Monster Girl Islands

Everything from the cast down to the plot was wonderful. The main character isn't afraid to kill to protect the woman he cares about and what's his and that so refreshing in this genre. So many characters whine for six chapters about having to do something tough and that was not the case in this book. Overall I loved the pace,the action, and the character development with every Dragon lady on the island. Great book! If your looking at the Amazon page with the buy now button just click it and do yourself a favor.

“MGI” centers on Ben, a young Coast Guard who after trying to attempt a rescue through strong waters, he wakes up to find himself on a mysterious island that turns out to be inhabited by Aquarian-type reptilian women. He quickly adapts to the island, learns how the women live and will unexpectedly become the person responsible to save their species.This story is certainly something ecchi-like, fanfic-like and pleasurable guilt. I wouldn’t completely say it’s like a fantasy romance for men, but it’s like both romantic and fanservice at the same. The story and fantasy setting is pretty basic and tame while having iffy dialogue every while. In the end, it’s an awfully entertaining read that sure to get your attention. The girls may have vampires and werewolves, the boys have aquatic monsters. <b>B+ (83%/Very Good)</b>

Harem lit with adult situations, first personThe first part of the book is gripping with a well-done sea rescue that suddenly goes wrong. For the MC, Ben, this serves as the transition to an alien planet. Since it takes place in the Bahamas, this could be an homage to the Bermuda Triangle and stories of vanished ships and aircraft. There's quite a bit of profanity in the first half; an attempt I think to prove how manly the MC is, but thankfully it eases back in the second half. There's an unnecessary comment about "weepy chick stuff", but the author thankfully focuses on showing that he cares tor the women, rather than indulging in stereotypes. These dings nearly made me select 4 stars, but the story did improve.I have the impression the village comprises thirty to fifty individuals, but that's never discussed. Since it's an island, it must be a rather big one since it once supported a much larger population.While there were no real surprises, the writing was good with a strong opening, and the story got better as is progressed. I definitely will buy book 2. Recommended.Spoiler alert ***Part of any good fiction, including harem literature, is the relationships. Jacobs does a good job creating distinctive characters for the MC's inner circle. Since all the other males having died leaving many lonely women eager to babies to perpetuate their race, one of his jobs is to repopulate the island. At book's end, after three months, there are two, possibly three pregnancies. With 30-50 women in the village, he's not working very fast, especially considering a big difference with humans. What difference? It's a big one. The native females complete gestation in three months, not nine. This accelerated birth rate is accompanied by a shorter lifespan, too. The dragons, too, apparently live at an accelerated rate as well. It's not discussed, but it's a question whether ALL the life on this alien world is shorter-lived.A second thing that stood out was about halfway into the story, the MC is transformed into the male version on the monster race, the dragon-kin. The MC barely considered this, readily accepting this change without a second thought. For readers, he started out as human, so maybe there is enough investment to keep reader interest; becoming alien severs a reader-hero connection, so it puts more emphasis on empathy built to that point and the strength of the writing to keep reader interest.Part of the attraction of "monster girls" is the notion of interspecies sex or even breeding. Ben even wonders if they're even compatible. He's assured the women are mammals, too (avoiding issues of convergent evolution), and sure enough, once is enough to knock up two of the three main love interests. A nice attention to detail is that one female becomes extremely horny all through the pregnancy while the other is sick throughout -- and both can happen with human women.With the MC now changed into a male version of the species, however, there's no big deal about alien males having sex with a lot of females. At one point, one woman tells him that while they had mates, the males often serviced unpaired female; they told him this to ease his reluctance to have sex with multiple women even though he had strong attractions to them upon meeting each one. The taboo of breaking the Western sexual practice of monogamy is thereby defused. It's no longer, gasp!, this human guy is banging many monster females and trying to have babies with them, but these are aliens with socially weird (loose) sex practices. Another point is that once he's been transformed, he learns his own life will also be shorter -- and oddly, no reaction to that.The stated reason for this transformation is to facilitate his link with his dragon partner, but the fact that Ben is very fertile with these women prior to becoming an alien male weakens the impact of need for the transformation -- at least for me. Author's rules, so it is what it is. That said, the women only appear to have reptilian surface traits with some floppy ears and scales, but they act pretty much like human women. That's not a minus for me, just an observation.That's my take. Your mileage may differ.

This book has many things that I enjoy and think make it a great book. I truly think that the protagonist is great. His growth as a character, both physically and emotionally, make the story go along at a good place. I especially love the changes to Ben that George and the women of the island bring about. The action in the story are some good points in this book, but I also enjoyed the quieter parts where the main character interacts with the women. The antagonists is this story are just plain evil. They also set this story up to be a great series of books that I hope will go on for many, many books. All I can say is that thank you, Logan Jacobs, and keep of the good work.

Seriously good start, one exception, I just want more of an explanation on the beginning, like did the girls survive? I pray to every deity that he's not going to pull a M. Night Shyamalan and some weird ending like this was all a delusion. Because he's done gone and got me hooked on another series.

Liked the book, it leaves a lot unexplained . Maybe it’s the genre of single male surrounded by extraordinarily beautiful women, but the author asks us to accept a huge leap in reality.The protagonist is former US Coast Guard, responds to a Mayday in a freakish storm and is washed overboard after the rescue and ends up on an island, somewhere??? Bermuda Triangle is never mentioned but it is an area of mysterious happenings.The island is inhabited by beautiful lizard (dragon) women who are either quite primitive or clueless or both. They are warriors but have no clue about fortifying their settlement. How they survived for 4 years without a male to guide them is beyond....Our protagonist saves the day, teaching skills of archery, fertilizers, fishing and impregnating the women. He becomes the Dragon King.Don’t get me wrong, I liked the book, but the author left unanswered questions for us.

Does a good job of building up the protective, loving feelings the protagonist develops for the girls, especially towards the end.However, it seems like it picks up really slowly--the protagonist can't even conceive of the idea of being on an island with monster girls, and is really slow to adapt to changes. Which is okay, but I don't think many people reading this (or at least me) can really sympathize with his resistance. At the beginning he just seems like some brodude who is not very relatable, and at the end of the book I still feel like I don't really know who he is.Overall, it is definitely entertaining, but it is slow to start and still seems to lack depth.