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by Simon Pulse (2011)
Hardcover
454 pages
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Content: ★★★★★
Cover:★★★★★
Summary
She is pretty and talented - sweet sixteen and never been kissed. He is seventeen; gorgeous and on the brink of a bright future. And now they have fallen in love. But... they are brother and sister.
Seventeen-year-old Lochan and sixteen-year-old Maya have always felt more like friends than siblings. Together they have stepped in for their alcoholic, wayward mother to take care of their three younger siblings. As defacto parents to the little ones, Lochan and Maya have had to grow up fast. And the stress of their lives—and the way they understand each other so completely—has also also brought them closer than two siblings would ordinarily be. So close, in fact, that they have fallen in love. Their clandestine romance quickly blooms into deep, desperate love. They know their relationship is wrong and cannot possibly continue. And yet, they cannot stop what feels so incredibly right. As the novel careens toward an explosive and shocking finale, only one thing is certain: a love this devastating has no happy ending.
by Simon Pulse (2011)
Hardcover
454 pages
Buy your own
Amazon
Book Depository
Ratings
Content: ★★★★★
Cover:★★★★★
Summary
She is pretty and talented - sweet sixteen and never been kissed. He is seventeen; gorgeous and on the brink of a bright future. And now they have fallen in love. But... they are brother and sister.
Seventeen-year-old Lochan and sixteen-year-old Maya have always felt more like friends than siblings. Together they have stepped in for their alcoholic, wayward mother to take care of their three younger siblings. As defacto parents to the little ones, Lochan and Maya have had to grow up fast. And the stress of their lives—and the way they understand each other so completely—has also also brought them closer than two siblings would ordinarily be. So close, in fact, that they have fallen in love. Their clandestine romance quickly blooms into deep, desperate love. They know their relationship is wrong and cannot possibly continue. And yet, they cannot stop what feels so incredibly right. As the novel careens toward an explosive and shocking finale, only one thing is certain: a love this devastating has no happy ending.
Lochan and Maya are not only siblings; they are also best friends. They essentially became the parental figures in their household when they were abandoned by their mother and father. They pick up the kids, go grocery shopping, help them with homework, make dinner. They are very close, and throughout the book they grow closer and closer. Slowly they realize they have fallen in love. They cannot understand how something that feels so right can be so wrong. They are not sure they care.
I truly believe the only reason you might not like this book is because of the topic it deals with. Yes, this book is about an incestuous relationship between two siblings, and yes, Sazuma does not take the easy way out, but no part of this novel asks you to condone it. Sazuma took a controversial subject and build a profound and heartbreaking story that hooks you in.
Sazuma starts her story before the romantic relationship between Lochan and Maya begins to develop. As a reader, you will feel the changes in their relationship as they happen. Because the book is so magnificently written, you will feel what the characters feel whether you think it is wrong or not. Suzuma does not shy away from controversy; her book includes scenes depicting the physical aspect of the siblings' relationship.
One of the things Suzuma excels at is constructing relationships among characters. Each and every character feels unique, real, and flawed; they are not monotone, but also never act out of character. The author does an incredible job at describing a broken family; you can understand what moves the characters and what makes them act the way they do.
I was a mess when I finished reading the book. The last chapter and the epilogue broke me into a million little pieces. Whatever society or the law tells you, you find yourself rooting for their relationship. You want that HEA for them that I usually loathe in books and made up stories.
If you failed to even consider reading this book due to the subject matter, I seriously recommend you reconsider. If you have it on your TBR pile, I seriously recommend you move it up to the top. Believe me, you want to read it.
Have you read Forbidden yet? What did you think of it?
I truly believe the only reason you might not like this book is because of the topic it deals with. Yes, this book is about an incestuous relationship between two siblings, and yes, Sazuma does not take the easy way out, but no part of this novel asks you to condone it. Sazuma took a controversial subject and build a profound and heartbreaking story that hooks you in.
Sazuma starts her story before the romantic relationship between Lochan and Maya begins to develop. As a reader, you will feel the changes in their relationship as they happen. Because the book is so magnificently written, you will feel what the characters feel whether you think it is wrong or not. Suzuma does not shy away from controversy; her book includes scenes depicting the physical aspect of the siblings' relationship.
One of the things Suzuma excels at is constructing relationships among characters. Each and every character feels unique, real, and flawed; they are not monotone, but also never act out of character. The author does an incredible job at describing a broken family; you can understand what moves the characters and what makes them act the way they do.
I was a mess when I finished reading the book. The last chapter and the epilogue broke me into a million little pieces. Whatever society or the law tells you, you find yourself rooting for their relationship. You want that HEA for them that I usually loathe in books and made up stories.
If you failed to even consider reading this book due to the subject matter, I seriously recommend you reconsider. If you have it on your TBR pile, I seriously recommend you move it up to the top. Believe me, you want to read it.
Have you read Forbidden yet? What did you think of it?