So I have read the original Fifty Shades back when it was coming out. It wasn't great BDSM rep and it was terribly written, but it wasn't the worst book I have read. It is trendy to make fun of it and there are pardoies of it ranging from cookbooks to dinosaurs, apparently. So I am no stranger.

This was my first dinosaur smut and it wasn't bad, it just wasn't good. There was not enough dinosaur content for me. Instead it read as trying too hard to be a parody, while also drastically changing the plot. There were some interesting changes like the assistant who isn't mentioned in the descritpion that added sapphic elements. There was more interactions with the assistant than with the dinosaur. It would honestly have worked better if the dinosaur was not involved at all. It would have just made more sense for an erotica and for plot reasons. I only read this for the dinosaur, but he barely existed.

The smut was ok, I guess. There was a gangbang with the entire office after she was told she was not allowed to be with other people, so that was confusing. It was also very strange that she was not sore after losing her virginity in that way. Hell, the blood as lube for anal with no stretchingw as also weird. It was the only real reminder that he was a dinosaur in behavior, that he had to eat a goat on top of her during sex. There was a line about him wanting to eat a tiger, but not doing so because they were endangered that was sweet.

Overall, it was eh. I am glad I read it to say that I did. I can whip it out as a trivia fact about myself. It did not endear me to dino smut or really live up to being a memorable parody.

This book was definitely not for me. It did not have a real story and it was just pure smut. The characters were very bland and had no personality.

Perfected Saurian Satire.

A light, fun novel to sit down with, PSL in hand, after a Pilates class.


*Received an ARC via NetGalley in return for an honest review*


Perfect combination of 'cringe' and carnotaurus-ly good dialogue, with a heart-warming romance that sweeps you up for the perfect poly happy ending.

I expect my read to be filled with groans of disgust and displeasure, but instead I was roaring with laughter throughout! Not often is fiction so funny, and I had a great time devouring the short novel, giving myself a much needed refresher during the heavier stories more popular today. I can't wait to buy a copy for Christmas, which will surely fill this years celebrations with many laughs as I perform snippets of my favourite scenes to my college friends over party games and drinks.

From an aspiring palaeontologist, to the actual expert herself, I give many thanks for this fabulously fun novel and hope there is many more like it to come! (ha!)



Some of my personal favourite quotes:

-Trigger warning for 'Kyle (any)'

-'Several times the width of a normal piece of furniture, as if Ms. Hammond had bought it on Facebook Marketplace from a couple of giants.'

-'The poor goat's blood gushed from its mangled body, spraying across the room in gouts of gore, splashing Alessandra with haematological fluids as if she were a Jackson Pollock canvas in a thong'

-'Very good, very demure girls were doing Bible study in the basement.'

-'Give me the confidence of a T. Rex in a herd of Apatosaurus's. Or a mediocre white man. One of the two.'

Thank you Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book. These opinions are completely my own

I always get a bit as a thrill when I see Lola Faust's new title. The books really grow on you, even if DIno erotica doesn't toot your horn, you will likely find yourself finishing the book rather quickly.

Fifty Shades of Gorgosaur by Lola Faust is a quirky, offbeat attempt at blending romance with a unique twist, but it ultimately falls short of delivering a compelling narrative. The premise is intriguing, combining elements of fantasy and romance with a prehistoric twist, but the execution feels uneven. The characters lack depth, and the plot relies too heavily on shock value rather than meaningful development. While there are moments of humor and originality, they’re overshadowed by pacing issues and a lack of emotional engagement. Overall, the book may appeal to readers looking for something unusual, but it doesn’t quite hit the mark.

Well, if you're looking for a short read that feels like Jurassic world meets 50 shades of grey, this is your book. If you're looking for high scale literature, turn away. This book is meant to be a quick tantalizing tale of entertainment purposes and it delivers. I'm still quite confused how Lola Faust was able to make any of this book work. Perhaps some writing magic....

Slight spoiler/warning. This book is heavily laced with religious trauma which may turn people away. Also two instances involving goat death.

Not at all what I expected from this book. It literally is dinosaur sex, which is not what our library is looking for. Very bizarre.

What's there to say? I just had to read it after seeing the title and confirming in the description, that it actually is Dinop*rn. The book pretty much gives what you'd expect.

Thank you to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for providing an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

As someone who reads their fair share of 'weird' erotica, seeing this available on netgalley was an opportunity I could not pass up. I hadn't dipped my toe into dinosaur erotica until now but hey there's a first time for everything.

Fifty shades of gorgosaur follows Alessandra as she takes a high paying job as the assistant to a billionaire CEO. The CEO in question? A gorgosaur. Her job? To be his submissive.

To be completely honest the first 50% of this novella I kind of enjoyed. The scenes with Alessandra and the other human assistant were sexy. However, this book completely lost me when she lost her virginity via group sex and had a dinosaur perform anal sex using goats blood as lube......

Of course she wasn't sore the day after either.

If you're like me and want a quick insane read then this is for you

I love this woman! 🤣 I love the side comments that this woman makes! For example, Fuck you, Pastor Joseph. My God can do anything. She’s so horny all the time!

This was a first for me, with dinosaur erotica. The creativity of authors never ceases to amaze me! This is a classic BDSM office erotica, but with a dinosaur twist. I appreciated the sprinkling of being raised in the church and the shaming that occurs around sensuality.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing an e-arc of this title.
I overall enjoyed this. It had 50 shades vibes but without some of the problematic stuff in 50 shades. Add dinosaurs and you've got a fun time. There was one aspect that I didn't particularly enjoy. That was something they used as a lube and that wasn't for me, but it does fit the story. I would read from this author again... it was overall a fun time.

