Forbidden discussion

Pamela Hall Steinke, I am on the fence with this book because it scares me a little. I can see how human we humans are and how we can fall into messes of other people's making.
Love happens. Relationships have boundaries, until they don't. The rules apply until they don't. It doesn't take much.
It is too real, too possible, too probable, too understandable. How do I ''justify'' this in my mind? How does this work out? Should it? Is it mine to decide? Does it matter in society? Has it happened before? Many a time, I believe. Certainly in the past. Certainly. Currently, more often than anyone may realize. Compelling and troubling and leaves me contemplating life and what is important and what is not.
That is my fence. It kind of feels like the great wall of china right now.

Honestly, I loved this book. My thoughts on consensual incest have not changed. I think the beauty in it is that the author took an extremely difficult topic and somehow made the readers question their thoughts and theories on it. I have to admit that by the end of the book, I was balling and all I wanted for Lochlan and Maya was for them to love each other even though I'm not necessarily supportive of the subject matter in real life.

I hear you, Lauren. It is moving and thought provoking, uncomfortable and searing. My fence is still standing. ck

Lauren wrote: "Honestly, I loved this book. My thoughts on consensual incest have not changed. I think the beauty in it is that the author took an extremely difficult topic and somehow made the readers question t..."

I totally agree. Thats exactly how I feel about it. I read some other stories about incest and I always thought "how can they do this without even thinking it might be wrong?! I can't imagine kissing my brother." ..
But I never really felt this way with this book. It was well written and I had the feeling they knew how wrong it is and what can happen to them if someone finds out, but their love was so deep, there was no other way. And it might also be because they had to take care of the younger ones and felt more like parents and therefore a couple and not brother and sister.
I almost hoped they would find a way to be together. But it was just a book. To be honest, in real life I wouldnt be ok with it. If a friend of mine would tell me that she is in love with her brother, I wouldnt go to the police but I would try to talk to her about it.