something in the way the complete collection jessica hawkins

She harbored a near fatal attraction for a much older MAN and resented her sister because they were dating. Yeah you would think there would be some redeeming character in this book but no. I got enough of this in real life growing up, so it was not something that interested me to read about.Īnd Lake was no better.

Their father was verbally and emotionally abusive and their mother was a weak enabler. Tiffany was a terrible influence on her sister and used her looks to get her way. I had no sympathy for any of these characters. And he would constantly tell Lake what she should do and would criticise Tiffany if she treated her like a kid. But wait, he’s SEVEN years older than her! Ugh, Gross. For instance, he used Tiffany (Lake’s older sister) and made her think he was interested in her romantically just so he could be around Lake, a 16 year old girl. And he wanted to be a police officer to boot! I found him to be manipulative bordering on controlling. I don’t care how his origin story explained it. But ALL three of these main characters let me down in a HUGE way! I was excited about this kind of relationship being written because most books I read don’t have that aspect.

I received a free copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review/opinion.Īt first I was digging the book because I thought Manning just wanted to be Lake’s totally platonic friend. Because even though I saw Manning first, that didn’t matter. 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. But I’d learn that life isn’t always fair. 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. I loved Manning before I knew the meaning of the word. 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 wore a smiley-face t-shirt and had never even been kissed. Under the sweat and dirt, Manning Sutter was as handsome as the sun was bright. It was a hot summer day when I met him on the construction site next to my parents’ house.

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Something in the way the complete collection jessica hawkins