All monsters crave a mate. King Kong, the Creature from the Black Lagoon and the Phantom of the Opera all notoriously pursued a pretty young lady for companionship. 

Probably the most famous example of this trope remains Frankenstein’s original monster. Brought back from the dead, the creature asked his creator for a similarly cast bride. “Shall each man find a wife for his bosom, and each beast have his mate, and I be alone?” he cried. 

Acid Green, the Frankenstein-like creature in Loretta Kendall’s latest novel, suffered from the same unrequited desire. Unfortunately, he was having trouble finding someone who could match his preternatural passion. 

Acid was a big time horror movie star and a real-life reanimated monster. “He was twice as sexy as any human actor,” wrote Kendall, “with more charisma than the original Frankenstein.” In fact, he was so handsome, he had to use monster prosthetics to make himself look more threatening on screen. 

Even though Acid was a heartthrob to thousands of ghoulish groupies who doted over him like a goth king, he was a lonely guy. Being undead meant that he lived in a shadowy realm somewhere between life and death. And as a result, it was difficult for him to relate to normal woman.

That was before he met Roxy Malone, however. She was anything but normal. A punk rock queen who came on like a wrecking ball, she had a mad crush on Acid—the only man who made her lady parts quiver, despite the neon green hue to his skin. 

The attraction between Roxy and Acid was certainly explosive. In one chapter, their lovemaking took place during a rain storm. Thunder and lightning illuminated them like characters in a classic monster flick. “Howl for me,” Acid begged her. “Scream my name and let the stars know you’re mine!” In love or lust, the two were definitely wavering on the edge of romantic insanity together. 

Without a doubt there’s more sex in Twisted Diaries of a Monster Groupie than in any previous novel I’ve read by Loretta Kendall. The sex was more freaky too. Initially, Roxy and Acid’s affair was similar to the one between Harley Quinn and the Joker (and maybe Nancy Spungen and Sid Vicious). But after a while, things became less rocky. “We’re a couple of misfits,” said Roxy philosophically, “but being different makes us special.”

There’s also a couple of crazy twists late in the novel that turn everything upside down. But even then, Roxy and Acid remain the dynamic duo of anarchy. One way or another, Roxy Malone was going to be the bride of a real-life Frankenstein monster. 

[ Twisted Diaries of a Monster Groupie / By Loretta Kendall / First Printing: October 2024 / ISBN: 9798344258126 ]