Book Review of The Sweetest
Taboo
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Blurb
:
Isabel Cruz was fifteen years old when she met Tom Stevens.
She was 15 when they started dating, and 16 when she lost her virginity to him.
By the time she turned 18 and went to college, everything had fallen apart.
This hadn’t been an ordinary love, though. Not a love between two dear friends,
or even high school sweethearts. This had been the most taboo sort of love
there was: a relationship between a student and her teacher. Isabel started her
high school career as a normal student, but set her sights on Tom Stevens as
soon as she met him, and pursued him with an intense – and sometimes reckless –
fascination. When he finally approached her after swim practice and told
her that he shared her feelings, it was the start of a forbidden and dangerous
relationship.
Join Isabel as she makes her way through this dark love
story, hiding from teachers, lying to her parents, and defying the authorities
to make a life with the man she loves. Watch as she discovers the wonders of
love and romance, and the terrible betrayal of jealous friends. And cry with
her when she learns the hard truth about life and the people in her world.
Sweetest Taboo is inspired by the true and tragic stories of students who fall
in love with their teachers, and live with the hard truths of forbidden
romances. In a world full of after-school specials on sexual predators, this
touching book seeks a different path, casting both student and teacher in a
gentle light, and showing that true love may lie at the base of even the most
illicit romance.
About the
Author:
Born in
Buenos Aires, Argentina, daughter of European immigrants, Eva Márquez has spent
most of her life outside of her home country. At the age of five, Eva
accompanied her parents to the United States, where the family settled permanently.
After graduating from university, she went on to complete graduate studies in
International Relations in Spain. Eva received her Master of International
Studies degree from the University of Sydney and went on to work in the global
health field in Sub Saharan Africa and South East Asia. Eva currently resides
in Southern Africa.
Contacts:
Her latest book is the YA/Adult Fiction, Sweetest Taboo.
You can visit Eva’s website at www.SweetestTabooBook.com
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Book Review:
This is a difficult book for me to
review. It was well written and a
charmingly told story, but I worked with children who had to be removed from
their parents custody due to statutory rape (older men (or women) and minor
(under 18) girls (or boys). This is a
huge issue in our area where teen pregnancy is above the national average. However, this story also showed the other
side of the coin. While I would be
mortified if it was my child and would probably lock her in her room until she
was 40, I could see the charm in the story.
So while I had a hard time with the
topic, I would probably give the book 4 out of 5 clouds. I definitely recommend
the author as the writing is wonderful.
This
product or book may have been distributed for review; this in no way affects my
opinions or reviews.
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