I had to read Fifty Shades of Gorgosaur to see if that plot was for real (and some of the hints as to what was afoot in other reviews). This was highly ridiculous, but highly ridiculous books can be great. This wasn’t so great not due to the crazy plot (the blurb isn’t lying), but rather because it parked too long on certain pieces (Alessandra’s upbringing) but not enough on others (why her ex eventually did what he did) in an effort to maybe check some boxes for having provided character background and action.

Also, I’m still curious how Tristan the Gorgosaur in question communicated. Call me ridiculous in turn for trying to question the logic of the story but in the book’s storyline a lot was at odds. Pick this up if you’re curious, it has to be read to be believed, but don’t expect it to read well.

In this Fifty Shades mash-up, Christian Grey is now Tristan Black, and he’s a Gorgosaur :)

Two things can be true. This is a silly, ridiculous piece of erotica containing dinosmut, with some menage. There’s conspicuous consumption of luxury brands, plenty of aspirational moments and glossy interactions in this BDSM-ish satirical homage to Fifty Shades of Grey. At the same time it’s a scorching criticism of purity culture and the acceptance of distorted biblical ideas. Yes, this is a lot in a novella. It’s held together by the most camp language, especially pertaining to our heroine Alessandra’s lady parts: her love flower, ecstasy button, love temple, pleasure boat, and love portal are some examples. Luckily or not Tristan, our Gorgosaur is not treated to the same florid vocabulary - he is 'a perfect delicious hunk of prehistoric sexiness'. Alessandra is equally smitten by Ms Nellie Hammond, Tristan's executive assistant ('and the most beautiful woman in the world').

Author Lola must have had a ball writing this, it's funny and sexy and smutty 🌶🌶🌶 and completely over the top. I've been looking forward to it all year!

Some of the symbolism is a little arcane, especially around the sacrificial goats, but that would be a quibble. I love this timely reminder that even a why-choose dinosmut novella is still political.

Thank you thank you Lola Faust, NetGalley and Books Go Social for the ARC. Opinions are my own.

An insane little adult novella that had me getting the word out to my book girls.
Virginal naive young woman with a hightened sexual prowess, in need of something in particular. Things get wild and weird. Things get deadly. Things get ridiculously horny.
Not my typical jam, but still something to definitely start up a conversation about. Would recommend this if you are part of a book group so you can all have an idea of particular taste, but enjoy the sizzling taboo reptilian nature of it all.

fifty shades but with a dinosaur billionaire boss and his hot associates. this was quick, funny and pure cretaceous smut—never to be taken too seriously and perfect as a brain reset between other reads.

Fifty Shades of Grey but make it dinosaurs.
Our FMC is down on her luck and really needs a job, so she interviews for an elusive multi-billionaire.
Yes the rich dude is actually a rich dinosaur that likes to use goats blood as lube.
FMC also has more chemistry with the other assistant than she does the dino.

Okay, folks, you know the drill: here's the list of trigger warnings included in "Fifty Shades of Gorgosaur".

"Job interviews, 'quiet luxury', billionaires, organized religion, disorganized religion, religious shame, youth pastors, Satan, hell, death (actual), torture (implied), taxes (implied), sex (including but not limited to oran, anal, manual, group, solo, dinosaur), light bondage, light spanking, sushi, Slavoj Zizek, Elon Musk, Kyle (any), prehistory, power, portraiture, raccoons, human resources, leather furniture, goats, animal death (goat), blood, true love" (loc. 6*)

Missing from the list of trigger warnings is whatever this is: "Tristan Black's meat-laden breath was warm and humid even from this distance; it smelled like a bourgeois butcher shop, the kind of high-end meatery that also sold artisan barbecue sauces and was always promising to have Beyond Meat burgers in stock the following week, but never did, but they *would*, one day. (loc. 548)

(File under Things That Make Me Happy to Be a Vegetarian)

There's also a line referencing pumpkin spice lattes that I will *not* quote here, but that makes me also very glad that I don't care for PSLs...

At any rate, this book is something of an oddity in Faust's work—in that we're well into the book before things turn dino, and in fact much of the book seems to be inspired by low-budget adult films. I was trying to remember what this reminded me of, and it's just hit me—the podcast "My Dad Wrote a Porno"! Of course. It's full of improbable events and even more improbable sex and instalove and...well, a lot of blood, actually, which is maybe where the comparison falters.

I have a lot of questions about the Christian Grey—excuse me, Tristan Black—of this book: he is (this is sort of a spoiler, but really only if you haven't looked at the front cover) a reclusive billionaire who makes his money doing...what? He can't talk, and how he communicates remains a mystery. "Sure, he couldn't speak," thinks the heroine. "But silence and mystery were part of his charm." (loc. 828) I mean, on the one hand, a dinosaur who can't talk sounds a hell of a lot better than the original Christian Grey...or Edward Cullen (Christian Grey's inspiration), for that matter. But on the other hand, how do you go from zero to gang-bang to the way this book ends in what I think is a couple of days without ever having any idea what goes on in Black's brain beyond "I want to act out bad adult films"?

My gosh.

Anyway, I still have no idea how to rate these books but am giving this one a cheerful three stars instead of four for Not Enough Dinosaur and for not enough explanation of how this particular dinosaur functions in this world. Depending on how your WTF meter is doing today, you might find it to be a one-star book...or a five-star one. You have been warned.

*Quotes are from an ARC and may not be final.

