Forbidden Boy

Recently I read the book Forbidden Boy by Hailey Abbott. I have read some of the other books by her which is why I decided to read this one. She wrote a series of books starting with Summer Boys. She has also written numerous amounts of other book. She grew up in Southern California, which you can see where she gets her ideas from.

Julianne lives with her dad and sister, Chloe. Her mom died earlier in her life, yet she still tries to keep the memory of her alive. Her mother was a big artist who created many put together paintings. Julianne gets all of her creative skills from her mother. Yet her kind of art is more with photos and experimenting with out of the ordinary.

She goes to a beach party with her sister to scout out some new boys for summer. There she meets a boy named Remi. She wonders if she will ever see him again. They keep randomly bumping into each other after that night. Julianne starts to think he is the ideal, perfect guy for her. She soon finds out that he is part of the family that moved into the giant glass house next door, which is trying to take over the beach and their families property. She is torn between loyalty to fight for her family and the love she is starting to feel for Remi.

Trying to tear herself away from him becomes difficult when he shows up at her summer job as a manager to a house construction site. Julianne is there to use her artistic skills to create designs in the house. She can't help but follow her heart, but she tries to keep her relationship secret from her family. When Chloe catches the two of them kissing at work, she is devastated and angry at Julianne. Julianne can't seem to continue her relationship with Remi, since she feels she has been disloyal to her family.

She talks to her dad and tells him how she has betrayed her family. She is surprised though when her dad feels she has done nothing wrong. Julianne and Chloe have been associating Remi's parent's decisions to Remi. Her dad makes her see that what he is not his parents and he would have as much loyalty to his families decisions as she would to her own.

This book had a sweet romantic story line. Julianne seems confused and easily influenced by her sister's ideas. It was a nice story of confusing love and fighting for her tight-knit family. This is a nice summer read, especially for the creative mind.