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A review by christyduke_5117
What You Own by A.M. Arthur
4.0
Having read this author's ‘Perspectives’ series and loving each book, it stood to reason that I would be curious (extremely nosy) and go perusing (flipping pages faster than the speed of light) her backlist. I wasn't very far into ‘What You Own’ when a phrase, a look… something made me think of ‘Dead Poets Society’ with Robin Williams, where the young man who took such joy in playing Puck was discovered by his father, and the look on that kid’s face. Well, part of me really couldn't wait to find out what really happened three years ago in Adam and Ryan’s lives.
It became apparent very quickly that I was going to empathize with both Adam and Ryan. Adam has spent his entire life, just as his mother did, conforming to his bigoted father's expectations. It's why Adam quit theater group his senior year in high school, one week before the production was set to premiere. It's why Adam allowed his father to place all of the blame on Ryan’s head when Ryan got outed at school, resulting in Adam and Ryan getting bashed and being hospitalized. It's why Adam walked away from his best friend, his other half, the person he might have been in love with, but they never got the chance to find out. Meanwhile, Ryan has never known some of this history, only that he lost his best friend. Wait, scratch that, his best friend, the guy he loved, turned his back on him and walked away.
Please find my full review at Rainbow Book Reviews
It became apparent very quickly that I was going to empathize with both Adam and Ryan. Adam has spent his entire life, just as his mother did, conforming to his bigoted father's expectations. It's why Adam quit theater group his senior year in high school, one week before the production was set to premiere. It's why Adam allowed his father to place all of the blame on Ryan’s head when Ryan got outed at school, resulting in Adam and Ryan getting bashed and being hospitalized. It's why Adam walked away from his best friend, his other half, the person he might have been in love with, but they never got the chance to find out. Meanwhile, Ryan has never known some of this history, only that he lost his best friend. Wait, scratch that, his best friend, the guy he loved, turned his back on him and walked away.
Please find my full review at Rainbow Book Reviews