Ultimatum by KM Walton
Oscar and Vance are brothers, but they couldn't be more different if they tried. Oscar is into Mozart and art, while Vance is into reggae and lacrosse. Oscar looks like their dad, but is more like their mother, and Vance looks more like their mother and acts like their dad. In short, they don't get along very well because they don't understand each other and where they are coming from.
They lost their mother in a car accident three years ago, and now their father is in hospice because he has basically drunk himself to dead. They're kids, and they have to figure out each other, as well as life after losing their parents.
This is told in two perspectives. Oscar tells his in the present, while Vance tells his in the past working toward the present. This is handy because you can see the progression and the catalysts for why and how things have ended up this way.
In a lot of ways, this doesn't live up to the standards set by Walton's first book, but in a lot of ways it surpasses it too. Definitely worth the read.
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