🎵3/27/19
Since I wrote my original review, the new edition 'Dial M for Monster' has been listed on GR and is searchable by that title. Just make sure you list the authors name with the title. On the series page it is still listed as Lights, Camera...Monsters.

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3.75 Stars

Lights, Camera...Monsters by Lila Dubois
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance
3.5 Stars

Although I have read books where Lila DuBois was a co-writer, this was the 1st time I read a story written by her alone.

The book I 1st read was the original, written about 10 years ago. There are a couple of typos/errors. The writing was sometimes a bit awkward. However, for the most part it is an interesting story and definitely a very original plot.
It also led me to have some very unexpectedly profound thoughts about different cultures that are so unlike our own we tend to view them as 'monstrous'.

Considering this is an erotica book, it has some very surprising layers to it. All you have to do is open your mind and look beyond the 'Monsters' to find them.

I wonder if the author wrote the book with these layers in mind, or perhaps the layers came to be as the story unfolded itself for her.

I am intrigued. ( )

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Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance
3.5 Stars

To find this book on Amazon or other sites use the new title "Dial M for Monster (Monsters In Hollywood Book 1)". I don't know why the title hasn't changed on Goodreads.

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Nice change from the usual paranormal romance fare - instead of vampires, weres or witches, this has monsters. Better yet, they've come to L.A. to . . . what else? Make a movie! I loved the concept, and liked the various characters introduced here. The romance was pretty steamy, including some light kink -- overall, a great start to a series, and I immediately dived into the next book! ( )

I should probably be too embarassed to admit that I read this book.

It's a freebie romance/erotica book from kindle/amazon, and it's not bad. Some of the sex scenes (which would be most of the book) are over the top and sometimes hilarious. It's not terrible, and if erotica is what you're looking for, then here it is. ( )

This was a fun book about endangered species. The twist is that it's monsters whose habitat is being encroached on. Three of the young warriors avail themselves of a magic spell to make themselves human. They get the brilliant idea to go to Hollywood and find someone to make a movie and/or TV show about monsters and show that they are not such bad guys. Of course they are beautiful, sexy men who have been without females for some time because the lady monsters have all died off. They have gotten all their information about humans off movies and that leads to some silliness as they find out about human sexuality and more mundane things like style and eating out. If this was a movie, it would be a crackpot comedy. There is a LOT of sex in the book. I know not everyone will agree with me, but I would like to see this rewritten with less sex and more story. It would make a great comic fantasy.
I grade on a curve like they used to do at school. It's better than average because there are lots of new wrinkles in this story. I'd give it a 3 1/2 stars.
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