Imagine that your best friend, the boy next door, has disappeared, only to return years later, all grown up. Emmy & Oliver is the story of two friends who have to relearn what their friendship means after growing up together and then growing apart. I had started the sample of this novel on my Kindle, and then had a long car ride, so I dowloaded the audiobook from Audible. I think I’ve re-listened at least three times! This is one of my all-time favorites and I find something new in the characters and story every time I re-read it.
“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.” -Amazon
