First thing I'm going to say, don't read this book if you're not a lot open minded. If you cannot be non-judgmental then don't read this book. Don't read this review if you're going to judge anyway. 
 Forbidden is a love story between siblings. Yes, it's gross. First thing that comes to your head when you read the synopsis is that it's gross. What kind of siblings fall in love with each other. Definitely the sick kind. Now despite knowing the fact the grossness of the story I read this book because of some really good reviews a recommendation from a friend who told me it's romantic and emotional. 
 In this book, we see a broken family and a loving brother and sister trying their hardest to keep the family together. Lochan and Maya has three little siblings. Their father left them. Their mother almost abandoned them for alcohol and a lover who couldn't promise a future. Being the eldest brother and sister Lochan and Maya take care of the little ones and cover for their mother's incoherence to keep the family together. I absolutely hate their mother. She is a very ungrateful person. What kind of mother behaves with their children like this? No matter how much they didn't want children, I found her behavior absolutely unacceptable. 
 Lochan is the kind, caring brother who goes to angry and panicked easily. Maya is the calm sister who tackles down difficult situation calmly. Their love for each other bloomed because of their family problems. They shared household chores, took care of the kids like parents and discussed difficult situations like partners. They were siblings yet far more than that. When you share these type of circumstances with someone what do you think would happen? I'm not trying to justify what they did. What I'm saying is their situation is not normal, they had to go through a lot, yet they did their best to keep everyone together and happy. So let's not judge them. 
 I liked this book but I have a complaints. The love between Lochan and Maya seem sudden. Of course that developed for quite some time. I just didn't get to see that bloom. Maybe if I could see them open up a little more to each other at the beginning I would not have this complain. 
 Now, coming to the end. It was an okay story until it reached the end. I was going to give it 3* if it was not for the ending. The ending literally broke my heart. I am a very emotional person and I cry a lot. But the ending of this story is so very painful, I felt like changing the whole ending. This is a fiction. Why cannot there be a happy ending? What's the harm if we don't get the bite of reality? Maybe then it won't be as good as it is now. 
 In the end, I cannot help but add that I have read A Game of Thrones a few days ago. I cannot help but Lochan and Maya's relation to the Lannister sibling's. While the Lannister's incest feels like something pure evil, Lochan and Maya's relation seems innocent.