8 Unconventional Romantic Reads Like Netflix’s SEXY BEASTS

Let’s start with the most obvious must-read if you love Sexy Beasts, especially if you loved that dolphin costume. Alissa Nutting’s Made for Love isn’t exactly a romance novel, but it is about love of the most unconventional kind. This novel explores how far people will go for love (and what they’ll do to escape it). Hazel has fled from her husband, a tech industry CEO who monitors her every move. And Jasper, a conman, falls head over heels with a dolphin.

Olivia Dade’s Spoiler Alert is a quirky romantic comedy novel about hidden identities and surprising love connections. April Whittier is a devoted fan and fan fiction writer who ends up going on a surprising date with her celebrity crush, Marcus Caster-Rupp, the star of the biggest show on television. However, Marcus also writes fan fiction about his TV show online, and if anyone ever found out it would mean the end of his career.

Secret identities, love stories with strange creatures, and unconventional dating? Check, check, and check. Lucy has just gone through a devastating break up and is failing to find solace in her support group and in her meaningless Tinder dates. But then one night, she meets a stunningly attractive swimmer sitting alone on the beach rocks, and everything changes for her. Then she learns the truth about his identity, and their relationship takes an unexpected turn.

Here’s another unmissable romance about hidden identities. Naledi Smith is a grad student holding down multiple jobs who has no time for nonsense. Especially not the spam emails she keeps getting claiming she’s betrothed to an African prince. Prince Thabiso is determined to track down his missing betrothed, and when Naledi meets him and doesn’t realize he’s a prince, Thabiso jumps at the opportunity to play at being a normal person. But what will happen when his true identity is revealed?

If you love the idea of costumes mixed with romance, pick up Ashely Poston’s Cinderella retelling Geekerella. Elle Wittimer is sci-fi tv show Starfield‘s biggest fan. Luckily for her, there’s a cosplay contest for the new Starfield movie, and the winner gets an invitation to the ExcelsiCon Cosplay Ball. So of course she enters, and she’s determined to win. That is, unless her stepsisters get there first.

Romance and humans who can shape shift into beasts. What more could a Sexy Beasts fan want in a novel? Torn is the first book in Brooklyn Knight’s Alpha series — and it’s steamy. Sasha is held captive in Tuscany by Remi Moretti. And then she becomes completely entranced by him. Little does she know who he really is…or what he really is. And what he can become.

So in Sexy Beasts, each “sexy beast” will have the opportunity to date three different people and decide which they like best. If the best part of the show for you is the three blind dates, well, then you should read Three Blind Dates by Meghan Quinn. Noely Clark is a local celebrity who’s sick of the dating scene. So when a local restaurant want to help set her up on three blind dates, at first she’s hesitant. Imagine her surprise when she actually ends up connecting with each of her dates on a deep level for different reasons. So who will she choose? The suit, the rebel, or the jock?

Sexy Beasts is all about disguises that hide how attractive the contestants really are. But what about a disguise that makes a person you’re dating more attractive? Sandhya Menon’s Of Princes and Promises features a magic hair gel that turns the geeky Rahul Chopra into RC, the man of Caterina’s dreams. But the more Rahul uses the gel, the more he starts to lose grasp of who he truly is. Will he give up everything to remain the cool and confident RC? Or will he find his way back to himself — and to Caterina?