Walk the Edge by Katie McGarry Series: Thunder Road, #2
Published by Harlequin TEEN Publication Date: March 29th 2016
Pages: 384
Also in this series: Nowhere but Here
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One moment of recklessness will change their worlds.
Smart. Responsible. That's seventeen-year-old Breanna's role in her large family, and heaven forbid she put a toe out of line. Until one night of shockingly un-Breanna-like behavior puts her into a vicious cyber-bully's line of fire—and brings fellow senior Thomas "Razor" Turner into her life.
Razor lives for the Reign of Terror motorcycle club, and good girls like Breanna just don't belong. But when he learns she's being blackmailed over a compromising picture of the two of them—a picture that turns one unexpected and beautiful moment into ugliness—he knows it's time to step outside the rules.
And so they make a pact: he'll help her track down her blackmailer, and in return she'll help him seek answers to the mystery that's haunted him—one that not even his club brothers have been willing to discuss. But the more time they spend together, the more their feelings grow. And suddenly they're both walking the edge of discovering who they really are, what they want, and where they're going from here.
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I have read all of Katie McGarry’s books and this might be my favorite to date. Walk the Edge tells Razor (Thomas Turner) and Breanna’s story. We met Razor in Nowhere but Here and I was intrigued. What would be his story? He seemed untouchable, too quiet and reserved. Those boys always have a story to tell and Razor did. Razor is the only patched in member of the Reign of Terror who is still in high school. I imagine this would make for quite an interesting situation in a small town high school. He is quite the loner except for his friends Chevy and Oz. Most of the students are terrified of him. Breanna is included in that group. She is an outcast at school too and even her own family. Breanna is the 5th out of 9 children and a relative genius which causes all the ridicule at school. A moment between these two turns into blackmail and Razor is hell bent on helping Breanna even though he knows she should stay away.
Katie McGarry’s books are long but she sucks you right in until you are reading all of the book in one sitting. I love that we get both of their POVs so that you get all the feelings and emotions between the two. The unfolding of Razor’s backstory is heartbreaking and you really feel for him as it unfolds. Breanna’s family is a train wreck to say the least and you can’t help but want to hug the girl. I always said I wanted a big family but watching this one sways your opinion the other way. Razor and Breanna are just what each other needs and it is beautiful to watch their relationship grow slowly.
These two have a strong physical attraction but the emotional one is so much better. Razor absolutely adores that Breanna can recite unnecessary facts and he loves how smart she is. No one has ever loved her for that. It has always been a source of pain for her. Breanna wants to help Razor solve the mystery of his mom’s death because she really sees him. She knows Razor is more than what he shows to the world. He is fiercely protective, loyal and loving to her.
The climax to this book made my heart about explode. I knew it would end well but man, you can’t help but worry. I was a bit angry at the outcome for Breanna at first but it was the only way this story was going to get an HEA. Razor and Breanna were a fantastic couple and great read. I can’t wait for Chevy and Violet’s turn. They have been combative and combustible for the last two books. Don’t miss out on Katie McGarry’s Thunder Road series.
Her face is white against her raven hair. Ghost white. I’d bet my left ball she hasn’t breathed since I spoke. Her hand is outstretched toward the busted cell on the ground, but her wide hazel eyes are cemented on me. I turn my head and I’m greeted by the amused faces of my brothers from the Reign of Terror who stand next to their bikes in the parking lot. They’ll be harassing me on this for weeks. Fuck me for trying to be chivalrous.
“You okay?” It’s a variation of the question I asked a few seconds ago, but this one she seems to understand as her body trembles to life.
“Um…” she stutters. We’ve been at the same schools since elementary age, otherwise I’d wonder if she was a foreign exchange student with limited English. “I only have twenty dollars.”
The muscles in the back of my neck tense. “I’m not going to jack you for your money.”
She quits breathing again.
“Nice to know your current bank account status,” I bite. “But I asked you if you were okay.”
Color returns to her cheeks as I pin her with my gaze. She accused me of trying to rob her. I know it, she knows it, and she’s now informed I’m not the asshole in this scenario.
“Yes,” she finally answers. “I’m okay. I mean no…I mean…I broke my phone.”
She did and that sucks for her.
Her eyes flicker between me and the phone like she wants to retrieve it, yet she’s too paralyzed. Saving us from this torture, I swipe the pieces of the cell and lean against the wall.
The distance between us relaxes her and that gulp of air was audible as she tucks herself tight in the corner farthest from me. This reaction isn’t new. I’ve seen it since I was a child whenever my father or anyone from the Terror entered a room full of civilians. To everyone outside of the club, we’re the evil motorcycle gang bent on blowing the house down.
People and their hellish nightmare folklore involving us piss me off. I don’t know why I told the guys to give me a minute. I’m late for plans I made with Chevy and some girls, plus I’m on call in case the board chooses to meet sooner rather than later to discuss Detective Jake Barlow.
But something about how this chick appeared alone and frightened messed me up. It reminded me…The thought stalls and the emotional speed bump causes a flash of pain in my chest. Screw it, her expression reminded me of Mom the last time I saw her—the night she died.
My mom. I shake my head to expel her ghost. One visit from one bastard trying to use me and I’m being haunted by a past I can’t change. That’s what the detective was salivating over—to use me for info on the club. He’s one of too many who believes our club is the devil’s prodigy.
What he doesn’t see is that we’re a family—the type of family that comes when called. Obviously not like this girl’s family.
“Is it yes or no?” It’s damn difficult to shove the battery in now that the frame is bent.
“Yes or no what?” her long black hair sweeps past her shoulders. She has the type of hair that would have to be pulled up if she rode on the back of my bike. Gotta admit, I like her hair, especially how it shines under the lights of the school’s overhang.
“If you’re okay.” I survey the mostly empty area to prove a point. “If we leave, you’ll be alone, and I don’t care of that. There’s some real psychos out there.”
And don’t miss the first book in the Thunder Road Series,
Katie McGarry was a teenager during the age of grunge and boy bands and remembers those years as the best and worst of her life. She is a lover of music, happy endings, reality television, and is a secret University of Kentucky basketball fan.
Katie is the author of full length YA novels, PUSHING THE LIMITS, DARE YOU TO, CRASH INTO YOU, TAKE ME ON, BREAKING THE RULES, and NOWHERE BUT HERE and the e-novellas, CROSSING THE LINE and RED AT NIGHT. Her debut YA novel, PUSHING THE LIMITS was a 2012 Goodreads Choice Finalist for YA Fiction, a RT Magazine’s 2012 Reviewer’s Choice Awards Nominee for Young Adult Contemporary Novel, a double Rita Finalist, and a 2013 YALSA Top Ten Teen Pick. DARE YOU TO was also a Goodreads Choice Finalist for YA Fiction and won RT Magazine’s Reviewer’s Choice Best Book Award for Young Adult Contemporary fiction in 2013.
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