"But why is it so terrible for me to be with the girl I love? Everyone else is permitted to have what they want, express their love as they please, without fear of harassment, ostracism, persecution or even the law" 
 It's 3AM and I'm crying, I'm throwing up fists in the air and shouting out of pure frustration for the terrible predicament these two characters were put in... and for what? Because their "love" in our society is seen as "unhealthy", "abnormal" and "morally wrong". My heart ached for their circumstances, I could feel their hopelessness and desperation pour out on every page and it killed me. After reading this book, I feel like I've become more open minded and fully stand by my belief in that "love is love" (if the relationship is healthy, consensual and you both love each other with all your might, I don't see where the harm is). I'll admit that the relationship at times did come off as confronting and weird but it was conveyed in such a heart wrenching manner I JUST CAN'T EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW WONDERFUL THIS BOOK IS. The emotive language in this book both left me completely and utterly in a state of despair and astonished, I felt every ounce of sadness and happiness that was conveyed in this book. 
 This book was set in the UK and after reading this book, I made it a mission of mine to research more of incest and the laws that surround it... Just like in the book incest whether the relationship/sexual conduct was/is consensual or not... this is still considered a crime and is deemed as "sexual assault" which inevitably will put you in prison for a sentence (depending on your age) of up to 7 years to life. In comparison to sickening rapists and paedophiles, I highly disagree with the extreme measures of this act/law ESPECIALLY if the relationship was consensual. How is it a crime if the two people agreed to it? What really angers me the most is that this law is quite common in other places of the world, it just doesn't seem ethically right to me, when there are worse examples of illicit relationships/scenarios. 
 Another issue that really infuriated me (and was brought up in the book) was the placement of women and men when it comes to sexual assault in our society. (view spoiler)[... The male character risked the prospects of his future, his entire life and convinced the law/police that he was the perpetrator... He knew that if he said "I forced her" and "I threatened to kill her" then the female character would not even be questioned or brought into the equation as the relationship would no longer be considered an incest relationship but incest rape. HE KNEW THAT IF THE FEMALE character had said "I forced him" and "I threatened to kill him" the law/police would've been harder to convince... AND WHY ALL BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT SHES A FEMALE, A WOMAN. I HATE THAT HE FELT LIKE LYING AND SAYING IT WAS HIS FAULT WAS HIS ONLY SOLUTION, I hated this and felt sick to my stomach with the predicament they were given (hide spoiler)]. Women are just as capable as men in committing sexual assault. 
 The ending, I can't and will never get over the harsh reality of that ending. I can't fathom to you just how hopeless as a reader I felt whilst coming into those last few pages of this book, I've never wanted to throw myself into a fictional world as much as I wanted to in this book AND HELP... I JUST WANTED TO DIVE IN AND HELP THEM. This book dealt with such a risky, and complex topic yet portrayed the characters and overall plot in such a beautiful, and sensitive manner that leaves you feeling exasperatedly angry and frustrated at the unfortunate circumstances with such a relationship in our society.