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I met the devil when I was fourteen years old.

Just a kid himself, he was hellbent on making me miserable.

By fifteen I hated him.

When I was sixteen, I moved as far away as I could.

Since I’ve left, my life has been simple—peaceful and still.

I had no intention of ever returning to Skull Creek.

Until tragedy struck and I was called back.

It’s been two years since I saw my step-brother.

I hoped he had changed.

But the devil is still the same.

He’s arrogant and ruthless.

Rules the town with an iron fist.

Where he walks, crowds part.

Now his blame is set on me, along with his dark orbs of hate.

It’s time to show him I’m not the same girl I was back then.

If he pushes, I’ll push harder.

Where I bend, he will break.

As long as he doesn’t find my weakness, I can survive this.

Even if my weakness has become the devil himself.

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From the first moment they met Blaise made Penny’s life hell because they were now stepbrother and sister.
In the beginning of the book, I wasn’t a fan of Blaise because he was just treating Penny so horribly and even got the whole school to hate her. Blaise is pissed that his mom left and married another woman, Penny’s life gets rocked and she escape’s Skull Creek but due to a family emergency she must head back home its only a weekend how bad can it be?
When she returns home, she is determined to prove to her bullies that she’s not the same as she was back then. I loved seeing her growth though the book and getting her confidence back and Blaise getting to his senses to realize how he felt about Penny.
This was a book was intense packed with twists and turns that are filled with love, hate and so much more.

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