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Sugar Vol. 1
by Yishan Li, Matt Hawkins, Jenni Cheung
In the world of Sunstone and Swing we get the third piece here and...is it good?
To catch you up we have Sunstone which deals with BDSM, we have Swing, which deals with...well swinging. Now we have Sugar, which deals with sugar daddy lifestyle. Something most people look down on (not sure why) but this book looks to deal with it respectfully.
Julia is the main character here and she's a poor college student just trying to make it by. On the flipside we have John who's recently divorced and is in a dark, lonely, place. Together they meet through odd circumstances and begin a new relationship. A sugar daddy one in some cases. Julia doesn't want to be viewed that way, John doesn't mind, that is until John's ex wife, who's a evil bitch, comes back into play.
Good: I really do like Julia. A hardworking, trying to make it by any means necessary, while also being a decent human being. I thought the sex scenes were solid, because that is a draw to the series, and they work here. Not really distasteful, though Swing and Sunstone had better ones this worked. The ending also concludes with a rather happy note.
Bad: Not sure where else or what else they can explore here. I thought the best friend of John's was a little over the top. Like the typical "Asshole best friend" in romance movies type. I also thought some of the dialog could be a little iffy as well as the art.
Overall it's solid, fun, interesting subject matter that does it respectful. It has issues, not as strong as Sunstone/Swing, but I did enjoy it overall. A nice 3.5 out of 5. I'll bump it up to a 4 because it's enjoyable more so than not.
To catch you up we have Sunstone which deals with BDSM, we have Swing, which deals with...well swinging. Now we have Sugar, which deals with sugar daddy lifestyle. Something most people look down on (not sure why) but this book looks to deal with it respectfully.
Julia is the main character here and she's a poor college student just trying to make it by. On the flipside we have John who's recently divorced and is in a dark, lonely, place. Together they meet through odd circumstances and begin a new relationship. A sugar daddy one in some cases. Julia doesn't want to be viewed that way, John doesn't mind, that is until John's ex wife, who's a evil bitch, comes back into play.
Good: I really do like Julia. A hardworking, trying to make it by any means necessary, while also being a decent human being. I thought the sex scenes were solid, because that is a draw to the series, and they work here. Not really distasteful, though Swing and Sunstone had better ones this worked. The ending also concludes with a rather happy note.
Bad: Not sure where else or what else they can explore here. I thought the best friend of John's was a little over the top. Like the typical "Asshole best friend" in romance movies type. I also thought some of the dialog could be a little iffy as well as the art.
Overall it's solid, fun, interesting subject matter that does it respectful. It has issues, not as strong as Sunstone/Swing, but I did enjoy it overall. A nice 3.5 out of 5. I'll bump it up to a 4 because it's enjoyable more so than not.