Review: Oliva & Greyson
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 25, 2014
Pieces of Us was an emotionally charged read that left me drained as it enveloped me in pain, angst, regret, loss, love, raw passion and yearning for Oliva and Greyson to finally get their hea. These two stubborn lovers just belonged together. Olivia had made so many mistakes with Greyson, coming to understand what she truly shared with Greyson dawned on her too late, leading them both on the path to unbearable suffering, regret and a constant turmoil of emotions as they tried to fight off their attraction, get over one another, and move on with their lives facing the forced conditions they placed on themselves and their future. Greyson's love for Olivia never faltered no matter how much he said he hated her or tried to get her out of his system, he breathed for her and lived for her, whilst Olivia took longer to finally accept that Greyson was the only man for her. I loved Greyson because he was so in love with Olivia, after everything she put him through, his primal need for her, his possessiveness, the way he treated her with disdain as he spewed hateful words at her, but he still took what he claimed to be his, all tugged at my heart because the guy was broken, miserable, sexy and passionate as hell. There were so many seriously hot scenes between Oliva and Greyson in Pieces of Us that I had to fan myself down, the excitement kept bubbling to the surface to see how the story unfolded. I loved Liam and I really felt for the sexy Aussie, Jet was his usual brilliant self pulling at Greyson's weakness lol! This was such a beautiful romantic angst love story by Pamela Ann, I adored her writing style as her characters and words just captured my love for them. I gave this a four star rating and not a five for a few reasons even though I loved it, as I felt that if this was supposed to be the conclusion to this duet it was a big let down, because it left the reader with so many unanswered questions and lack of explosive confrontations, which would have brought the rating to five star for me. One, it didn't uncover the truth whether Olivia's father was gay or not, which was a big factor in Olivia's decision in breaking up with Greyson in book one, as Edith threatened Olivia to spread rumours and showed her a grainy photo which resembled her father if she didn't leave Greyson. The fact that Edith's behaviour and manipulation was never confronted by either Olivia or Greyson was a further insult, why build the reader up to this from the first book only to be still left clueless and now angry. I agreed with another reviewer that the happy moments together were too few, and overshadowed by angst, as a reader I craved for those happy moments and I just got more anxious and filled with dread as the remaining pages showed so proudly on my kindle, making me feel robbed. I really wanted to see how Greyson's friends behaved around them as a couple, especially Jet as he'd witnessed his friend's pain and always had their back. The hea was no great reveal into their future in fact it just left me unsatisfied with a no that seriously can't be the end, when their journey had only just began argh! I would love to read more on Olivia and Greyson as this has been one of my favourite 2014 and first reads by Pamela Ann, not to mention future book requests please, on Liam and Jet as they were also amazing alpha men who deserve some of their own attention as well! I am left feeling the full effects of book hangover and not sure which new book can cure this after reading Pieces of Us, especially with it still tugging at my heart and not wanting to let the characters go without a better conclusion to their story and hea!