Forbidden

Lochan and Maya are a brother and sister pair, raising their two younger siblings because their alcoholic mother is often absent. Because of this, Lochan and Maya grow incredibly close and eventually fall for one another. However, because of their sibling relationship, they must keep their love a secret from everyone, including their own family. Lochan and Maya struggle with their feelings while trying to grow as individuals and figure out how to maintain their inevitably doomed affair.

This book's subject matter definitely had me intrigued and worried, but once I started reading I could not put this book down. Tabitha does a good job of not forcing the sibling love at the beginning of the story. Instead, she lets it build until the middle of the book, making it far more believable and letting the reader get more attached to the characters. This book has a lot of dark themes, though, and is not a happy book at all. It does help to provide insight into how a situation like this could occur; whereas people might normally dismiss incest as “repulsive” without a second thought.