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Title: The Way Things Are

Author: A.J. Thomas

Narrator: Ron Herczig

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-18-15

Publisher: Dreamspinner Press LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 104 votes

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A night of drunken confusion at 19 resulted in Patrick Connelly fathering a child. Determined to be there for his son, Patrick walked away from a sport he loved and forever hid his sexuality. After Patrick's brutal divorce and a vicious hate crime, his son, Jay, has become obsessed with graffiti. Hoping for a fresh start, Patrick moves Jay to his childhood home in Seattle. Within two weeks, Jay is arrested again. On his way to pick Jay up, Patrick stops an assault, then finds himself in handcuffs too. Thinking things can't get any worse, he's confronted by the sexiest man he's ever seen - his son's new probation officer, Ken Atkins.

The hardest part of Ken's job is working with difficult parents, and the undeniably handsome Patrick Connelly is going to be a difficult parent. A chance encounter and steamy hookup with Patrick leave Ken blindsided. As they work together to try to keep Jay on the right path, the passion between them proves impossible to resist. When the assault Patrick prevented comes back to haunt them and Jay gets into trouble again, Ken must convince Patrick that ensuring his son's happiness doesn't have to mean sacrificing his own.

Members Reviews:

Story good, narration slurred and plodding

Interesting story but the narration was strange and slurred. Some parts drug on too long. Ended up rushing through the story. Narration did not match storyline.

Slow story but interesting premise

This story was set up well. Patrick Connelly got custody of his sixteen year old son Jay after he was attacked by some hatemongers. Jay was using graffiti and art to cope with his pain and trauma. However, his graffiti was getting him arrested for vandalism and defacing property.

Ken Atkins, a juvenile probation officer, was assigned to monitor Jay and give a recommendation to the court as to whether Jay should be removed from Patricks care. In working together to find out how to best help Jay, Patrick and Ken developed feelings for each other. They both resisted dealing with it until they just couldnt fight the attraction anymore.

I thought the pace of the story was slow and didnt really build up any angsty or momentum. The characters could have been developed better. I just didnt feel like the actual story delivered what the blurb set up in my head. I didnt enjoy this audiobook much and struggled to finish it. Normally, I like this authors work (Least Likely Partnership was more enjoyable) and there is usually a character I really connect with. I dont I would read this one again.

Loved it

Loved it, except for a few things. The majority of the story centers around Patrick & Ken connecting & I really enjoyed that. The drama at the docks was pretty secondary and the conclusion of that was over with in very short order. What happened with Jay took awhile to come out & when you find out the entire story, it was just brutal. I know this was not his story but I would have liked if there was somewhere for him to safely do his graffiti art & stop getting arrested. The other issue I had was Patrick none stop blaming himself for everything that happens just because he is gay. Boyfriend, get over yourself. Bad things happen to good people whether they are gay or not. I so hope this turns into a series as I would love to see how they are later on down the road.