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A Brother/Sister Tale #2
Inside Our Bedroom
Reality challenges Max and Julian's relationship
Conclusion of Inside Your Bedroom
Conclusion of Inside Your Bedroom
133 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 24, 2020
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July 9, 2023
Read Count: 1.5 (DNF Re-read)
- Main Couple: Julian/Maxine
- POVs Included: Dual POVs (Maxine, Julian) with heavier emphasis on Maxine’s POV
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SUMMARY: (SPOILER WARNING)
This book is part two of The Brother/Sister Tale Duet. The first book is Inside Your Bedroom.
Julian and Maxine are a brother and sister who have been in love with each other for years. But when Julian headed off to college, Maxine missed him like crazy and worried about them drifting apart.
Now that she is finally going to college with him too, they can live together and be closer again. But life isn’t easy. Temptations put a wedge between them and they have to decide if their relationship is worth the risks.
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RE-READ 07/08/2023
UPDATED RATING (2.5 STARS)
So I picked this one out for my Second Chance Sunday pick (the second Sunday of every month I pick a book to read that I’ve DNF’d in the past or try to continue a series I’ve abandoned in the past). Typically I will re-read from the beginning, but this time I cheated a little and started the book from where I left off before. I remembered most of it and didn’t feel the need to re-read the beginning.
Anyways, this second time around it was marginally better. At the point I stopped reading before, Julian starts to get a few of his own POVs and I found I liked his POVs a lot better than Max’s.
I still had some of the same problems as before. Max cheated on Julian and I wasn’t okay with this. Her reasoning was because she was “curious about her feelings towards Oliver and wanted to explore them”. Uhh….okay, says every person who has ever cheated ever. This reasoning doesn’t make it okay at all. And even in the end I never really got over this.
Basically Maxine is VERY immature. Julian is like 100% devoted in love with her and she uses that to her advantage to get away with things.
In the end, we are told she changed after he broke things off with her and she got a taste of what life was like without him. But I don’t believe it. I just don’t.
Julian was great though. He’s sweet and loyal and protective. I loved him. But I thought he deserved way better than Max.
The other issue with this book was the writing style is very impersonal and a little sloppy. It’s just not written very well.
What I DO like about this series is that it’s about a brother and sister who fall in love just because. Most taboo sibling romances seem to happen due to traumatic circumstances (like parents dying or something). But in this case I loved that their relationship just gradually evolved because of their feelings changing over the years.
I also liked that we didn’t get some weird side-incest-story along with it. Some brother/sister stories veer off to include parents and other family members. But this one is just about them and I liked that.
Would I recommend the series? Hmm… I don’t know. If you’re a fan of brother/sister romance then there are only so many out there. So you might like this one just because of that. It’s also free on KU (as of writing this review). So maybe while it’s free?
Overall the series is okay. I like the premise and the foundation of their relationship. But Max is a hard pill to swallow and does some very selfish and thoughtless things throughout the series. So keep that in mind if you decide to read it. They do end up happy together. But getting there is a little bumpy and angsty.
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ORIGINAL REVIEW (11/15/2022):
ORIGINAL RATING (DNF - 1 STAR)
DNF 59%
I can’t do this anymore.
Maxine is a cheating bitch. I put up with it in the first book with Aaron because everything with her and Julian was new and their parents were around so appearances had to be more maintained. But now half of this book is about her falling for her college professor. WTH? I picked this up to read a romance about a brother and sister and here he is in love with her and devoted and she is just running around doing whatever she wants and lying to him about it.
Nope. I’m done. I can already tell this isn’t going to end well and even if it does Maxine doesn’t deserve Julian, he’s way too good for her.
Not the mention the fact that the writing and language hasn’t improved, if anything it’s gotten worse. People don’t talk like this!
Whatever, moving on…
- Main Couple: Julian/Maxine
- POVs Included: Dual POVs (Maxine, Julian) with heavier emphasis on Maxine’s POV
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SUMMARY: (SPOILER WARNING)
This book is part two of The Brother/Sister Tale Duet. The first book is Inside Your Bedroom.
Julian and Maxine are a brother and sister who have been in love with each other for years. But when Julian headed off to college, Maxine missed him like crazy and worried about them drifting apart.
Now that she is finally going to college with him too, they can live together and be closer again. But life isn’t easy. Temptations put a wedge between them and they have to decide if their relationship is worth the risks.
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RE-READ 07/08/2023
UPDATED RATING (2.5 STARS)
So I picked this one out for my Second Chance Sunday pick (the second Sunday of every month I pick a book to read that I’ve DNF’d in the past or try to continue a series I’ve abandoned in the past). Typically I will re-read from the beginning, but this time I cheated a little and started the book from where I left off before. I remembered most of it and didn’t feel the need to re-read the beginning.
Anyways, this second time around it was marginally better. At the point I stopped reading before, Julian starts to get a few of his own POVs and I found I liked his POVs a lot better than Max’s.
I still had some of the same problems as before. Max cheated on Julian and I wasn’t okay with this. Her reasoning was because she was “curious about her feelings towards Oliver and wanted to explore them”. Uhh….okay, says every person who has ever cheated ever. This reasoning doesn’t make it okay at all. And even in the end I never really got over this.
