Review: Taboo for you
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 14, 2013
written for [...]Sam is going through a crisis. His life changed at 15, when he had a son and now that he is almost thirty he freaks out and decides to fill his list of things to do in his twenties.Luke is Sam's neighbour and best friend, though he has a secret he just realized and wants to share with Sam, especially since he found Sam's to do in the twenties list and he would happily fill most of those things with Luke.Jeremy is Sam's son and was born on Sam's 15th birthday so he will soon be 15. Jeremy spends every other week with his dad and usually the neighbour Luke. Jeremy is going through changes of his own growing up, sexual feelings, and now his mom has a secret.Oh boy, is this one fun rollercoaster ride. It starts out fast and goes faster. I adored the sense of humour and how it starts out with a math lesson (trust me it's fun!) and numbers play such a prominent role throughout the story. I got to where every time I saw big numbers on a page I was already laughing.I love good character driven stories and this one didn't disappoint. Every character in this story ( and here are several) is interesting , charming, and has a story to tell. The book is in first person and in three character views and I love this, to get inside so many character minds. There is  at least three good storylines, Sam's midlife crisis, Luke's wanting to come out, Jeremy dealing with growing up, sexuality, friendship, and his Mother's wanting a life too, and even though Jeremy's mom isn't a main character she plays several roles also and is just as good as the main ones.I will say that a few times I really wanted to smack both Luke and Sam in the head and shake the crap out of them. I mean really Sam, swimming with sharks requires a lot of feelings, more than friendship, especially if it's their worse fear.If you like a good, sexy, sweet romance with no bad guys, lots of emotions, a good laugh, numbers, friends to lovers and some really sensual love this is definitely one for you.