Title: The Seventh Taboo

Author: Yvonne Eve Walus

Genre: Futuristic

Page Length: 26 pages

Publisher: The Wild Rose Press

 Review:

 It is a new time, a new world, and the clone is a part of it all now.  A bureau has been set up to regulate clones, their originals, and to facilitate their assimilation into society.  ‘The Bureau’, as it is known, controls the experiments, the lives, and the existence of its employees, their clones, and their living and housing arrangements.  They have gone as far as installing Monitors with the employees and clones, situations which have brought about some resentment, and some longing in the participants to meet and greet the other halves of themselves, and to break the rules.   And so it is that Lorri-Ann finds herself in the position to do just that for Jade, and for herself.  It is a forbidden thing for clones and their originals to socialize, yet there is a gaming place where the virtual reality was real, and so Lorri-Ann escaped her Monitor, and headed out to play Fiasco, a game in which you work toward the illusion of finding your clone.  It is a great way to give one the illusion of breaking the seventh taboo.

It was frowned upon for Bureau employees to go out and about, most things done through Virtual Reality on computers, but playing Fiasco was a wholly different experience.  This time, however, Lorri-Ann meets Jade, and instantly they click.  The game doesn’t reveal true results, but it is a wishing and therefore frowned upon, but Jade is a distraction to Lorri-Ann, and when he wins, he claims a forfeit.  Since Lorri-Ann works in the Bureau, and is fairly well situated within it, she offers to find Jade’s clone for him.  But what they discover rocks both their worlds.  The attraction Jade and Lorri-Ann experience is taboo, the feelings they have can come to naught, but Lorri-Ann invites Jade and his Monitor over for lunch, and tells her own Monitor she has decided to socialize more, making Monitor suspicious of her motives.  The more she gets to know Jade, and the more she is restricted, the more determined she is to find out the truth of herself and about Jade.

What will come of this meeting?  What will happen to Jade and Lorri-Ann?  Will they find their clones or will they discover this was meant to be?  Will their search bring about good results or will they wish they never began?  These are all questions Yvonne Eve Walus answers in an exciting little short called The Seventh Taboo, available from the Wild Rose Press.  Miss Walus is good at her character development, and her insight in to what will make them memorable is quite exceptional.  The circumstances in which she places her hero and heroine are always unique, and makes for an excellent read.  In the case of The Seventh Taboo, Ms Walus has created a world and a situation where there is danger around every corner when one attempts to break the rules.  For Lorri-Ann and Jade, breaking The Seventh Taboo can lead them into trouble, and may give them knowledge they may not necessarily want.

This is a book I did enjoy, but my own personal enjoyment would have been greater if it was not written in first person.  That aside, it is a short book I highly recommend for those liking their stories with a futuristic bent.  Ms Walus has talent, and The Seventh Taboo is a definitive example of that because she leaves the readers with questions unanswered, and room for an imagination to continue an already completed story line.  I have read several books by Ms Walus, and have not been disappointed in any of them, so head on over to The Wild Rose Press and purchase a copy of The Seventh Taboo, and see exactly how Lorri-Ann and Jade make out in their quest.

Yours in good reading,

Rose!~