FORBIDDEN grabs you from the start and doesn't let go. The writing duo of James and James has created a great ensemble of likable characters. From Claire, the teenager who begins having psychic visions of the future, but has no idea why, to Alec MacKenzie, an angelic watcher who is sick of his job and goes into hiding as a teenage boy.

Alec decides that high school life is where he wants to be, an easy place to fit in and actually act like a teenager. The first day, he meets Claire and her friends, Erica and Brian. Alec is immediately drawn to Claire and while she acknowledges that he is indeed good looking, she can't seem to get over Neil, who she's been pining after for years.

Alec is so hot and cold; he doesn't want to like Claire, but can't help it. He doesn't want Claire to like him, but puts himself in a position where she will. Their mutual attraction is so evident, you'll be screaming - hook up already!

Alec does what he can to spend time with Claire, going so far as to entering them in a signing contest. Alec suggests they practice at his apartment, you know, because he has no parents. Claire of course says yes. Sparks fly and when she says the absolute best line in the book, "Just kiss me, you idiot," Claire receives more than she bargained for.

Seems Claire's visions are ignited by touch and she learns exactly who Alec is in that moment.

Now that Alec knows who Claire is, he must protect her from The Elders - seems they don't want Claire to exist and he knows that their love is forbidden. Trouble looms around every corner and life becomes a tale of who to trust and who to fear.

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Review by Heidi Bennett