REVIEW: Tentacles are Coming to Town by KC Carmine (Tinsel and Tentacles 3.0)

TENTACLES ARE COMING TO TOWN

Tinsel and Tentacles 3.0

by KC Carmine

Release Date: December 17, 2025

Review

Adorable kitten finds love and safety in the tentacles of a delicious chef!

This is a super sweet story surrounding a man who’s been rejected and belittled by most, stumbling (often literally) in the arms of a grumpy chef who doesn’t believe he can have both his career and love.

Both men are trying to use their holiday getaway at a cabin outside Chicago as a chance to reset, refocus, and start anew in the new year.

And trust me, they get that! But first, three weeks of cooking, cuddling, and sweetness ensue.

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Synopsis

A tentacled cook.

A cat-shifter influencer.

A snowstorm that brings them together.

Spiro

Spending Christmas away from my responsibilities as a chef at my family’s restaurant will give me the break from my busy life in Greece to recharge and plan the perfect new menu.

Once I’m in snowy Chicago, I end up sharing a house with a cute twink with big cat ears and rainbow socks. True to his name, Kaos bursts into my life like a tornado, luring me in with his carefree outlook, hopelessly romantic heart, and insatiable love for my talented tentacles.

I want to bring him so much pleasure he’ll remember our time for the rest of his life.

I need to hurry. After all, we only have a month before I go back to the life I carved for myself and we never see each other again.

Kaos

What’s a better cure for a breakup than a trip to a city I always wanted to visit? If I can enjoy the holidays far from home, nothing will stand in the way of my future success as a culinary influencer, and finding someone who’ll love me back.

But when my plan goes sideways, a tentacled Greek god invites me to spend the month with him while he cooks dishes that match my needs. He treats me like I’m the most important person in his life while taking charge in bed.

Does he truly like me, or is the wild attraction between us purely physical?

If I have my way, our holiday fling will turn into so much more than he bargained for.

The book includes:

- a tentacled cook

- a Yule cat cutie

- winter in Chicago

- forced proximity

- snowed-in

- disaster/orange cat MC

- cooking as love language

- light D/S dynamic

- tentacle love

Standalone book 3 of Tentacled Christmas series (see book 1: Tentacles Rock, Book 2: Tentacles All the Way)

Low angst, high steam.

Tentacles Are Coming to Town is part of the Tinsel and Tentacles Season 3 multi-author collaboration, and a complete standalone.

About KC Carmine

K. C. Carmine is a Polish-born writer, currently living in England. Her MA in English Philology and love of reading inspired her to start writing down the stories her imagination provided. As a member of the queer community, it is important to her that her writing reflects the diversity of voices around her. While she is a lover of erotica, she also enjoys horror, paranormal and mystery stories. When she’s not writing, she likes travelling, playing the guitar, video games, and reading.

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