Interesting. This book attempted to be more titillating than it really was. The hero, Grant, had basically been in love with the heroine, Cammie, since she had come to live with his family when he was 11 and she was 14. I liked that part and I liked how he had first had a crush on her then fell in love but remained her best friend when she never seemed to see him. When she sees him naked in a hot tub and suddenly sees him as a man, he recognizes the look in her eye and starts chasing her determinedly. All good.

The weirdness was on her part. She is so freaked out about what his parents will say that she doesn't want to get with him. She calls them mom and dad and considers them her parents. That was just not believable. She was 14, she knows they're not her parents. She doesn't seem to have been officially adopted. She is sure that having a relationship with Grant will tear the family apart. I could see where she might be hesitant because if things don't work out, it will sure make family get togethers awkward but that wasn't her problem. She thought that his parents would consider the relationship wrong and incestuous. She had some other issues too with letting people get close that only rang halfway true. Grant just kept hanging in there the poor guy. Not sure if she deserved him.

Still an interesting plot for the most part and fairly well written. ( )

I thought that this was a really good romance book. It would be great as a beach read, or a sit by the fire read or anywhere you can read. Enjoy! ( )

I wasn't too keen on the relationship at first, but after learning Cammie's story and the fact that she was adopted mid-teen, I didn't feel like Grant was a brother at all. Just a good pal, kind of like a best friends little-brother-has-a-crush kind of relationship. Then they grow up. There is no blood relation at all so I really enjoyed Grant and Cammie's story. And their relationship. I would have liked to see more of their relationship at the end versus the Porsche scene. Other than that, Taboo was a great read. ( )