Emmy & Oliver
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Family / Marriage & Divorce
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Robin Benway
Emmy and Oliver were going to be best friends forever, or maybe even more, before their futures were ripped apart. In Emmy's soul, despite the space and time between them, their connection has never been severed. But is their story still written in the stars? Or are their hearts like the pieces of two different puzzles—impossible to fit together?Emmy just wants to be in charge of her own life. . . . She wants to stay out late, surf her favorite beach—go anywhere without her parents' relentless worrying. But Emmy's parents can't seem to let her grow up—not since the day Oliver disappeared.Oliver needs a moment to figure out his heart. . . . He'd thought, all these years, that his dad was the good guy. He never knew that it was his father who had kidnapped him and kept him on the run. Discovering it, and finding himself returned to his old hometown, all at once, has his heart racing, and his thoughts swirling.Readers who love Sarah Dessen will devour these pages with hearts in throats as Emmy and Oliver struggle to face the messy, confusing consequences of Oliver's father's crime. Full of romance, coming-of-age emotion, and heartache, these two equally compelling characters create an unforgettable story.
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Author
Robin Benway
Pages
352
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2015-06-23
ISBN
0062330594 9780062330598
Ratings
Google: 4
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"This is sooo quality. I don't really have more to say than that except it's really good.<br/><br/><spoiler>For the record, I don't think the father should have got locked up for 15 years. Not to say that what he did wasn't horrible. You'd have to be a psychopath to read a book about all the trauma kidnapping Oliver caused for Oliver himself, Oliver's mother, Oliver's mother's new family by extension, and even the whole community to a degree, and think that every day he didn't turn himself in (not to mention the action itself for starters) wasn't selfish and terrible and unfair. But I've always believed that prison is for people who continue to be dangers to society, and I don't believe that Oliver's father is currently dangerous. There's not much he can do anymore. </spoiler><br/><br/><spoiler>That being said, I really like the way this ended. I am so glad he turned himself in and took the decision out of Oliver's hands. Oliver did not deserve to feel guilty for this.</spoiler> Everything about this book's ending was just as satisfying as it could possibly be.<br/><br/>PS in the epilogue someone mentioned Fresno in passing and my mind immediately went to Monsters Vs Aliens and this happened recently enough (like a minute ago) that I can't resist mentioning it here. Like wtf my brain"
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Emily
"Now this was a genius idea for a book! I’ve never read anything like it."
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Carrot
"oh my god. that's the only thought going through my head rn. when I started this book, something was telling me that I would love it, I didn't expect to actually love it though"
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