Please Don't Tell Review

Trigger Warning: Rape and suicide are discussed in this book.

Twins, Grace and Joy, are split apart by the actions of someone at a party. They aren't the way they used to be. Joy is getting blackmailed because she was caught on camera "killing" her sister's rapist. This is their story on how Joy deals with the blackmailer and how Grace deals with the effects of being raped.

These characters were raw. I felt so much for Grace and the mental damage that was done to her. You could see the changes in her character in the before and after. She became a different character emotionally. She was empty. She was depressed and she became suicidal. The author did not romanticize it. She showed a glimpse of what suicidal people actually think and go through when they try to take their life. It was powerful to read. Joy also had a dramatic character change and hers was a little more obvious than Grace's was, but it was also extremely intense. She felt it was her fault that she couldn't protect her sister against Adam and when she didn't know whether or not she killed him, it ate her up and just transformed her. I must add that I couldn't stand Preston and when Joy got around him, she acted so much more immature than when she was around someone else.

This is not an easy book to read and I can't imagine it was an easy book to write but I can say that the product was absolutely fantastic. It showed the effects of such a horrible crime and it displayed that some people don't believe that it's truly "rape" and I liked that she addressed it. It's not a fluffy book it was a book that needed to be written. I truly applaud this book and this author and I completely recommend it.

4.5/5 Stars