A review by stephreviewsbooks
Oliver by Felicity Snow

4.0

This story is going to hurt, there is inevitably going to be an eruption from all the emotion and build up. It's a morally-grey book and you can feel there isn't any outcome that someone won't get hurt but hearts take over head and consequences be dammed. Hunter is younger, but has a dominating role and sees how Oliver responds when he's told what to do and praised when he does well. Despite living his life around orders, he reacts to Hunter. Lots of edging, that spans hours, with rules for Oliver to follow if he wants to earn permission to come. It's like reading the honeymoon period, knowing that there is a ticking clock, a month is never going to be long enough, but nothing can and ever will be the same. Hunter is the one who risks losing everything and that shows how much he loves Oliver, enough risking everything for. Oliver may lose his parents, once secrets are revealed, but they lost him themselves. I have to give credit to Amanda. What a dignified, outstanding woman. She lost two men she loved and the pain must have been incredible. She showed the world why, if you love them, you should let them go. The epilogue was most welcome to show us that the equilibrium had returned and how time is a healer. This isn't a book about being unfaithful, it is of a much higher standing. It is about oneself, by not being able to be free to be yourself, you risk bringing others down too. This book will no doubt have very divided reviews, and rightly so. It pushes boundaries and loyalty and it will very much depend on the readers own personal journey. For me, I see love; how can you want a woman to be used as a convenience, the pain they all went through gave each one of them freedom. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.