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Stepbrother Dearest
by Penelope Ward
Penelope Ward has officially become a one-click author. There is not a single book of hers that I haven't absolutely loved. I finished Neighbor Dearest last week and quickly found out that there are a few characters in this that corresponds with ND and also Roommate. I LOVE that she intertwines these characters but each book is a complete stand alone! She's GENIUS! I was so curious about Greta and Elec from reading ND that I was super excited to get to read this immediately.
Both of these characters are pretty complex, and I LOVE that! They have so many layers to them and as you read you get to peel them back slowly. At first Greta is so innocent, but then you get to hear these thoughts of hers and you have to laugh at just how not innocent she things. And Elec, he's so unique and he tries so hard to be a hardass, but we get to slowly see the real Elec.
And their story together, it's that forbidden fruit that really draws you in. It's like a train wreck or a natural disaster that you can't help but watch. You want to turn away, but you can't. We know there is this amazing story starting to build, but somewhere there has to be a downfall. Unlike some of her other work, this one tends to be a little more on the sad side. There are many ups and downs versus are larger crescendo to the doom that you know is going to happen. But, the best part, their feelings for each other never change throughout the whole book. Each of them does what they think is best at the time, and they don't let it over power them and they don't forget.
Both of these characters are pretty complex, and I LOVE that! They have so many layers to them and as you read you get to peel them back slowly. At first Greta is so innocent, but then you get to hear these thoughts of hers and you have to laugh at just how not innocent she things. And Elec, he's so unique and he tries so hard to be a hardass, but we get to slowly see the real Elec.
And their story together, it's that forbidden fruit that really draws you in. It's like a train wreck or a natural disaster that you can't help but watch. You want to turn away, but you can't. We know there is this amazing story starting to build, but somewhere there has to be a downfall. Unlike some of her other work, this one tends to be a little more on the sad side. There are many ups and downs versus are larger crescendo to the doom that you know is going to happen. But, the best part, their feelings for each other never change throughout the whole book. Each of them does what they think is best at the time, and they don't let it over power them and they don't forget.