Bruiser by Neal Shusterman

If you could take away the pain of someone you care for, would you? What if taking away that pain means you have suffer that pain for them?

Tennyson is not happy that his sister, Bronte's, new boyfriend is the Bruiser aka Brewster Rawlins. The fact that he was voted Most Likely to Get the Death Penalty is not lost on him. Bronte starts out seeing Brewster as a "project" or just another thing to fix but once she really gets to know him she finds there is much more than meets the eye.

Brewster has spent his entire life avoiding people. Uncle Hoyt told him this was the only way he'd ever make it in the world. Now that he's dating Bronte, he's beginning to think his uncle was right. Brewster is special, but this ability comes with a price.

How much is Brewster willing to pay to finally have friends and people he cares about? And is this price too much to pay? Read the book and find out!