Thanks to the author and publisher for providing a review copy through NetGalley.

I honestly don’t know what I was expecting.. there was too much inner dialogue. Idk why the ex was brought in? I feel like I know more about Ms. Hammond than Mr. black 😂

Alessandra Ironside takes a chance on a high-paying job as the assistant to billionaire CEO Tristan Black. The job pays so well because he wants to keep Alessandra around. But he's not your average human boss. Nope, he's a dinosaur...specifically a Gorgosaurus!

If this story sounds familiar, it's because this is 50 Shades of Gray inspired with dinosaurs (but honestly, I think it's better)! This was such a fun story to read - the dedication and trigger warnings pages were hilarious (poor Kyle though haha). There were lots of descriptive spicy scenes that had me kicking my feet and giggling. I will be reading from this author again!

Things I didn't like or were misleading - I think that there was actually more chemistry with Ms. Hammond than Tristan Black. I also felt like some scenes happened rather quickly. I get that it's a short story, but after getting a job, I feel like the next page was sex, and the one after was marriage.

This book will be published December 2, 2024. Thank you to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for the opportunity to read an Advanced Reader's Copy (ARC) in exchange for my honest review.

oh wow! is all i have to say about that because i went into this with no expectations of it being good and somehow it was even worse which i thought was impossible so.

I wasn't sure what to expect when I started this book, and now I feel like I don't even know what I read. This was such a bizarre read from start to finish. I normally enjoy depravity, but the FMC was written as ridiculous and overwhelmingly sexual it was difficult to see anything past that. Even though the acts during the scenes were unique, the writing describing it felt lackluster and brushed over. There is a HEA but it comes after a very weird twist which again just made the read more frustrating.

Actually ridiculous in the best way possible. I'm not sure what I was expecting but it wasn't THAT. 10/10 would read again. Would also read the authors entire backlog.

Completely ridiculous, as expected from Lola Faust. I wish there'd been more of a focus on the sex between Alessandra, Tristan, and Nellie, but it was still an enjoyable read!

Many thanks to Lola Faust, BooksGoSocial, & Netgalley for providing me with an ARC.

If you were looking for a literary masterpiece or a tour de force then keep looking.

However if you're searching for a short story full of dino-erotica and a Cretaceously good time then Lola Faust has you covered!

Follow sweet virginal Alessandra on her new career path- working for multi-billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist Tristan Black. He's tall, he's muscular, has a strong jaw and and even stronger sexual appetite... he's the ultimate predator. Literally.
No really, the guy is a Gorgosaur!

If you have an itch that can only be scratched by the talons of a mesozoic MMC then 50 Shades of Gorgosaur is absolutely the book for you. 🦖

Check the trigger warnings before you read as this story does contain explicit content and features mentions of things some may find disturbing such as Elon Musk and youth pastors!!!

Thankyou @netgalley and booksgosocial for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own and based entirely on my reading experience.⚘️

This is one of those books that you know what to expect. This is a 50 shades of Grey retelling with a billionaire dinosaur and his assistants (TWO women). This was a ridiculously wild story and the writing isn't remarkable but it's one of those quick palette cleanser reads.

Thank you Lola Faust, BooksGoSocial, and NetGalley, for the gifted copy!

No one:
Absolutely No One:
My Inner Tigress: Rawr


This book was really something. From the (implied) Trigger Warnings to the "ribbed-for-her-pleasure-and-also-probably-for-evolutionary-reasons reptilian cock that belonged to a billionaire." It was a ride, for sure. It's a quick and truly satirical read, I'd definitely consider reading this author again.
Thanks for making my first NetGalley read a memorable one,

This is my first book with Dino love and I am not a hundred percent sure how to rate this. Did I find this entertaining? A little bit. Everything from beginning to end was over the top and kind of ridiculous but what do you really expect from Dino Erotica. 50 shades elements all over this puppy, you just had to have a good laugh with this and take it for what it is. An interesting brain break for sure.

I have no words. And not in a good way...

This was easily the most bizarre thing I've read, it was hilariously ridiculous.

Honestly, I love Lola Faust's writing. Ever since I read Wet Hot Allosaurus summer I've been hooked on this super strange and highly hilarious dinosaur erotica. This is 50 Shades of Grey but Christian Grey is a Gorgosaur. We also have a beautiful, smut filled relationship happening between Trystan Black's (the gorgosaur) executive assistant Ms Hammond, and our FMC Alessandra. This book had spice, love, religious trauma, goats, taxes, and of course, quiet luxury. Seriously though, this book was really fun and the world is currently an absolute dumpster fire. Pick this up. Short, sweet, hilarious, spicy, graphic and outlandish. Highly enjoyed!

I honestly never truly know how to rate these books - these books aren't great literature but they are so over the top and fun as hell so I will keep reading them. This one is basically 50 Shades of Grey except the MMC is a DINOSAUR! I really loved all the little nods to 50 Shades of Grey - Tristan Black = Christian Grey, Alessandra Ironside = Anastasia Steele- Tristan even had his own red room. I wish it had been explained how Nellie could "talk" to Tristan when no one else seems to be able to.

Big Lola Faust fan here so I was excited to see a new one from her!

50 shades of Gray retelling but with a Gorgosaur, goats, fashion, contracts, audiences, "coffee shops", executive assistants, graphic scenes, religious flashbacks, virginity and more!

Be sure to read the content warnings, not only because it's hilarious but there are some real topics in there you might want to avoid.