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In the vein of Flowers in the Attic, this is a heartbreaking and astonishing novel about siblings Lochan and Maya, their tumultuous home life, and the clandestine and taboo relationship they form to get through it.

Seventeen-year-old Lochan and sixteen-year-old Maya have always felt more like friends than siblings. Together they have stepped in for their alcoholic, wayward mother to take care of their three younger siblings. As de facto parents to the little ones, Lochan and Maya have had to grow up fast. And the stress of their lives—and the way they understand each other so completely—has also brought them closer than two siblings would ordinarily be. So close, in fact, that they have fallen in love. Their clandestine romance quickly blooms into deep, desperate love. They know their relationship is wrong and cannot possibly continue. And yet, they cannot stop what feels so incredibly right. As the novel careens toward an explosive and shocking finale, only one thing is certain: A love this devastating has no happy ending.
In the vein of Flowers in the Attic, this is a heartbreaking and astonishing novel about siblings Lochan and Maya, their tumultuous home life, and the clandestine and taboo relationship they form to get through it. Seventeen-year-old Lochan and sixteen-year-old Maya have always felt more like fr...

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96 reviews
Julianna Doran
June 18, 2015
Well written mostly, but too much drama and so much crying. Truly a very raw story, not a bad book actually. But definitely NOT for everyone. I like books with good plots AND happy endings, this book had a decent plot but undoubtedly one of the saddest endings I've read, ever! True respect for the author for going on to write such a detailed book with such a raw display of detail and emotion on such a controversial subject.
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Matthew Rem
June 6, 2020
I mean... It's definitely an amazing story. It was so incredibly realistic from the beginning, almost so realistic that it was hard for me to read. But I like happy endings. And the ending doesn't make sense... [SPOILER WARNING] [SPOILER WARNING] [SERIOUSLY, STOP READING IF YOU ARE EVEN REMOTELY INTERESTED IN READING THIS BOOK. IT'S VERY WORTH TO READ] [STOP READING, IT WILL RUIN THE BOOK] It doesn't make sense that Lochie would go and do what he did, when he and Maya could both get reduced sentences and wait a few years instead... Especially since the outcome is foster care or foster care, trauma or trauma. It's not a solution a straight-A student would've come up with, as there are many other unresolved alternatives and variables he could've considered before making such an irresponsible decision. Compounding that fact is that he didn't even get a lawyer for advice. His rash decision is complete abandonment—Not a noble decision, let alone a heroic one.
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sandra meerbeek
March 18, 2013
First off its nasty!! And second of all I does not keep your interest and its disturbing!! And it ends with lochie about to die so there saying goodbye I don't see how that oils ever be a goodread!!!!
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About the author

Tabitha Suzuma is the author of A Note of Madness, A Voice in the Distance, From Where I Stand, Without Looking Back, among others. She used to work as a primary school teacher and now divides her time between writing and tutoring. She lives in London. Visit her at TabithaSuzuma.com.
Tabitha Suzuma is the author of A Note of Madness, A Voice in the Distance, From Where I Stand, Without Looking Back, among others. She used to work as a primary school teacher and now divides her time between writing and tutoring. She lives in London. Visit her at TabithaSuzuma.com.

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