Title: Dead to You
Author: Lisa McMann
Publication: February 7, 2012
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Source: Library
Genre: Young Adult
Audience: 14 and up
Summary
Ethan was abducted from his front yard when he was just seven years old. Now, at sixteen, he has returned to his family. It's a miracle... at first. Then the tensions start to build. His reintroduction to his old life isn't going smoothly, and his family is tearing apart all over again. If only Ethan could remember something, anything, about his life before, he'd be able to put the pieces back together. But there's something that keeping his memory blocked. Something unspeakable...
My Thoughts: I decided to read this story because I read Lisa McMann's Wake Trillogy and loved it. I thought, Lisa McMann is an awesome author so this book is going to be great. I was so right. This is a powerful and shocking story. I was drawn into Ethan's story. Ethan's parents and his sister embraced him with open arms. On the other hand, Blake, Ethan's brother, appeared to hate him. The entire time I was reading this I found myself cheering for Ethan to remember something about his past so that his relationship with his brother could begin to develop. Blake went out of his way to make things hard for Ethan; from ignoring him, deliberately picking fights, to claiming that Ethan is not the real Ethan. Ethan's parents are overprotective and want to know where he is every second of the day. I was so excited when Ethan and Cami, childhood best-friend, reconnect and become love interest. Ethan's relationship with his sister Gracie is just precious and everything I would expect a relationship between a big brother and little sister to be like. The ending was shocking. I didn't want things to end like they did. I was faced with so many emotions and find myself trying to figure ways to change things for this family. I hope there is another book for this as I have a lot of questions.
