Morning Glory Milking Farm

Well color me surprised, I am nearly never a romance reader. It's not because I'm a prude, it's just not my thing. But I'm on a mission to read the most unusual things on the shelves of my library of employment, and this is certainly unusual.

And I liked it.

The book is well written, the characters are likable, they like EACHOTHER, and they are pretty darn good at communicating! The world building is fun! I got a good sense of what Cambric Creek is like with out it detracting from the story itself. The reason for the milking farm is pretty dull and logical. Which is a compliment! I won't spoil it, but the reveal made me go, OH well that makes sense.

Outside of the interspecies erotica, it's cute and fluffy and didn't activate my show more astounding second hand embarrassment!

(I'm sure by now you have a sense of why I'm not a romance reader.)

About the erotica, it's all safe, sane and consensual! If you have no issues with *ahem* size differences, it's not as shocking and weird as a lot of the internet made it sound like it would be.

It's dirty, it's sweet, it's fun. Don't let the internet scare you! show less

Road trip audiobook!

Having grown up on a dairy farm this title caught my attention when it popped up in my Goodreads feed a few years back. While I did put it in my want-to-read, I never felt a need to actually seek it out. But with a long lonely afternoon of cruising I-80 across Pennsylvania and Ohio before me, it suddenly seemed like an interesting way to spice up the drive.

Turns out, this story is not about the sort of milking I did twice a day with 300 cows several summers in a row. Instead it is about the sort of semen collection that happens with pedigreed bulls in upscale breeding programs that my father had no interest in pursuing with his herd of Wisconsin holsteins.

Also, instead of bulls, the protagonist here -- stumbling show more about for a job when her art historian master's degree doesn't result in employment -- finds herself in a role that blurs lab technician and sex worker as she helps stimulate the minotaurs who make . . . deposits . . . for which a pharmaceutical company pays handsomely as their semen is a key ingredient in this fantasy world's version of Viagra. While she is able to be detached about the manual manipulation she provides for the most part, one penis -- and the minotaur attached -- starts to fascinate her.

The first part is cheesy fun, and while the second half gets a bit repetitive and offers little drama for keeping the romance from proceeding in a straight line, I was still happy to have such a huge change a pace in the midst of all the celebrity memoirs I was streaming during my drive. show less

I kept seeing this book on different social media sites, along with other similar looking "monster" books. I don't know why I chose this one first, maybe because I have a thing for werewolves and minotaur's are close? I dunno but I'm so happy I picked up this book.

I expected a dumb over the top barely readable romance book, like a joke romance book. (Think Chuck Tingle) What I got was a sweet little romance that was FAR, FAR too short. I loved the FMC and the MMC. They were adorable and cute and just so fucking wholesome. The spice was great, the details were interesting considering the subject matter and honestly the spice felt like it balanced with the overall plot really well. This 100% didn't feel like a book that was all spice and show more a thread of a plot to move between the sex scenes. It felt really balanced

I gave this a 5/5 mostly because it was exactly what I needed right this moment and I loved it. I can easily see me reading this again. I also hardly ever by physical copies of books unless I love the cover or the book and I will be buying a physical of this to put on a display shelf.

The bad:
That said, there were some spots in the book where the scene had changed and I didn't realize until a few paragraphs later and then had to go back and reread. The FMC does a lot of reflecting on events in the middle of a thing, which is fine, but there's a specific moment where like the location/time had changed and there was no break to indicate that. I WILL SAY, that might be because I'm reading a digital copy with a big letter size (bad eyes) and sometimes that formats books weird. show less

When I first came across this book and decided to read it, I honestly thought what had I gotten myself into?

Okay, okay, I like monster/human romances. Some of them are really interesting while others seemed more missing something within the confines of the story. Most of this is due to the stories being standalone. It may work for some and may not work for others.

Anyway, this book was interesting. Violet, our female lead, does not want to go back home to her parents. She is riddled with debt and she is just trying to find the right job that would help fix that. This is where Morning Glory Milking Farm comes in. Oh, this is not some normal, run-of-the-mill milking farm. Oh no! This is where Minotaurs came to be milked of their semen, show more especially during their mating season. Their semen is also used in the medication of some sort. oO

Once Violet becomes a "Pro" of milking these Minotaurs, she finds herself drawn to one named Rouke and he with her. Their romance is so damn sweet and wonderful that I actually found myself in envy of Violet. Seriously, I want a Minotaur to rock my world too, you know. So, where do we sign up for this milking farm?

But honestly, this one really surprised me and I quite enjoyed the storyline and romance. It was not totally porn without a plot. There is actually a plot and you will find yourself immersed in the world where there is a town of creatures unlike us living side by side with others.

Definitely recommend and highly speak of telling you to pick this one up. You will enjoy the story until the very end. :D show less

Umm. WTF did I just read!?

Look... Listen... I started this book because I didn't think it could be real. And if it was, I thought it would be funny... but no, it's umm... yeah. It's a thing. It's a genre.

I always thought when people said "Monster Romance," they meant, you know, like a shapeshifter. A "monster" that had a human form... ummm, yeah, they.. they don't. It's... "interesting". Can’t stop picturing Beauty and the Beast here 🫣🤣

So.. I did finish it, but I cannot in good conscience rate it. It’s not BAD - I'm just gonna say, it's not the genre for me.

♡◜✧˖°*:･ﾟ✧
🌶️🔥: 5/5

Synopsis: Violet is a young woman struggling to make ends meet. She finds a well paying entry level job at Morning Glory. In this fantasy world, a certain bodily fluid produced by Minotaur bulls (yup, you know the one) is used in pharmaceuticals. Her job is to milk these bulls to produced the needed... emissions. One of the bulls who comes in for milking sessions takes a liking to her and soon they start dating.

Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars

This book is very very spicy (is anyone surprised?) but I had a great time reading it.

I found Violet to be a very relatable character. She is struggling, like most millennials, to make ends meet. She just wants to pay her student loans and her rent. She is worried that if this job doesn't work out she'll show more have to move home and she really doesn't want to do that.

I would have loved to know a bit more about Violet but I think as a reader I knew enough to sympathize with her and to root for her.

The hero is wealthy and educated and treats Violet really well. He makes sure that she doesn't feel pressured to do anything physically before she is ready because he is aware there might be some potential for an imbalance of power in the relationship.

I enjoyed reading in this world and would love to read other books set in this world though at this time my library didn't have any of the rest of this series.

Some parts of this book really reminded me of the movie Pretty Woman though Violet is always careful throughout the pages to remind us that she works for a pharmaceutical company and her work is medical not the type Julia Robert's character was engaging in in the movie I mentioned. Even if there is a lot of crossover in the means, the ends are different.

Violet's work is primarily shown with the hero though we do see her occasionally working with other clients as well. The hero being Violet's primary on page client gave this more of a romance feel than I was expecting and I really ended up enjoying this.

I don't think this book will appeal to every reader but if it is something you think you'd enjoy I would recommend it.

I had an overall good time with this book and would read others like it. show less

I heard this discussed on a podcast and couldn't resist. The worldbuilding is a lot more interesting to me than the loving descriptions of minotaur penises.