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"You’re not supposed to want the one who torments you. When my
stepbrother, Elec, came to live with us my senior year, I wasn’t prepared for
how much of a jerk he’d be. I hated that he took it out on me because he didn’t
want to be here. I hated that he brought girls from our high school back to him
room. But what I hated the most was the unwanted way my body reacted to him. At
first, I thought all he had going for him were his rock-hard tattooed abs and
chiseled face. But things started changing between us, and it all came to a
head one night. Then, just as quickly as he’d come into my life, he was gone
back to California. It had been years since I’d seen Elec. When tragedy struck
our family, I’d have to face him again. And holy hell, the teenager who made me
crazy was now a man that drove me insane. I had a feeling my heart was about to
get broken again”
Stepbrother Dearest, by Penelope Ward, was…dirtier than I
expected it to be. In the beginning of the book I thought that might be what
would stand out the most from this novel, but I was definitely very wrong. The
love story in this book, as well as the pain and hardship Elec and Greta had to
go through, were beautiful. I have to give this book a 4.5. It was so funny,
and sad, and moving. Elec’s books (the ones he wrote) were a really fantastic
addition to this story, and a great way to give us more background into his
life. The puns in this book, between Greta and Elec, were absolutely one of my
favorite parts. They were just so casually and perfectly thrown in there you
wouldn’t notice if your mind wasn’t already in the gutter (or you were someone
who maybe finds ridiculous amounts of joy in terrible puns). I wish I could
have read about Greta meeting Elec’s mom, and I am very hoping there will be
another book where these characters all pop up in it.
If you mix up the letters in Stepbrother Dearest you get a
seriously great read (obviously not really, but I am not trying to find an anagram
right now).
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