Belén: I’ve loved Luciano ever since I can remember, desired him before I even knew what it meant. He’s always been the only man in my life — my constant protector, and his rejection only intensifies my need.
Luciano: I’ve never known a love more fierce than the one I feel for Belén. But I force myself to deny her no matter how much it hurts.
Our love is a sickness and both of us are … of us are infected.
Because there’s no cure for being from the same family.
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I read a quote once -” Love is rarely flowers and sunshine and rainbows and laughter , it’s more of pain and heartbreak and angst and yearning and craving …. so, why do we love ?
Because we can’t control who we fall in love with.that just happens ”
you ride the wave or you drown, that’s kismet .
We’re all parts of a narrative that we didn’t write
so writes mara white.
Luciano and Belèn are the doomed lovers, taking their love not to great heights of pleasure but spiralling in the depths of Hell, where their souls are continually tortured and destroyed by the intensity of their love for each other. The ties that bind them become their bane , keeping them apart, where they burn in almighty Hell and we as readers burn with them.
this world and society that we live in is made by us and the norms dictated by us , so why has love so many rules and diktat while hatred roams free.why
this story gutted me , to say the least. It so well written, the language , the formatting is so perfect that you feel the emotions flowing from mara’s pen straight into your heart and lucky and len are right there in front of my eyes…..my tears filled eyes, that is.
it’s a beautiful, emotional, poignant , heart touching , sweet love story that will stay with you like Raw or Carnage or bright Side did.i hope mara writes another book because I refuse to accept ths story as is…I refuse !!
A (good) train wreck of forbidden romance. Loved it. Superb writing.
Unforgettable. It’s been a few years since I first encountered Lucky and Belen. Their forbidden romance remains one of the most beautiful, heart-wrenching stories I have ever read. Be prepared to have your heart twisted. Broken.
Their mothers are sisters, they grew up together, so close that they literally slept in the same crib. Luciano is older and always looks out for Belen. Things start getting tricky as they hit adolescence. Lucky as she calls him begins warning the boys in the neighbourhood to stay away from her. Jealousy is a new emotion for her when the girls at school start taking his attention away from her. It doesn’t matter where he is or who he’s with his eyes are never far from her. When they kiss sparks fly and he puts a stop to it because it’s so forbidden. He turns to drugs, while she is slowly breaking apart. When Lucky graduates from school he joins the marines in an attempt to put some distance between them. Meanwhile Belen exists but doesn’t really live, until she does.
My soul was broken after I finished this book. So much angst!!! Definitely a 5+ star read.
This book tested my limits…But am 100% sure that this amazing love story will stay with me for a long, long time! You don’t get to pick who you fall in love with… You try and try your hardest to do what society feels is right… But love is love… I laughed, I cried, I totally want more of this book. Thank You Mara White for writing such a beautiful LOVE story!!! Please Please Please say there will be More!!!!
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WOW WOW WOW! I haven’t read a book this intense and brimming with sexual tension since Love Letter To Whisky. My emotions are all over the place. I’m spent. From the very beginning this book consumed me, took over my life, chewed me up and spat me out leaving me a wreck!
This is the first book I have read by this author and it certainly won’t be the last. I loved that she pushed boundaries into the taboo, even crossed the moral threshold. Those are my kind of books, the ones that give you the feels, that make you passionate about the characters lives and well being. The sexual chemistry between Belen and Luciano (Lucky) oozed off the page in spades, I felt every drop of sadness, jealousy, happiness, restraint. The journey that these characters (and readers) endure moves like a freight train through rocky mountains. It was never going to be plain sailing! I am so hung over from this book I feel drained. I think I have turned blue from holding my breath for so long!
Told from a dual POV the book is fast paced. The author gives you a lot of background information and this is paramount to understanding the connection between the two MCs and how they ended up in the situation they were in. The writing style was great, the book flowed effortlessly and the sex scenes leave you feeling uncomfortable (in a good way). The only negative thing I will say about this is because the family is Hispanic, she uses Spanish words occasionally, sometimes you can work them out other times… well thank god for Google translate on kindles! It doesn’t ruin the story, it does enhance it by giving the characters dimension, it just would’ve been helpful if she had added the English.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. If you like books that push boundaries, that put your emotions through the wringer, that consume you and take over your life read it! You won’t be disappointed!