredibly unsexy. Not even just that dinosaurs aren't my kink, but the actual writing was like a cold water bath. There was more God talk, and crappy Jeff Koontz art discussion than there was erotica. Legit, more references to God and the Mormon religion than actual smut. Such a weird decision.

And then on top of that, the writing isn't even sexy. She describes the MC's vag as a moist and humid "love-swap" where his ancestors would have stalked through to find food. *cringe face* You know, that over-used smut phrase of swamp-like lady parts we love so much lol Like, what? If this was written to be funny, I appreciate it from a purely comedic standpoint. If it was written in all seriousness to illicit the aforementioned swampy conditions, I'm convinced it was written by a 19 year old dude who knows nothing of dinosaurs or sex.

I requested this because I loved the cover and thought it would be a fun read. I went into this for a good laugh, but was left feeling confused. This is obviously a niche subset, and clearly not for me. If dinos do it for you, no judgment, but I don't imagine this book will excite you.

I wanted a Christmas Monster Smut and I got a Christmas Monster Smut.
It was easy to read for us non English speakers. It had weird spice scenes, which I loved.
And the characters was... really developed and well-written and I didn't expect that xD
I like it a lot

Here’s the thing: I’m not against the monster dinosaur aspect of this at all. I love monsters. But I kept losing focus when the author kept bringing up mormonism.

I was raised Mormon. In Utah. The things the author got wrong:
- Mormons go to church on Sunday, not the temple
- No children are allowed in the temple - you have to be 12 to go. (Rare exception is a special ceremony where children are “sealed” to their parents if their parents either weren’t married in the temple, or the children were adopted. This is a one time event.)
- The person you would ask about if you could have a temple marriage is called the Bishop, not Elder.
- You cannot get married in the temple if you don’t actively attend church meetings and definitely not if you are having sex.
- There ain’t NO way the Mormon church would ever, even in the tiniest degree, give support to an inter species couple. The Bishop she talked to? Yeah…. No. The Mormon church, up until 9 years ago, had a policy where the children of same sex couples couldn’t be baptized. The CHILDREN of the couples. You cannot go to the temple (aka get all the extra special guarantees that you won’t lose your family forever) if you’re LGBTQIA+ and “acting” on it.

I think doing a little more research on a religion before fitting it into a book is a good idea.

Things the author got right about Mormonism:
- prayer over the food, the words were accurate
- people do want you to get married in the temple

Also…. I was 0% invested in the couple. I knew nothing about the guy by the end of the book, except his kiss tasted like a rare steak.

Spice: 3/5

Triggers: cheating, cancer (off page, side character)

While this is a very niche theme for the genre, I wouldn’t purchase this one for our library unless requested by a patron. I think this is one people are drawn to for the absurdity of the title and the content.

Thank you to the author and Netgalley for allowing me access to this book as an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

« He traced his tongue from her upper thighs into her love-swamp, moist and humid as the Cretaceous jungle the Utahraptor’s ancestors would have stalked through in their search for food. »

Rating: 2.5 ⭐️
Genre: Paranormal Monster Erotica
Format: ARC Ebook
Pages: 170
Spice: 1 🌶️
POV: Third POV
S/S: standalone
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Well, I had to read one dino-porn book in my reading career.

Not my thing but funny to read ironically.

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Is this my favorite novella from Lola Faust? No, but I still enjoyed it! Its the hilarious story we love with the dinosaurs her characters love. The human boyfriend's name is THAD. That's all you need to know.
If you like dinosaurs and out-of-this-world, smutty books then Lola Faust is the author for you! Enjoy reading :)

Thank you to Netgalley and BooksGoSocial for this ARC! ♥

This was hilarious - I see lots of reviews judging/grading it on it's "smut" value, but this is supposed to be weird and gross and funny. It is definitely a rip-off of Hallmark movies, and a commentary on the ridiculousness of some of those plots (even before adding dinosaurs).

Well. I downloaded this as a little Christmas break joke but the joke's on me! Honestly though, get that bag, Lola.

Okay this was an interesting one! I actually loved this book in a weird way! I love a good friends to lovers, and Childhood friends to lovers is even better! This Book absolutely doesn't take itself serious and is such a fun pallete cleanser! Rocky was so cute for a Dino, and I totally see what Holly was falling for. Was it the best piece of literature ever? No. But, u definitely suggest reading this if your open minded! Thank you to netgalley for the review copy!