Started expecting it to be a contemporary romance book, ended up reading bdsm erotica...

I myself have read some of the known banned books. Most of them were banned during their heydays and are now accepted and circulating.

The Secret We’re Keeping is an emotional and heart-breaking tale of forbidden love.

This book is about a relationship that develops between a teacher and one of his fifteen year old pupils. Before reading it, I was a little cautious about it. There are so many potential things that could have made me dislike this book, but almost instantly I fell in love with this story.

I loved the style it was written in, the way it moved back and forth between the 1990s and present day, filling the reader in on what happened back then, and how that impacted on the two main characters over the years. Which leads me onto those characters. What great characters, very likeable and well-developed. It was impossible not to get emotionally involved in their lives, both past and present.

I couldn’t put this book down, didn’t want it to end, and oh my goodness, my heart and mind still haven’t quite worked out what to do with the ending. Such an emotional roller coaster that even brought tears to my eyes on more than one occasion.

If you enjoy character driven novels about controversial romance, with some suspense and a lot of emotion, then this is probably the book for you.

I would like to thank the publisher, Penguin UK (Michael Joseph) for allowing me a copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

There is a scene where the main character meets an alien. I am not going to tell you what the alien looks like. To me that is a spoiler. My main reason for wanting to read alien books is the way the author tells the fantasy side of the book. This author does a wonderful job of bringing the scene alive. It is such a wonderful part of the book that I feel like I had watched it on a theater screen. I had one point in the book where I was a little confused, but everything has came together. I didn't expect to like this book as much as I do This author has a wonderful imagination. He has done a wonderful job of redeeming himself after what I encountered in the book before the story had even started. I have taken too much time away from the book. Ready. Set. READ!

This is getting really interesting. It's a fun read. Except for that one wonky sentence, I am REALLY enjoying this.

P.S. The author did have an editor. He sent me another message.