I really love Sunstone. It's one of my favorite graphic novels. To learn more about that check out my reviews for each volume I posted as they were coming out. Why do I bring that up? Because Swing is almost a companion of sorts to that series. Even the art looks similar but that's because it's done by the wife who did sunstone so there we go.

This is about two people who fell in love in college, got married, had kids, and not kind of in a weird time in their life of figuring out who and what they want. Cathy and Dan, our two main characters, basically show their sides of marriage. Funny enough it's pretty similar. However, Cathy met Dan in College, fell in love, and was the only person she had sex with. So she wants to explore more. Dan, working all the time, and getting stuck in a rountine, is also confused on the whole thing.

As someone who's been married 4 years now I also get to experience thoughts similar to these characters. When you marry things get complicated. There's a ton of great things about being married to your best friend, but it also feels sometimes like missing out on things didn't get to experience. These characters realistically go through that, each wanting things, but can't have due to being married. So that part of the book I completely understand.

Then there's the swinging part of the book. Where Sunstone approached BDSM in a interesting and respectable way, Swing tries to do the same. It focuses on the subject of swinging and how for some couples/married people it would fix or help make the relationship better.

Good: I enjoyed the art immensely. While maybe lacking a bit of detail here and there that her husband has Linda still does a great job. I also thought both Cathy and Dan had a lot of character development in a short time. They grew, and you learn to care about them, and love them, and get mad at them for decisions. I liked the consistent struggle of everyday thoughts here, but also loved watching the characters together in love. It's special, and realistic, and it's a nice twist.

Bad: Sometimes the pacing seemed way to quickly. I think when it slowed down it worked best. In this a lot of it is pushed quickly and not enough breathing time. I hope it slows down some.

Overall this is great look into marriage but also a subject most people don't like to speak about. My wife and I are still young into our marriage, and learning things about each other, and I love to see a series capture a lot of that. I also am intrigued on things I'm not really into (BDSM) so Sunstone hit a great spot to learn about people who are. Swing is another subject I'm not currently doing but intrigued by and see characters going through that is pretty great. A 4 out of 5.