Review: Difficulty with morality issue
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 7, 2012
TABOO (A CLASSIC ROMANCE) disturbed me a great deal. Grant was 11 when his parents adopted Cammie, who was 14 at the time, and his feelings for her were never brotherly although he covered up his carnal feelings for 17 years (when the story begins). Cammie's feelings for Grant, however, have always been sisterly until she accidentally sees him naked and is shocked by her incredible attraction for him. To me, even though there was no blood ties, the sexual relationship between Grant and Cammie was still incestuous! I also think that THEIR sister and THEIR parents would consider it incestuous too and react accordingly.However, if you don't believe their relationship was morally wrong, then what you have are two best friends growing up together and having their relationship become that of lovers which is a beautiful thing. In that case, the writing and editing were good and the characters all had distinct personalities that were three-dimensional.I would have been much more comfortable with this story line if Grant and Cammie were stepbrother and stepsister with two separate sets of parents. As it is, I will not read it again and I would hesitate to recommend it to others.