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|title=This Is Not Forgiveness

|author=Celia Rees

|reviewer=Jill Murphy

|buy=Yes

|borrow=Yes

|pages=288

|publisher=Bloomsbury

|date=February 2012

|isbn=1408817691

|video=vTD1w7nKYD0

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Jamie falls hook, line and sinker for Caro the moment he runs into her at the Rendez. He knows she's bad news. ''Everyone'' knows she's bad news. But he just can't help himself. Caro is strong, vital, secretive and beautiful and Jamie is a moth to her flame. He suspects there's someone else in her life but it doesn't make a difference. No matter what everyone else thinks, what his sister Martha says, Caro is not like any other girl Jamie knows. She's worth any risk, despite the disappearances, despite the odd tattoos and scars from self-harm. And there's also Rob. Back from Afghanistan with a shattered leg, Jamie's older brother is descending into a world of drink and drugs. He just can't fit back into small town life. Jamie wants to help him, but Rob is too unpredictable and unstable to reach.

Over the course of one summer, these three will come together in a way that will shatter lives forever...

We know that things don't end well right from the first chapter, we just don't know exactly how they'll end and what series of events and connections will direct the journey taken by each of the three narrators. It's the story of a love triangle, but it's also much more than that. It's about politics and war. About family relationships. About jealousy and revenge. About PTSD. About being satisfied with what you have and about the desire for what you can't have.

I think you'd also like [[Naked by Kevin Brooks]], which also has a love triangle involving two boys and one girl and also touches on terrorism. You could also look at [[Sara's Face by Melvin Burgess]] which is told in a true-crime, reportage style and takes a chilling look at our obsessions with fame and image.

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