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A review by _isabel_
Sicken of the Calm by Marina Vivancos
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.0
Cute, steamy, sweeet; the perfect kink awakening and coming of age story wrapped in one.
I'm usually not the biggest fan of new adult/university set stories because I've pretty much outgrown that phase of my life, but Marina Vivancos could write a shopping list and I'd binge read it (and re-read it) asap.
Joaquin and Ezra's story was damned lovely, and I adored seeing their relationship progress. The kink aspects were sooooo well done, and I loved seeing the communication-and-trust-is-key side of a D/s relationship that's usually so overlooked in many contemporary romances where the kink is just chucked in there for steam points. Also, I loved that both of them were so aware of how much they still had to learn about their relationship! Gimme all the imperfect, work-in-progress romances.
The writing was a smidge too flowery at times, and some chapters could have probably been skipped altogether, but all in all, I adored this, and I'm excited to read book two. This is the year I'll finally read Marina's entire backlist, I know it
I'm usually not the biggest fan of new adult/university set stories because I've pretty much outgrown that phase of my life, but Marina Vivancos could write a shopping list and I'd binge read it (and re-read it) asap.
Joaquin and Ezra's story was damned lovely, and I adored seeing their relationship progress. The kink aspects were sooooo well done, and I loved seeing the communication-and-trust-is-key side of a D/s relationship that's usually so overlooked in many contemporary romances where the kink is just chucked in there for steam points. Also, I loved that both of them were so aware of how much they still had to learn about their relationship! Gimme all the imperfect, work-in-progress romances.
The writing was a smidge too flowery at times, and some chapters could have probably been skipped altogether, but all in all, I adored this, and I'm excited to read book two. This is the year I'll finally read Marina's entire backlist, I know it