I was at my grandmother's one day one of her friends had arrived for the usual tea-and-gossip sessions and the friend brought it up. A background of failing or absent parents was very similar to Forbidden. But also, more specifically, because it had happened during my childhood - between a brother and sister who were neighbours of my grandmother. And it doesn't come more taboo than sibling incest. Mostly because I'm always eager to see how any fiction, but particularly teen fiction, engages with taboo subjects. Because Maya and Lochan are brother and sister. You'd think then, that when these two teenagers kiss for the first time, it would be the beginning of a gorgeous first love affair, wouldn't you? But you'd be wrong. He's also highly intelligent, at the top of his class and heading off to a good London university and on the cusp of a bright future. Lochan is seventeen, drop-dead gorgeous and most of the girls at his school have crushes on him. Maya is sixteen, pretty, sociable and wise beyond her years. It's beautifully written and beautifully handled - absorbing and poignant, it's highly recommended for teens unafraid to grapple with difficult issues. "It started with Willa's gloves." Maya loses the one object that means the most to her.Summary: Powerful, claustrophic and shocking, this book deals with the biggest taboo of all: sibling incest. Language: English Words: 42,289 Chapters: 11/26 Comments: 79 Kudos: 75 Bookmarks: 8 Hits: 4082įireflys_locket Fandoms: Forbidden - Tabitha Suzuma They know their relationship is wrong And yet, they cannot stop what feels so incredibly right. So close, in fact, that they have fallen in love. And the stress of their lives-and the way they understand each other so completely-has also brought them closer than two siblings would ordinarily be. Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/AlcoholismĪs defacto parents to the little ones, Derek and Casey have had to grow up fast.No step siblings they are all the kids of Abby and Dennis.
Adamisalive Fandoms: Life with Derek, Forbidden - Tabitha Suzuma
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