There are other certain things that were not able to be explained more fully due to the short length of the book and that really hindered the storytelling. Had the author tried to lengthen the relationship from a day or two to a week or more then the intense attraction would be more believable and would have you rooting for it more intensely than the length allows for here. Josie madly in love with Eli and absolutely pining for him by the end does not seem probable given their short acquaintance with very few interactions. The fact that it is crammed into such a short time frame makes certain things hard to swallow.
The whole book takes place over two days time with one short chapter told by Josie a year later. But why? When it is revealed there is quite a large let down, but the story is still fascinating and could be great. Josie does begin to pine for him and eventually is madly in love with him, but it is made clear to her that he is forbidden. At about the halfway point you discover the secret of the town and Josie’s relatives, but Eli’s role is still a mystery. It is a quick read that you will not want to put down. Once, you realize there are secrets to be found out then the book becomes an absolute page turner. After speaking with him as well as his grandmother Josie comes to realize there are a few secrets being harbored by her aunt and uncle, the people who inhabit the town nearby as well as by Eli. I enjoyed how she was not immediately taken by him, but rather thought he was rough around the edges and less refined than she was used to. It was made even more captivating when a mysterious teenage boy, Eli Stuart, was introduced to Josie. The story of the mistreated teenage orphan who must endure absolute misery at the hands of relatives is one that survives the test of time. It was easy to be drawn into the story from the beginning strictly because of Josie’s plight. Instead, they made it clear they were merely going to tolerate her presence for the next two years just so they could cash in on the monthly stipend they were being provided from her inheritance. Immediately, it was clear they were not going to be the warm and welcoming relatives that Josie was hoping for. After the death of her parents she was sent from Edinburgh to the north coast of Scotland to live with her uncle Caleb and her aunt Minnie whom she had never met. “Forbidden” is set in 1807 in Scotland and is the story of Josie Ferguson who is a 16 year old orphan.
She provides a short afterword in the end of the novel that explains her sources, but it is so short that it leaves plenty to be desired by way of explanation. I really wanted to like “Forbidden” by Eve Bunting because the story is quite intriguing and her source for the material, which come from Scottish myths and legends, is really fascinating, but overall I did not like it as much as I had hoped I would.
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