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Tainted Love (2013)

by Eva Márquez(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1481121022 (ISBN13: 9781481121026)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Terra-Mia Press

series

Sweetest Taboo

review 1: Tainted Love continues the story of Isabel Cruz and Tom Stevens. Isabel is now at college and temptation once again finds her, but this time with Professor Wellings. While back home, Tom is threatened by a group of cheerleaders who are intent on having him. Will their love for each other be great enough to survive?In the previous book, Isabel was a typical fifteen-year-old and she didn't know any better, but in this book I absolutely detested her. She's referred as "mature and beyond her years", but her actions and behaviors said otherwise. I expected her to act like an adult but it never happened. She was inconsiderate, childish, and selfish and behaved worse than ever. I didn't believe her apologies and feelings of guilt and shame to be genuine. I had issues with Tom as ... morewell. He was a pushover (his marriage is prove of that) and never spoke up. I felt like he enabled Isabel to act the way she did. Obviously, their relationship is toxic. There was no trust for each other, no communication between the two of them, and no truth. All of that being said, I still believe the storyline has potential. Is there room for improvement? Of course, but I still find myself wanting to know how Márquez will wrap up the series. If you’re a fan of romance then this series may be for you. *I received Tainted Love for review. All opinions are my own. *
review 2: *shakes head* everything is a mess! why do you have to make it hard Eva?! Like in Sweetest Taboo, EMárquez continues to provoke and push boundaries. Despite the frustrating situation Isabel and Tom find themselves in and how they are far from making things better for them I still love it because everything that transpired in TAINTED LOVE is a natural progression of what they started in Sweetest Taboo. Of course there will be a lot of insecurity and major trust issues, they are adulterers for crhissakes! Of course Isabel would want to try new stuff and meet new people, she's in college! Of course Tom would be desperate and would appear helpless and hopeless at times, he gave up and risked everything for Isabel who's not being the most reliable person in his life so far. It's depressing and a little stupid really, but they went and restarted this relationship with full disclosure.So yes, I still have personal issues about the story per se but I LOVE that EMárquez is making me look at this kind of relationship in a different way. I how she's pointing out that though some things might not have the most convenient and natural start it doesn't always mean it's malicious. I love how she's prying my blinders off and aggressively asking me to be open minded and look at this taboo in a more objective manner. And this is why I LOVE TAINTED LOVE and why despite the series polarizing me I still want to read how this story is going to end and hopefully Isabel and Tom will manage to win me in the end. less

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