One of the best

Maritima by Natalie Debrabandere

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This is one of the rare books, which drew my interest with the title image alone. The summary added weight to the attraction, the setting, too.

As soon as the third main character got introduced I had only one regret: I would have so much enjoyed to read this book in French. Why? First of all Anais is one of those French women, who always were my fantasy of an ideal partner. Then of course because the action is in Provence, my second favourite region after Bittany. But I digress.

This tale is so real, you can't help rooting the not quite love triangle: dependable, wise and strong Ky, the motherly type, highly intelligent but struggling with her selfesteem Jessie, whose character development in the story is one of the best I have ever read and last but not least beautiful Anais, the most interesting of the three and next to Jessie the second lesbian in the nicely worked not quite love triangle.

As if that wasn't interesting enough in itself add an unusual plot and you have suddenly bypassed any and all tropes. Some might say it is an enemies to lovers story, but it actually isn't. Read again the scene they meet for the first time and you'll realise that the love is at first sight, but the reasons the two ladies do not let it happen are circumstantial on one hand and based on their respective past on the other. The way, these differences are resolved makes the book so good, so real! You simply have to read for yourself.

This book has wet my appetite fo other books by Natalie Debrandere for sure. If you love a good lesbian romance this is a must read.

Oh, by the way, I read it in one day, I simply could not put it down for longer than making a coffee and/or a sandwich.



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