OMG, this book. What can I say? It's brilliant.
How something so beautiful and natural for someone can be seen as repulsive and illegal and sickening for others. (The interrogation part! I felt just like Lochan at what they were saying).
It’s all about perspectives.
When I read the summary, I didn’t want to read this book. Brother and sister? No way! But a friend recommended it, and I decided to give it a try.
I don’t believe I’ve ever cried so much with a book before. I cry a lot with movies and TV shows, but I don’t know why, not so much with books. It should be the other way around, with all the descriptions and inner thoughts and feelings that you got in a book… I guess I’m weird that way.
Lochan and Maya are the oldest of five brothers, with a careless, alcoholic mother, who leaves them alone all the time, under the care of Lochan and Maya. They have the role of ‘mother’ and ‘father’ in their little family, sharing the burden and the responsibilities. Just by reading it I got stressed. I can’t imagine what it would be like to be a teenager in charge of other three kids, with their own demandings and needs.
Through the years they have formed and unbreakable bond, feeling closer and closer to each other everytime. They began to have feelings for each other, realizing that they have always felt towards the other more than fraternal love.
"He was always so much more than just a brother. He is my soul mate, my fresh air, the reason I look forward to getting up every morning. I always knew I loved him more than anyone else in the world."
Even after they realize what they felt, they kept struggling. They never feel it completely right, despite how happy they made them. And the questions start coming: What would people think? How can we have a future? How could we possibly avoid the law? What could happen to the children if anyone finds out?
So they keep fighting it, until they finally return to each other’s arms, the only place they feel at peace.
Lochan is such an atypical main character: he has social anxiety, panic attacks at times, he has never had a girl (ALWAYS the guy has had a girlfriend or a laid before the story), and it’s completely selfless. He’s always taking care of the situation, taking responsibilities and thinking and planning.
Maya is really mature for her age. She had to grow up quickly, but she’s also very very wise, and caring, and loveable.
Their love is epic, and eternal, and selfless and so beautiful. I didn’t feel disgusted by it once I began the story, and you get to be inside Lochan and Maya’s heads and in their household.
The writing style is amazing, both POVs completely descriptives and rich in details, and the pace of the story is reliable and catching.
I LOVED THIS BOOK. I cried so much because it was beautiful and real, and I think I will never read something like this again. There’s not even a slight of happy ending. It was a heart- breaking, yank your hair, cry your eyes out, ending. But ending it any other way… it would have been cliché and not believable. Thank you, Tabitha Suzuma for this amazing ride, and giving life for such a fantastic, one in a life time story.
How something so beautiful and natural for someone can be seen as repulsive and illegal and sickening for others. (The interrogation part! I felt just like Lochan at what they were saying).
It’s all about perspectives.
When I read the summary, I didn’t want to read this book. Brother and sister? No way! But a friend recommended it, and I decided to give it a try.
I don’t believe I’ve ever cried so much with a book before. I cry a lot with movies and TV shows, but I don’t know why, not so much with books. It should be the other way around, with all the descriptions and inner thoughts and feelings that you got in a book… I guess I’m weird that way.
Lochan and Maya are the oldest of five brothers, with a careless, alcoholic mother, who leaves them alone all the time, under the care of Lochan and Maya. They have the role of ‘mother’ and ‘father’ in their little family, sharing the burden and the responsibilities. Just by reading it I got stressed. I can’t imagine what it would be like to be a teenager in charge of other three kids, with their own demandings and needs.
Through the years they have formed and unbreakable bond, feeling closer and closer to each other everytime. They began to have feelings for each other, realizing that they have always felt towards the other more than fraternal love.
"He was always so much more than just a brother. He is my soul mate, my fresh air, the reason I look forward to getting up every morning. I always knew I loved him more than anyone else in the world."
Even after they realize what they felt, they kept struggling. They never feel it completely right, despite how happy they made them. And the questions start coming: What would people think? How can we have a future? How could we possibly avoid the law? What could happen to the children if anyone finds out?
So they keep fighting it, until they finally return to each other’s arms, the only place they feel at peace.
Lochan is such an atypical main character: he has social anxiety, panic attacks at times, he has never had a girl (ALWAYS the guy has had a girlfriend or a laid before the story), and it’s completely selfless. He’s always taking care of the situation, taking responsibilities and thinking and planning.
Maya is really mature for her age. She had to grow up quickly, but she’s also very very wise, and caring, and loveable.
Their love is epic, and eternal, and selfless and so beautiful. I didn’t feel disgusted by it once I began the story, and you get to be inside Lochan and Maya’s heads and in their household.
The writing style is amazing, both POVs completely descriptives and rich in details, and the pace of the story is reliable and catching.
I LOVED THIS BOOK. I cried so much because it was beautiful and real, and I think I will never read something like this again. There’s not even a slight of happy ending. It was a heart- breaking, yank your hair, cry your eyes out, ending. But ending it any other way… it would have been cliché and not believable. Thank you, Tabitha Suzuma for this amazing ride, and giving life for such a fantastic, one in a life time story.
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