Strait is the Gate I found this book to be entirely engaging and pretty devastating, especially at the end. We meet Jerome, a young man from a Parisian family who family troubles lead him to becoming increasingly more connected with his extended family. This brings him into contact with his cousin Alissa. The two fall in love with each other, but cannot discuss or talk about it. But the reasons they can’t aren’t entirely because of their family connections but more so because of their […]