King Kingston: The Grinch Who Stole My Panties

Warning: This Grinch Bites (And I Liked It)—King Kingston Review

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Spice Level: 🍑 Slow burn, enemies-to-lovers tension that could cook your eggs

Pain Level: 😭 You’ll cry-laugh and cry-simp

Unhinged Level: 💥 PomPom deserves a novella and a Netflix deal

Half dog, half skull design with green flowers surrounds text "King Kingston" and "Marissa Markx" on a splattered brown background.

DEAR SINNERS of the Library of Sin,

Do you hear that? It’s the sound of my ovaries sobbing and my Kindle sizzling because King Kingston by Marissa Markx just delivered the kind of emotional destruction and filthy delight I crave. And let me tell you—this wasn’t just a book. This was a full-on, dog-shelter-flavored descent into the depths of slow-burn, dirty-talk-laced, emotional damage heaven.

From page one, I was a goner.

💀 Meet Your New Obsession

King Kingston the Grinch isn’t just your average grumpy alpha—he’s the full-blown, emotionally constipated embodiment of “get away from me” who secretly wants to be held. He’s the “Touch her and die”, dog-fearing, brooding brute with a soul so iced over it should be illegal.

But guess who’s the match to his gasoline-drenched soul?

Laney. My spicy, sharp-mouthed redhead QUEEN who gives zero effs, takes no sh*t, and is exactly the kind of woman who doesn’t wait around to be hunted—she flips the damn script and becomes the predator.

These two? Enemies to lovers perfection. The tension? Electric.The banter? Hilarious.The angst? Served with a side of “I can fix him, but also wreck him first.”

Book cover for "King Kingston" by Marissa Marks. Half dog, half skull with green flowers. Text annotations: forced proximity, enemies to lovers.

🐾 Now Enter… the Chaos Gremlin in a Bathrobe

And just when you think it can’t get better, in struts PomPom, a tiny, fluffy, drama-infused demon dog wrapped in a bathrobe with the comedic timing of a stand-up queen and the vibes of a reality TV star. She’s chaotic good. She’s the emotional glue. She’s the main character, actually.

Let’s review some iconic PomPom moments, shall we?

🐾 “She’s just wet. Once she dries off, she’ll be a fluffy dog again.”🐾 “Yes, my dog has a bathrobe. Don’t judge me.”

No, King. I’m not judging. I’m proposing marriage to PomPom and demanding she gets her own spin-off book and a three-season Netflix deal.

🌶️ The Spice? It’s Simmering… Until It’s Not

If you’re into slow burn that teases, torments, and damn near tortures you until it finally explodes into lip-biting, wall-slamming glory? Oh, baby, this book delivers.

It’s not just sex. It’s that push-pull magnetic force that keeps you clenching your thighs, clutching your Kindle, and whispering, “Just kiss already,” like a possessed Victorian widow.

When they do touch?

Reader, I ascended.

💔 And the Heart? Oh, It's There.

Beneath all the spice, sarcasm, and snarling dog drama, King Kingston is a book about healing. About breaking cycles. About learning how to trust again—even when the person who’s breaking down your walls is the last one you wanted to let in.

King’s fear of dogs is more than a quirk. It’s a wound. Laney’s distrust of men? Earned through pain. But together? They become each other's peace.

I cried. Then I laughed so hard I cried again. Then, I bookmarked every quote like my Kindle was my confessional booth.

🔥 Final Verdict from the Queen of Smut

If you love:

Grumpy/Sunshine dynamic
Enemies to Lovers that feels like WAR
Dogs in bathrobes
Sarcasm and smut in equal measure
Trauma healing wrapped in dirty talk
And chaotic, hilarious, found family energy...

Then King Kingston is your next filthy little addiction.

Marissa Markx isn’t just writing dark college rom-coms—she’s building a smutty kingdom, and this is only the beginning.

By the end, I wanted to tattoo “Beware of the Grinch” across my chest and rename my vibrator “PomPom.”

📚 Book one of The Assignment Series is HERE, and it’s serving feral fantasy realness. And it only gets darker, dirtier, and funnier from here on out.