A review by rennegade
Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway
5.0
I started this one right after finishing [b:Far from the Tree|33830437|Far from the Tree|Robin Benway|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1501680687s/33830437.jpg|54757933] , and I enjoyed it just as much!
The cover is a bit misleading to me. Without reading a synopsis, it looks like a cutesy YA romance. While there was some romance, and it was actually really cute, the book was much more than that. I loved the friendship between all of the characters. The author did a great job of showing the grey with non-custodial kidnapping. Once Oliver was returned, it was expected that he would hate his father and assist in any way possible to bring justice, but things were a bit more complicated than that after being raised by him for 10 years.
Emmy's parents drove me nuts, but I can understand how the fear and trauma of a local kidnapping could turn parents into the overprotective nightmares that they became.
Overall, it was a great story with a sweet ending that left me sad that my library doesn't have any more of her e-books available. I am going to look elsewhere, because I now want to read everything she has.
The cover is a bit misleading to me. Without reading a synopsis, it looks like a cutesy YA romance. While there was some romance, and it was actually really cute, the book was much more than that. I loved the friendship between all of the characters. The author did a great job of showing the grey with non-custodial kidnapping. Once Oliver was returned, it was expected that he would hate his father and assist in any way possible to bring justice, but things were a bit more complicated than that after being raised by him for 10 years.
Emmy's parents drove me nuts, but I can understand how the fear and trauma of a local kidnapping could turn parents into the overprotective nightmares that they became.
Overall, it was a great story with a sweet ending that left me sad that my library doesn't have any more of her e-books available. I am going to look elsewhere, because I now want to read everything she has.