A Dark Road Blog Tour +Review

 

A Dark Road by Amanda Lance

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January 12-16, 2015

Not every friendship is as harmless as it seems. Loner James McKay wants nothing to do with Hadley Grayson. After all, the last thing a drug dealer needs is the pretty, new girl trying to be friends. Walking distractions like her lead to trouble, the kind that can get you 10 to 15 behind bars. Likewise, fencing champion Hadley Grayson isn’t thrilled about her family uprooting her during her senior year of high school. At least there’s James McKay, the quiet, mad scientist who is as adorable as he is mysterious. Though McKay may reject the idea of friendship, he gets one whether he wants it or not. But once the lies are told and the rumors spread, the dangers of meth making and dealing are impossible to avoid. Between secrets and overdosing classmates, McKay and Hadley will learn that loneliness can be a two-way street, changing both of their lives forever.

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~*~ABOUT AMANDA~*~

A native of New Jersey and lifelong nerd, Amanda Lance recently completed her Master in Liberal Arts at Thomas Edison State College after her BA in English Literature and AFA in creative writing. She currently resides in Easton Pennsylvania with her boyfriend and their spoiled hound dog. She is a cliché booknerd who is terrible at math, clinically obsessive, and prone to addictive behavior. She may or may not be a recluse.

My Review

Hadley was forced to move her senior year from Connecticut to Pennsylvania.  She was the caption of the girls fencing team; she had friends, now she feels like she has nothing.  If feels like she is a freshman all over again.  McKay does everything he can to stay under the radar.  He doesn’t have any friends.  He makes Meth and X.  They both feel so alone and like there is no one out there who could understand how they feel or want to be with them, either as a friend or more.  James McKay is attracted to Hadley he thinks that she would never want anything to do with him and that he should stay away from him.  After all he makes drugs.  Hadley is intrigued by James.  She wants to get to know him; she is attracted to him also but figures he must have his choice of girls.  Hadley goes after what she wants and what she wants is a friendship with James.  Once she and James start a friendship they both find something they have never felt before.  Once Hadley figures out what James does he thinks she is angry at him and why wouldn’t she be.  Except she isn’t she is worried for him.  She lets him know that and James is shocked, he can’t remember that last person who worried about him.  Hadley and her twin came to a compromise that she wouldn’t talk to James if Simon wouldn’t do anymore recreational drugs.  It is driving Hadley nuts.  She finds a way around this compromise by taking him his homework.  They begin a friendship/relationship of sorts after this.  Will they be able to have something?  Will James spot making drugs like Hadley wants?  Will James get caught and get in trouble?

I really liked this book.  It was a little different than most books I read.  I felt like from the beginning it was building up to something big, what is was I wasn’t sure but I knew it would be good.  I was totally drawn in by James and Hadley.  They both are so lonely.  Hadley’s twin Simon can make friendships and adapt almost immediately, Hadley not so much.  Fencing was her life.  She is frustrated with her mom and feels like she doesn’t understand her at all.  If she did maybe she wouldn’t have made them move.  McKay never intended to start making drugs.  His mom left, so his dad went back to trucking.  Except he was as young as he was the last time, he started with energy drinks/pills and then eventually wound up taking meth to stay away.  He was getting sick from it, so James started making it to help him.  There was just something about this book.  It’s hard to put into words but I just connected with it and loved it.  It is emotional.  It’s amazing how these two people find each other and make a connection they couldn’t make with anyone else.  I never thought it would end the way it did.  I feel so bad for Hadley.  I wanted to crawl inside the book and comfort her.  I was pulling for them the whole book.  Fantastic book Amanda.