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What a book! At first a disclaimer, I by no means condone such a relationship, I am not saying because I liked this book that such relationships are appropriate.
The book centres
around seventeen-year-old Lochan and his sixteen-year-old sister Maya, although
they are siblings they have a much deeper relationship with each other. Their
mother only shows up once a week to give them the weekly shopping money and
then she goes back to her boyfriend. Lochan and Maya look after their 3 younger
siblings and they somehow make this dysfunctional family work. This has caused
both Lochan and Maya to grow up quickly as their younger sibling’s look up to
them as parents.
The way these two work
together and has to deal with everyday life has made them grow closer together
than just brother and sister, so close that they realise that they have fallen
in love with each other.
They know that their
kind of relationship cannot work as it’s against the law and that they can
never truly be together, yet this also causes them to cling to each other and
their love to grow more deeply.
The novel ends
explosively with a shocking finale
This book, this book's review took me a
while to put together, because although you can't help but root for the pair,
you know deep down that it isn't right, but still as I turned the pages and
read the desperation in these two I couldn't help but want it to work out for
them. You could see Lochan climbing out of his shell, getting better in social
situations, his social anxiety getting better. Their younger brother who acted
out because their mother was never home also started to calm down as the book
progressed, and this is because of the way Lochan and Maya works together as a
team.
The writing is stunningly beautiful and
the plot is absorbing. I kept reading late into the night, wanting to finish
the story and yet also not wanting it to end. I am not ashamed to admit that by
the end I did have tears streaming down my face. I would recommend this book
any day.
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