SWEETEST TABOO #2
AUTHOR: EVA MARQUEZ
Published March 5th 2013 by Terra-Mia Press
GENRE: YA ROMANCE
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SYNOPSIS:
“My name is Isabel Cruz, and I’m nineteen years old, almost
twenty. I go to Lincoln University where I’m majoring in English. I’m a
straight-A student, and I know what I’m doing with my life, but things weren’t
always that way. Or rather, I’ve always known what I wanted, and it just hasn’t
always gone along with society’s views. In high school, I had an affair with my
swim coach. I wanted him, and I took what I wanted. We were together until I
graduated, but he had a wife and kids, and I left him behind to come here. I
left everything behind to come here. At least that’s what I thought.”
Isabel was never like the other girls at her school in the sleepy town of Hillside, California. At sixteen she fell in love with Tom, a married swim coach at Royal Oaks High School; their exhilarating and sultry affair continuing in secret for several years. Finally, Isabel realized that her own future had to come first, but even after relocating to Washington, D.C. to study at Lincoln University, she finds herself still wracked by guilt
over jeopardizing the happiness and security of Tom’s young family. Now almost in her twenties and desperate to start a new chapter in her life, free from past controversies, Isabel will once again find that her beauty and precociousness will captivate another older man, this time a professor at her university. Confronted by this burgeoning affair, Isabel realizes just how deeply she still loves Tom and, in spite of the disapproval of her hometown community, her feelings become too strong to deny.
When Isabel returns to Hillside, reunited with Tom, she feels herself falling for him all over again, only this time with the tantalizing promise that things could really work out for them, especially since she is no longer the naive teen she used to be. But all is not as it seems; Isabel begins to hear rumors about Tom’s involvement with other girls at Royal Oaks High. Quickly this salacious gossip leaks to the local media and the authorities begin to investigate the claims. Only then does the true gravity of Isabel’s misguided choices begin to profoundly affect those around her and threaten to derail her life completely.
Tainted Love is the thrilling follow up to Sweetest Taboo by Eva Marquez, and rejoins Isabel Cruz as she tries to put her complex and forbidden romance with Tom behind her. Written from the perspectives of both Isabel and Tom, the irrational and desperate love they share is brought to vivid life by Marquez. Inspired by the conviction of one of her former high school teachers for sexual misconduct with a minor, it addresses a poignant modern taboo, one that is becoming increasingly common in the US, with unnerving insight and precision. Tainted Love is a must read for young adults, their parents and all fans of romantic fiction.
Isabel was never like the other girls at her school in the sleepy town of Hillside, California. At sixteen she fell in love with Tom, a married swim coach at Royal Oaks High School; their exhilarating and sultry affair continuing in secret for several years. Finally, Isabel realized that her own future had to come first, but even after relocating to Washington, D.C. to study at Lincoln University, she finds herself still wracked by guilt
over jeopardizing the happiness and security of Tom’s young family. Now almost in her twenties and desperate to start a new chapter in her life, free from past controversies, Isabel will once again find that her beauty and precociousness will captivate another older man, this time a professor at her university. Confronted by this burgeoning affair, Isabel realizes just how deeply she still loves Tom and, in spite of the disapproval of her hometown community, her feelings become too strong to deny.
When Isabel returns to Hillside, reunited with Tom, she feels herself falling for him all over again, only this time with the tantalizing promise that things could really work out for them, especially since she is no longer the naive teen she used to be. But all is not as it seems; Isabel begins to hear rumors about Tom’s involvement with other girls at Royal Oaks High. Quickly this salacious gossip leaks to the local media and the authorities begin to investigate the claims. Only then does the true gravity of Isabel’s misguided choices begin to profoundly affect those around her and threaten to derail her life completely.
Tainted Love is the thrilling follow up to Sweetest Taboo by Eva Marquez, and rejoins Isabel Cruz as she tries to put her complex and forbidden romance with Tom behind her. Written from the perspectives of both Isabel and Tom, the irrational and desperate love they share is brought to vivid life by Marquez. Inspired by the conviction of one of her former high school teachers for sexual misconduct with a minor, it addresses a poignant modern taboo, one that is becoming increasingly common in the US, with unnerving insight and precision. Tainted Love is a must read for young adults, their parents and all fans of romantic fiction.
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MY REVIEW:
In
the first book of the series “sweetest taboo” the story took me to believe that
true love exists in every possible form. And I started believing in a true love
relationship between a minor and an adult to actually exist. To be honest, when
I started reading Tainted love, I expected it will be a sweet, simple love
story with NO confusions or problem, she will graduate from her school and
after that they will live happily ever after. But when I actually read it GOD
was I surprised it was NOTHING like that. It was something beyond my
expectations, I mean yea I saw the blurb of the book before reading but still,
every word of the book brought a new surprise for me
It was beyond my expectations, and it was so unexpected. There were moments that actually arose my emotions, anger, hatred, sorrow, and confusion never left my side while I was reading it. I would really say I HATED Isabel in the book. Her actions extracted the anger from me. There was a time when I wanted to quit reading because I hated the way things were turning out, but I don’t quit reading as I think quitting in the middle is a crime, and so I kept reading it, and to be honest I was not at peace even when I finished the book. But really, the book took me to the point where it was supposed to take me and did its job of making me know climax perfectly.
I
won’t tell what is in the book or why is it that I hate Isabel now. And then I
fell in love with TOM (not literally, but yea) OMG how I wish I had a lover
like that. Unconditional love is something one should learn from him, now
question arises why? What made me love him so much? Sorry won’t tell that
either. For that you have to read the book, sorry I don’t write nor do I
support spoilers. I am really looking forward to read “time after time” the
last book of the series where according to author Isabel finds out the truth
about Tom. If you would ask me for an opinion, I would say I am expecting a
negative ending because if it is positive, it will be too much predictable, and
Isabel doesn’t deserve Tom. Come on don’t make it like twilight by giving the not
deserving lead female everything, it should be more realistic where the one who
deserves gets it and the one who doesn’t deserve it doesn’t. But then again
that’s just my opinion. I will let the author decide how to surprise me and
others
I RATED IT: 4/5 POINTS.
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DISCLAIMER: author gave me a free copy of this book in exchange on an honest
review. My review is in no way influenced by anyone/ anything
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