StepBrother Dearest By: Penelope Ward

(N) I absolutely loved this book and could not put it down. I kept wanting to know what happened next at the end of every chapter and kept on reading even when I probably should have been trying to fall asleep instead.
         When Greta's stepbrother comes to live with her mother and stepfather he isn't anything like she expected. Even so Greta tries to become friends with Elec and get to know him but he wants nothing to do with her and makes it a point to torment her every chance he can get. But that doesn't mean that Elec's all bad he does have his moments with Greta where the two could actually be considered friends and close. But every time that the two do start to get close Elec pushes her away. Just when Elec starts to feel at home he gets some unexpected news that has him going back home to California but before he does one night between him and Greta changes them both.
       Years later after heading back to California Greta and Elec finally see each other again after tragedy strikes the family. Elec has changed a lot in the seven years since Greta has seen him and he's only gotten better. Greta had her heart broken once before over Elec and now it seems as though it is about to happen all over again.
      This book is told in two parts: part 1 is when Greta and Elec are seventeen years old and part 2 is a flash forward of seven years later when the two reunite. I would recommend this book to anyone and once you begin reading you will not want to put it down. This book has so many great reviews and once you begin reading it you will see why.