Essentially a parody on 50 shades of grey.

As it’s a novella there is not much to say, but I expected it to be a lot funnier than it is. Erotic scenes are pretty boring. But because I’ve giggled a couple of times I will settle at 1.75

She's back!

If any of you thought we could make it to the end of 2024 without me writing a review for another dinosaur erotica, think again!

<b>TW: 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 oral, 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.</b>

Well, this was a nod to dark romances and as the book title suggests a very popular one. A very different book than some of her others, Lola Faust still managed to capture my attention and hold it in place. Her main protagonist, Alessandra Ironside, is young and virginal. She is applying to be the personal assistant of Tristan Black, the elusive billionaire. Like Faust's other female protagonists- Alessandra is horny as hell and up for anything. That is, a relief because she will be servicing a carnivorous dinosaur with a healthy appetite for goats and personal assistants. Alessandra ends up with an HEA. Loved the revenge on the "Kyle" in her world.

A lot of antics ensue and while it's not a Pulitzer Prize read, it certainly is entertaining. If you don't take yourself too seriously a reader can have a lot of fun. It's a lazy Saturday morning, anyway, might as well start with a little bit of fun.

Interestingly, one of the people to whom Lola Faust dedicated her book is Neil DeGrasse Tyson, the American astrophysicist and writer. That blows my mind and also leaves me with so many questions. In her day job, the author works at a university but at night she writes these books. Has Neil ever read one of her dinosaur erotica? Will he read this one? If so, does he put a different book cover over the top of it so he can read it on the airplane without judgment? 🤔 Or will he merely be confused as to how a Canadian professor he once met at a conference is also a dabbler in dinosaur erotica and now his name is forever linked with hers?

I think this is my Roman Empire.

Effortlessly entertaining and a CEO/dinosaur romance that I feel satisfied to discuss. Preferably at awkward social situations and family gatherings.

<i>Thanks to NetGalley and BooksGOSocial for access to this title. All opinions expressed are my own</i>


Expected Publication 02/12/24
Goodreads Review 30/11/24
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Fifty Shades of Gorgosaur - 3.5 Stars

I did not expect to love this as much a I did! From the first chapter I knew this book was going to be amazing. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would read a parody/reimagining of Fifty Shades of Grey that would involve dinosaurs but it was everything I had hoped for and more!

First of all, I was hooked from the start by the way that Lola writes. She really has the ability to make you feel what she's writing about, as opposed to just telling you. I really, really enjoyed it. She also has a gift for writing smut. I had no idea that I could find dinosaur smut so enjoyable - I thought for sure I would spend most of the time laughing or cringing at it (I had my moments don't get me wrong - especially when the goat was involved), but overall it was a fun time.

In the beginning it had the potential for 5 Stars but there were two main reasons why it it lost the 1.5 Stars. The first being that I was hoping to get more information/background on Tristan but we literally got nothing. Like what does he actually do at work?
The second was the ending. It was far too rushed and out of the blue for me. I would have been so much more content with Alessandra just moving into a new apartment or something and being happy and content with how her life has changed for the better.

Nevertheless, I have every intention of reading more of Lola's work! I'd definitely recommend reading this one, I had such a good time!

Dnf. I could get over the absurdity of this book to power through it despite the short length. Which is saying alot because I'm used to weird shit.

Until I read this book, I had no idea that dinosaur erotica was a genre…now that I know that it exists, I can definitely catalog is as a genre I don’t plan to revisit. It’s so bizarre. It’s basically the plot of Fifty Shades of Grey, as the title suggests, but the central character is a billionaire CEO named Tristan Black instead of Christian Grey…and he’s a dinosaur. This book is definitely just right for someone, but I’m not that person.

Unironically? This was absolutely hilarious, and I had a great time with it.

It starts great already with a list of content warnings, which both serves its purpose by, well, warning the reader about the content (including, but not limited to, sex with a dinosaur, as well as the blood, death and gore) as well as throwing in a good amount of humor with also warning about things like job interviews, or taxes (implied).

While I have not actually ready (or watched) 50 Shades of Grey, this certainly seems to be exactly the same - except the heroine is bisexual, the billionaire is a dinosaur, and there's a sexy executive assistant.

There isn't much plot beyond exactly what you'd think it would be - heroine applies for job, signs her body away to the billionaire, smut ensues.
But something about the fast-pace, the short length, enthusiastic and horny protagonist, and the writing which didn't take itself all too seriously, really reall worked for this.

There even is a third-act breakup! Well, sort of.

The writing was really great too - not a literary masterpiece, but easy to read, and it made me laugh out loud, both from the... let's say creative ways of describing genitals, but also by the occasional dry humor, plus the occasionally frankly ridiculous situations that happen. I was laughing a lot while I was reading, and this really wasn't a long book - I read it in one sitting in about an hour.

Overall this is a ridiculous but very fun and unserious dinosaur erotica novella. Exactly what it promises to be.

Wtf haha? Grabbed this one on Netgalley due to pure curiosity and regretted it from the first page. Hyper-sexual, bad writing starts the whole thing off. The story continues with plot holes, choppy writing, and an HEA that's way too happy. Obviously you need to suspend belief when it comes to a book about a dinosaur, but even that didn't make sense! How does the dinosaur communicate? How did he make money? How does he get in and out of his office building? It was a quick read that's fun to poke fun at but I wouldn't give another one a try.

This book is definitely not for me, although I suspect it will delight its intended audience.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.