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Love's Forbidden Flower (2012)

by Diane Rinella(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0615732623 (ISBN13: 9780615732626)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Midnight to Six

series

Forbidden Flower

review 1: WOW!! I came across this book when the author took over a blog. The title of the book and the cover caught my attention first. The next thing that caught my attention was the author's warning ("Warning: This book is controversial so please read the description and disclaimer.") I will admit, once I read the synopsis I almost walked away from this book. However, I have read some amazing books in the past that "pushed the boundaries" and I decided to give this book a chance.Not giving anything away, this is the story of a brother and sister who come to the realization that they are in love. They both try and fight their feelings and are put through hell in the process. They tried falling in love with other people and moving away. They both know that if anyone finds out how t... morehey really feel about each other they will be ostracized. This was a very moving and heartbreaking story of two people who truly are in love with one another despite the stigma that society casts on relationships like theirs. I will warn you, this is definitely not a book for everyone. It definitely pushed the boundaries, but the author truly did it in the most tasteful way possible. There were parts of the book that were a bit hard to read but in the end this book has definitely left its mark. This story will definitely stick with me for a while.
review 2: I do have to say, when I first started reading this book, I was unsure if I was going to like it. However, after I got into the story it wasn’t at all like I excepted it to be. There were a few parts that I just didn’t really understand about the book itself. One of my issues with the book is right from the start. It was almost as if we were just dropped right in the middle of the story without a lot of back story. We know that Lily and Donovan are having feelings towards each other, but we don’t get to know how the feelings started, or even when they realized that they had those feelings. With Donovan’s character, I really enjoyed him in this book. Watching his side of the battle he was having, and him trying to overcome what he knew was wrong was done really well. You could almost feel his pain that he had because he thought he was doing something wrong. In my opinion, Lily’s character almost seemed selfish to a point. After Donovan told her he wasn’t going to anything, she still kept after him. She didn’t seem to be taking his feelings into account while she was upset with him. The way that the story did flow though was well written. Diane was able to show that Lily and Donovan were able to move on with their lives, and what they were doing, was done extremely well. There were times in the book where you completely forgot that Lily and Donovan were related, it was as though it was just a normal forbidden love story. All in all, I did enjoy this book because it wasn’t what I had expected it to be. I would recommend this book if there are friends of mine who are open to reading it! less

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