History Literature / Forbidden2010

* ForbiddenLove: Incest is still illegal in America and many other places in the world, so naturally this applies.

* BigManOnCampus: Maya initially thinks Nico [=DiMarco=] is hot, but full of himself. When they got on a date she realizes he's actually a much nicer guy than he thought, and that being popular doesn't automatically make him an asshole.

* BigManOnCampus: Nico [=DiMarco=]

%%* NiceGirl: Maya, Willa, and Miss Azley.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Lochan and Maya love their siblings dearly, but admit that they can be quite annoying as well. Kit moreso than Tiffin and Willa.

%%* BigManOnCampus: Nico [=DiMarco=]

%%* CoolTeacher: Downplayed, but Miss Azley.

* DanceOfRomance: First homework, which leads to procrastinating/taking-a-break, which leads to salsa dancing, and then the song the radio plays after the salsa is a slow, crooning one. Dance of Romance ensues.

%%* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Maya, after Lochan's death.]]

%%* HormoneAddledTeenager: Maya's friend Francie.

%%* {{Protectorate}}s: Kit, Tiffin, and Willa to Lochan and Maya.

[[caption-width-right:300:Though it's a ContemptibleCover, that really doesn't do the book justice.]]

* AngerBornOfWorry: Kit illicits this response from Maya and Lochan in general. The time he comes home at 3 am is a particularly noteworthy example.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: {{Reconstructed|Trope}}. There's no doubt Lochan and Maya's behavior--matter-of-factly putting aside their own needs to raise their siblings and giving up on their own mother--is worrying for a pair of 16/17-year-olds. However it's generally portrayed in a positive light and the best thing they can do in their situation. They do a pretty good job of raising the kids and holding the family together [[spoiler:until their mother discovers their relationship.]]

* FirstKiss: For both Lochan and Maya, after the AnguishedDeclarationOfLove.

%%* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler:They were doomed from the beginning. The Amazon blurb even said so.]]

%%* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Lochan commits suicide while under arrest to prevent Maya from going to jail. Maya seriously considers it after his death but ultimately decides not to.]]

%%* HerHeartWillGoOn: [[spoiler:Maya promises to at least try to do this. Whether she'll ever truly recover from Lochan's death and move on is ambiguous.]]
%%-->[[spoiler:'''Maya''': Okay, I'll try. That's all I can promise you right now, Lochie, but I'll try.]]

%%* RayOfHopeEnding: [[spoiler:Lochan claims he raped Maya and commits suicide to stop her from getting tried for incest and prevent the family from being taken into Care, leaving Maya grief-stricken. However, she decides to keep on living for him, and keep the family together so his sacrifice isn't in vain.]]

* AffectionateNickname: The family calls Lochan "Loch" and "Lochie" sometimes. It's ''not'' ok when a policeman calls him that.

-->[[spoiler:'''Maya''': Okay, I’ll try. That’s all I can promise you right now, Lochie, but I’ll try.]]

* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide: Lochan commits suicide while under arrest to prevent Maya from going to jail. Maya seriously considers it after his death but ultimately decides not to.]]

* [[spoiler:FalseRapeAccusation: When everything is falling apart, Lochan instructs Maya to say that he raped her--absolving her of any guilt, and thus protecting her, with the assurance that as long as she doesn't actually press charges he'll be released (which he knows is untrue because she is underage and their mother will press charges). Her realising this and refusing to send him to prison prompts Lochan to remove her motivation to protect him by killing himself.]]

* [[spoiler:HerHeartWillGoOn: Maya promises to at least try to do this. Whether she'll ever truly recover from Lochan's death and move on is ambiguous.]]

* [[spoiler:HopeSpot: In the last part of the book, the family are happier and more settled than they've ever been, Kit's finally behaving, Lochan's anxiety is improving, and Lochan and Maya seem to have found peace together. Then their mother discovers their relationship and everything falls apart.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Both Lochan and Maya have this reaction at various stages when they think about the harm they could do to their family and each other. [[spoiler:Kit has a major one after he, in a moment of misdirected anger, tells their mother about the relationship and she calls the police]].

* [[spoiler:PerpWalk: Kit comes home just in time to see Lochan taken away. Neighbours come out to watch too.]]

* [[spoiler:RayOfHopeEnding: Lochan claims he raped Maya and commits suicide to stop her from getting tried for incest and prevent the family from being taken into Care, leaving Maya grief-stricken. However, she decides to keep on living for him, and keep the family together so his sacrifice isn't in vain.]]

* [[spoiler:StarCrossedLovers: They were doomed from the beginning. The Amazon blurb even said so.]]

* BigManOnCampus: Nico [=DiMarco=]

* CoolTeacher: Downplayed, but Miss Azley.
* TheCutie: Willa.

* {{Delinquents}}: Kit and his friends

* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Maya, after Lochan's death.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Lochan, in the end]]

* HormoneAddledTeenager: Maya's friend Francie.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Willa of course, but also Maya.

* {{Keet}}: Tiffin

* MockingSingSong

* NiceGirl: Maya, Willa, and Miss Azley.

* {{Protectorate}}s: Kit, Tiffin, and Willa to Lochan and Maya.

* SociallyAwkwardHero: Lochan.

* ConvenientSlowDance[=/=]DanceOfRomance: First homework, which leads to procrastinating/taking-a-break, which leads to salsa dancing, and then the song the radio plays after the salsa is a slow, crooning one. DanceOfRomance ensues.

* DisappearedDad: Their father moved to Australia with his new wife 5 years ago.

** EnforcedTrope--the editors wanted the relationship to be more romantic and less sexual, but they're unsupervised teenagers, so…