Title: Forbidden
Author: Tabitha Suzuma
Genre: YA Romance
Spoilers: No way! Y’all get your own copy! : D
Note: This book
contains a love interest that goes beyond what most define as normal. What, exactly, is that foreign word
anyway? I do not place an age limit on
readers, but if you are offended easily, Forbidden may not be suitable for
you.
I am re-reviewing because of a challenge by my book nerd friends to review something that stands out in the vast world of books. And what a beautiful, beautiful world it is.
Summary:
Siblings Lochan (17) and Maya (16) have always felt more
like friends than brother and sister.
With their alcoholic, practically non-existent mother and a father who
long ago abandoned the family, Lochan and Maya have taken over the role of
parents to their three younger siblings.
Along with the stress of becoming stand-in parents, high school, and the
constant threat of child protective services, their lives have brought them
close. So close, in fact, that Lochan
and Maya have fallen in love. Although
they know the relationship is wrong, they are unable to stop how they feel.
Review:
First, allow me to say that if you do not have an open mind,
do not read this book. Seriously. Some of the reviews I have read are downright
ignorant, and some are even quite disgusted by it. Which means the point of the book is either
1) Received or 2) Not Received.
Wait . . . what?
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| I don't know what this meeaaanns! |
Confused? Perplexed? Do you need a moment? Go ahead . . . take it. Woooosahhhh! Woo-sahhhh!
Now. Take the time to read this amazingly heartbreaking story and you will
see what I mean.
Yes, there is incest.
Yes, a few times throughout I stopped and thought, "Oh
my." But this is a love story. A tragic, tragic love story that does not
have a happy ending. Actually, when I
first read this book, I hated it because I was so bitter about the ending.
However, my mind is changed.
I read Forbidden a little over two years ago and I cannot get this story
out of my head. It is one of those
books where you find yourself wanting something
to work out that maybe should not work out . . . and then you find yourself
asking, "Well, why shouldn't it work out?
Who am I to judge love? To judge
anyone, for that matter?"
Forbidden will have you questioning things that have no
answer. And however frustrating, that's quite all right with me.
What I'm Listening To:
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| Big Mama Thornton-Give Me A Penny |
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