Basically Maxine is VERY immature. Julian is like 100% devoted in love with her and she uses that to her advantage to get away with things.
In the end, we are told she changed after he broke things off with her and she got a taste of what life was like without him. But I don’t believe it. I just don’t.
Julian was great though. He’s sweet and loyal and protective. I loved him. But I thought he deserved way better than Max.
The other issue with this book was the writing style is very impersonal and a little sloppy. It’s just not written very well.
What I DO like about this series is that it’s about a brother and sister who fall in love just because. Most taboo sibling romances seem to happen due to traumatic circumstances (like parents dying or something). But in this case I loved that their relationship just gradually evolved because of their feelings changing over the years.
I also liked that we didn’t get some weird side-incest-story along with it. Some brother/sister stories veer off to include parents and other family members. But this one is just about them and I liked that.
Would I recommend the series? Hmm… I don’t know. If you’re a fan of brother/sister romance then there are only so many out there. So you might like this one just because of that. It’s also free on KU (as of writing this review). So maybe while it’s free?
Overall the series is okay. I like the premise and the foundation of their relationship. But Max is a hard pill to swallow and does some very selfish and thoughtless things throughout the series. So keep that in mind if you decide to read it. They do end up happy together. But getting there is a little bumpy and angsty.
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ORIGINAL REVIEW (11/15/2022):
ORIGINAL RATING (DNF - 1 STAR)
I can’t do this anymore.
Maxine is a cheating bitch. I put up with it in the first book with Aaron because everything with her and Julian was new and their parents were around so appearances had to be more maintained. But now half of this book is about her falling for her college professor. WTH? I picked this up to read a romance about a brother and sister and here he is in love with her and devoted and she is just running around doing whatever she wants and lying to him about it.
Nope. I’m done. I can already tell this isn’t going to end well and even if it does Maxine doesn’t deserve Julian, he’s way too good for her.
Not the mention the fact that the writing and language hasn’t improved, if anything it’s gotten worse. People don’t talk like this!
Whatever, moving on…
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 18, 2020
I rated this before and added a review but I don't know why it was deleted.
So, this story it's a 2 part. I liked this a lot, because is not that tragic as incest stories normally are because even when authors write about incest they want us to know it's just fiction and they don't want anyone to romanticize incest in real life. But this ending is not that tragic, tho I felt it a little rushed it doesn't spoil the story, I guess it's fine.
I really liked that they spent time with other people, they were in other relationships and this time she (Max) was in control and made her decisions, unlike the first part where she was totally dependent on Julian.
So, this story it's a 2 part. I liked this a lot, because is not that tragic as incest stories normally are because even when authors write about incest they want us to know it's just fiction and they don't want anyone to romanticize incest in real life. But this ending is not that tragic, tho I felt it a little rushed it doesn't spoil the story, I guess it's fine.
I really liked that they spent time with other people, they were in other relationships and this time she (Max) was in control and made her decisions, unlike the first part where she was totally dependent on Julian.
May 13, 2025
There are not enough convincing reasons for Max to cheat on Julian. It feels contrived. It cheapens their relationship, making what they have achieved from their past experience less worthy. If Max had to cheat on Julian, the this man she would be with should be able to provide her with what Julian couldn't, for example affection in public. But she had a relationship with a married man who was her professor, who, as well, cannot provide her with a decent relationship. If the story wants us to accept the affair, it must first establish what unique need Oliver satisfies—whether liberation from secrecy, intellectual stimulation beyond Julian’s understanding, or a tangible promise of public normalcy.
Though this novel has its problems, I found I like it a lot. It's not a dark romance that depicts a twisted forbidden sibling incestuous relationship. It has its unique background setting and addressed so many problems that other stories don't. It's incest story with a happy and healthy childhood rather than the typical traumatic family.
We have also main characters who were mature enough to have realistic plan for their incestuous relationship. It also addressed how they reflected on their anti-natural feeling and tried to make their relationship healthier. Of course, there were also challenges in real life that threaten their relationship and how their loving mother dealt with her children's unnatural relationship.
Most importantly, though there were heart-breaking moments, this story has a happily ever after rather than the a tragedy that most author would write to convey that incest is bad after all.
Though this novel has its problems, I found I like it a lot. It's not a dark romance that depicts a twisted forbidden sibling incestuous relationship. It has its unique background setting and addressed so many problems that other stories don't. It's incest story with a happy and healthy childhood rather than the typical traumatic family.
We have also main characters who were mature enough to have realistic plan for their incestuous relationship. It also addressed how they reflected on their anti-natural feeling and tried to make their relationship healthier. Of course, there were also challenges in real life that threaten their relationship and how their loving mother dealt with her children's unnatural relationship.
Most importantly, though there were heart-breaking moments, this story has a happily ever after rather than the a tragedy that most author would write to convey that incest is bad after all.
July 18, 2023
Max is the worst , Julian deserved so much better.
June 29, 2024
Time and love heals all thimgs
Anyone can love anyone If your heart is in the right place and you both feel the same towards each other.
Anyone can love anyone If your heart is in the right place and you both feel the same towards each other.
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