Dirty Love

On to a book that has confused me for a few hours now. Confused me because this book sounded soooo good and has been on my TBR for weeks now after I saw it on IG. Except, when I started reading it last night....I read this book already. I know I did. I don't have it recored on any Excel sheets or on GoodReads or on my bookstagram. Except, I knoooow I read it.

The book? "Dirty Love" by Bethany Winters.

["In a small town like ours, you’re either straight or you keep your mouth shut.

Being gay would be dirty.

Touching the guy who’s been your stepbrother since you were three would be dirty.

Falling in love with him would be even worse.

I protect him because it’s my job.

I resist him because I have to.

But when one night leads to two and two nights lead to more, lines are blurred and morals are tossed and my sanity takes a walk.

Now we’re risking everything we have for something we know we shouldn’t want.

And the only thing we’ll have left is each other."]

So I decided to review the book anyway...from the things I remember.

I remember this book being beautifully dramatic and possessive/obsessive/protective. I remember two people who love each other beyond any doubt, beyond any trauma they lived together, beyond any hate the town thrust at them. I remember some really horrible violence, some unjustifiable and totally uncalled for and just a little bit of karmic justice. I remember a hard-won and well-deserved HEA.

I don't remember why I didn't review the book before. Maybe it was the trigger warnings? Maybe it was the stepbrother things? Who knows. 

Trigger Warnings: underage drinking and drugs, homophobia and homophobic slurs, abuse, depression, self-harm, attempted sexual assault, graphic hate crime, and murder.

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