Title: Something in the Way
Author: Jessica Hawkins
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Cover Design: RBA Designs : Romantic Book Affairs
Photography: Perrywinkle Photography
Photography: Perrywinkle Photography
Release Date: February 27, 2017
It was a hot summer day when I met him on the construction site next to my parents’ house. Under the sweat and dirt, Manning Sutter was as handsome as the sun was bright. He was older, darker, experienced. I wore a smiley-face t-shirt and had never even been kissed. Yet we saw something in each other that would link us in ways that couldn’t be broken...no matter how hard we tried.
I loved Manning before I knew the meaning of the word. I was too young, he said. I would wait. Through all the carefully-chosen words hiding what we knew to be true, through his struggle to keep me innocent, and through infinitely-starry nights—I would wait. But I’d learn that life isn’t always fair. That no matter how much you achieve, none of it matters if you suffer the heartbreak that comes with falling for someone you can never have. Because even though I saw Manning first, that didn’t matter. My older sister saw him next.
I loved Manning before I knew the meaning of the word. I was too young, he said. I would wait. Through all the carefully-chosen words hiding what we knew to be true, through his struggle to keep me innocent, and through infinitely-starry nights—I would wait. But I’d learn that life isn’t always fair. That no matter how much you achieve, none of it matters if you suffer the heartbreak that comes with falling for someone you can never have. Because even though I saw Manning first, that didn’t matter. My older sister saw him next.
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Can you think back to a time in your life where things were
still innocent and questions were still thought out after you jumped feet first
into life? Can you remember what it felt like to be young and being punched in
the gut with feelings you couldn’t understand when you found yourself crushing
on a boy for the first time? Imagine if that boy was actually 7 years older
than you.
This is what happened to star student, the good daughter, the
sister who has it easier, sweet Lake who is 16 when Manning the construction
worker next door catches her eye. On a level bordering soul searching, Manning
and Lake forge a relationship that starts off as a big brother/ little sis way
but we can quickly see the transgression into something more. A something that Manning
tries so hard to keep innocent but it takes every ounce of willpower he has to
do so. A something that Lake nurtures from her naivety into a world of emotions
that are foreign and way too grown up for her to comprehend.
Then comes Lake’s older sister, Tiffany. Fast paced in all
avenues of her life, Tiffany just doesn’t measure up in her eyes and is still
young enough to harbor resentment and love equally for her younger sister. But
when Tiffany sees the sweaty, buff, brooding Manning on the work site, making
him hers becomes a game for Tiffany to play. A game she feels necessary to win
in order to gain some kind of attention from her dad. But ultimately may start
to have actual feelings for Manning.
A love triangle that’s really not complete, Jessica Hawkins
drops us readers off into the old world of the 1990’s were the forbidden, taboo
thought of getting the older guy’s attention is exhilarating and the quest for
acceptance is out of reach. Something in the Way is a romance, but it’s also a
story that begins with 3 people and the choices they make and the consequences
of those choices. While reading you will experience a full range of emotions
from aggressions, to pity; being
intrigued with what’s going to happen next, empathizing with unspeakable hurt
only to find yourself forgetting the details that make Something in the Way
illicit and just feeling the emotions evoked at the end of each chapter.
Be careful while reading, you may find yourself screaming at
your very own forgetfulness that this is only book 1 of this series that’s
going to shake readers to their core. We have so much more to learn.
