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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Sunstone
5/5 stars
I fucking loved this so much
Art - gorgeous
Ally and Lisa - fucking precious beans and sexy beauty's
Female empowerment through expressing sexuality - yes
Nerdy RPG story - yes
Precious side characters - thank you
If you want well developed characters, a compelling and compulsively readable romance, realistic dialogue, fantastic sexy times, and art so gorgeous you could fucking cry, and it's QUEER!?!? If you need any of that in your life, this is perfect.
5/5 stars
I fucking loved this so much
Art - gorgeous
Ally and Lisa - fucking precious beans and sexy beauty's
Female empowerment through expressing sexuality - yes
Nerdy RPG story - yes
Precious side characters - thank you
If you want well developed characters, a compelling and compulsively readable romance, realistic dialogue, fantastic sexy times, and art so gorgeous you could fucking cry, and it's QUEER!?!? If you need any of that in your life, this is perfect.
medium-paced
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Pretty good story combined with world class art. I am definitely not the target audience for this book, (lesbian love story plus in depth BDSM exploration has about as little resemblance to my life experience as can be) but the characters are likable and funny and occasionally adorable. Also, Stjepan Sejic’s art is staggeringly good. I will buy anything he’s illustrated.
If you are expecting big action and drama, you will not get it. It’s just a cute account of two lady’s who love each other.
If you are expecting big action and drama, you will not get it. It’s just a cute account of two lady’s who love each other.
I 100% forgot that I read this years ago??
Kind of want to finish the series now
Kind of want to finish the series now
More like 2.5*
First: Please, if you have the intention of doing anything kinky portrayed in this graphic novel (or in general) PLEASE do intensive research and do not try anything without the proper safety. This was highly unrealistic in a lot of aspects. Be safe.
This was disappointing. A graphic novel that is about a BDSM relationship and is not porn?! That's right on my alley.
And it was like that... kind of.
The art was gorgeous, some pictures I want to rip off and display them (not going to do that).
The emotions between the two females advanced way to fast for me but I seen worse.
But the BDSM aspect.
I became really interested in the kink community this past months and been doing research and there were A LOT of things that were no OK in the portrayal of a D/S relationship.
I get it, is fiction. Almost nobody wants to read the negotiation of a scene. I know. Is a fantasy. I know. They have not inexperience for the most part. I know.
But you DO NOT blindfold, gag and restrain a person in the first date. It makes it even worse that she was her first submissive. There's no mention of taking classes or security measures beside the "safe word" established in the middle of snogging. For me it represents little care for the submissive, and I can not romanticize that. And of course is potentially dangerous in real life.
Not everything was bad, but the good aspects came with a but... The mention of safety and testing was too brief. The aftercare scene was not totally accurate (aftercare does not equal cuddles, it may involve them).
There were unrealistic things that made me don't love this and cringe a lot. I was with my eyes half open hoping no one ended death. Everything was too rushed.
Let me be clear, I really appreciated a lot the portrayal of BDSM in a good light, the normalization of it. There is a lot of prejudice in real life and I love that two independent, intelligent woman can have this relationship in fiction without being about abuse or objectification, it is just a fun way to explore sexuality and I can see that in Sunstone. But I just couldn't past these things. It wasn't sexy for me because it wasn't safe.
First: Please, if you have the intention of doing anything kinky portrayed in this graphic novel (or in general) PLEASE do intensive research and do not try anything without the proper safety. This was highly unrealistic in a lot of aspects. Be safe.
This was disappointing. A graphic novel that is about a BDSM relationship and is not porn?! That's right on my alley.
And it was like that... kind of.
The art was gorgeous, some pictures I want to rip off and display them (not going to do that).
The emotions between the two females advanced way to fast for me but I seen worse.
But the BDSM aspect.
I became really interested in the kink community this past months and been doing research and there were A LOT of things that were no OK in the portrayal of a D/S relationship.
I get it, is fiction. Almost nobody wants to read the negotiation of a scene. I know. Is a fantasy. I know. They have not inexperience for the most part. I know.
But you DO NOT blindfold, gag and restrain a person in the first date. It makes it even worse that she was her first submissive. There's no mention of taking classes or security measures beside the "safe word" established in the middle of snogging. For me it represents little care for the submissive, and I can not romanticize that. And of course is potentially dangerous in real life.
Not everything was bad, but the good aspects came with a but... The mention of safety and testing was too brief. The aftercare scene was not totally accurate (aftercare does not equal cuddles, it may involve them).
There were unrealistic things that made me don't love this and cringe a lot. I was with my eyes half open hoping no one ended death. Everything was too rushed.
Let me be clear, I really appreciated a lot the portrayal of BDSM in a good light, the normalization of it. There is a lot of prejudice in real life and I love that two independent, intelligent woman can have this relationship in fiction without being about abuse or objectification, it is just a fun way to explore sexuality and I can see that in Sunstone. But I just couldn't past these things. It wasn't sexy for me because it wasn't safe.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated