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duchessrin 's review for:
Stepbrother Dearest
by Penelope Ward
★★★☆☆
“Actually, there’s a big difference. You’re the only girl in the entire world that’s forbidden, and fuck me if that doesn’t make me want you more than anything.”
I actually liked the story. I always had a penchant for almost incestuous stories.
Greta as a character grew close to me and all of her words were heart-wrenching. I even remember crying for her when she found out that Elec had a girlfriend. I could feel her pain here on the other side and that was rare for me.
I somewhat found myself wanting to strangle Elec. For playing with two women's hearts. For being an indecisive jackass. For letting Greta hope. For Greta's seven-year heartbreak. For not giving her closure.
The story kept a very nice pace and there was no dull moment for me. In the first half, that is.
But I intensely disliked the part where Elec sent Greta a story where everything that happened was narrated in his POV. It was as if I was reading a novella inside a novel and that didn't bode well with me.
Also, Elec's break up with his girlfriend was marginalized. I mean, he was about to propose to her, for fuck's sake. I was expecting something more from that but no, everything went fine and they still lived happily ever after.
Don't get me wrong, I don't hate happy endings. However, Elec's supposed to be fiancee was really nice and I was pretty sure what he did hurt her so much. And technically, he was cheating on her when he admitted that he loved them both. (And infidelity is something I loathe.) I felt that they, Greta and Elec, should pay for the heartbreak they caused and I wanted them to have a hard time getting back together but then they did. Easily. And I was disappointed about it.
“Actually, there’s a big difference. You’re the only girl in the entire world that’s forbidden, and fuck me if that doesn’t make me want you more than anything.”
I actually liked the story. I always had a penchant for almost incestuous stories.
Greta as a character grew close to me and all of her words were heart-wrenching. I even remember crying for her when she found out that Elec had a girlfriend. I could feel her pain here on the other side and that was rare for me.
I somewhat found myself wanting to strangle Elec. For playing with two women's hearts. For being an indecisive jackass. For letting Greta hope. For Greta's seven-year heartbreak. For not giving her closure.
The story kept a very nice pace and there was no dull moment for me. In the first half, that is.
But I intensely disliked the part where Elec sent Greta a story where everything that happened was narrated in his POV. It was as if I was reading a novella inside a novel and that didn't bode well with me.
Also, Elec's break up with his girlfriend was marginalized. I mean, he was about to propose to her, for fuck's sake. I was expecting something more from that but no, everything went fine and they still lived happily ever after.
Don't get me wrong, I don't hate happy endings. However, Elec's supposed to be fiancee was really nice and I was pretty sure what he did hurt her so much. And technically, he was cheating on her when he admitted that he loved them both. (And infidelity is something I loathe.) I felt that they, Greta and Elec, should pay for the heartbreak they caused and I wanted them to have a hard time getting back together but then they did. Easily. And I was disappointed about it.