A review by ivyreadstoomuch
Forget Your Morals by Sarah Blue

4.5

 I was in the exact right mood for this. A degenerate mood because wow was this messed up. They're adopted cousins. Let's get that out of the way. They were raised as cousins. And I looked up

Nevada law and you can be charged with a felony for marrying your cousin so is their marriage even valid? Who knows?

I think what I enjoyed most about the forbidden nature of the relationship was that they both found out at the same time. They were anonymously seeing each other at a sex club and when Penny alludes to Lincoln's pseudonym, they both freak out. Well, Lincoln freaks out less. I don't think I would've liked it if one found out earlier than the other and then continued to have sex with their cousin.

I felt the angst, the confusion, the incredulity that Penny and Linc both went through. I didn't mind the time skips to fit the timeline of the previous book which is normally something I hate. But here, if they didn't speak for a month, I was like, I get it. You're a cousin fucker. It's a lot to overcome. You're allowed some space. 
That familiarity led them both to open up to each other in a way they hadn't in previous relationships. They still weren't that close before, but by being around each other for so long, there was some sense of understanding of who they were. Penny always changed herself to fit her new partner and Lincoln just never opened up emotionally. He had never said I love you to anyone. Not even his girlfriend of two years who ended up being married with children the whole time. 
I liked Linc's brothers reactions. Gavin cracked me up. I'm sure Ben would too but Gavin had like 90% of the dialogue in scenes with both of them in it. All of them were initially like, "what the fuck are you doing, weirdos?" which-valid. But then they would say it makes sense, as long as you're happy.