Driven

MB Mulhall

As an eighteen-year-old ex-con living on the streets, Oliver doesn’t have it easy. Don’t show weakness and survive to repent are the daily mottoes he lives by.

A chance encounter with a clumsy older lady leads him to temporary room and board in exchange for being the errand boy for spinster twins in a fairy-tale home—much to the dismay of their concerned neighbor Simon.

Inside, Oliver fights a battle between staying and going. The guilt of a horrible accident eats away at him, keeping him from getting too close to anyone, even when sparks start to ignite a heart he long thought broken.

Will Oliver get over the past and allow himself a chance at a happiness, love, and better life? Or will the blackness in his soul take over and demand he pay the ultimate price for his crimes?

Cover Artist: Anna Sikorska

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- Good book. Give it a chance
- By Diverse Reader
  on Mar 7, 2017 06:03
- Reviewed by Erin for Diverse Reader
  
  It's always an interesting experience when I read a book by a new to me author. I read the blurb for M.B. Mulhall's new book, Driven and was immediately intrigued. I am a huge lover of YA books, and Harmony Ink Press always puts out top notch books, so I was definitely looking forward to reading this one. I liked this book, unfortunately I didn't love it, but that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of good things going on here.
  
  Oliver and Simon were likable characters. I was really invested in Oliver's struggles to start over again once he was released from prison. Homeless and without a family, he's all alone. Obviously, he's pretty broken and he really tugged at my heartstrings with all he's been through. The amount of guilt this poor guy has to carry around with him was just awful and it was hard to read about him struggling so much. Enter Simon. There wasn't a whole lot of back story given about him so it was a little difficult to get a clear picture of him.
  
  This book was a pretty easy read, even if I wasn't fully engaged in the characters. Like I said I liked them, just wasn't in love with them. The writing is done well and the pacing makes it so the story doesn't drag. There is next to no steam in this book, which I don't mind in the least, however it made it so the connection between Oliver and Simon fell a bit flat. I think there was a bit too much page time spent on Oliver wallowing in his guilt to ever really get to the romance between Oliver and Simon. All in all, this was a good book and I hope you give it a chance.

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