Touch & Geaux (Cut & Run, #7) in Romance Readers Reading Challenges

Jun 04, 2016 ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: m-m-romance, 2016

I am a glass case of emotions. I don't even know if I can review this properly now without sounding like some kind of emotional freak. I felt like my skin was inside out as I read this and when secrets were revealed and people reacted to said secrets. My nerves were shot by the time I finished it and I had trouble sleeping.

I realize these are fictional people but I just feel a connection with them for different reasons and thus, my emotions react accordingly when I feel like my happy little worl I am a glass case of emotions. I don't even know if I can review this properly now without sounding like some kind of emotional freak. I felt like my skin was inside out as I read this and when secrets were revealed and people reacted to said secrets. My nerves were shot by the time I finished it and I had trouble sleeping.

I realize these are fictional people but I just feel a connection with them for different reasons and thus, my emotions react accordingly when I feel like my happy little world is put into a snow globe and shaken until everything just falls down. See? Emotional freak. I don't think I've felt this kind of a connection with any other characters, books or series, which is interesting to me. Maybe I'll get into that another time. (Wait, I lied. There was also Evenfall and The Outsiders for books that either changed my life or made a strong impression).

I don't recommend listening to Jeff Buckley and/or any depressing music while you read this. Honestly, I heard so many break-up songs as I read this, it only added to the anguish.

Not necessarily spoilers, but...

I understood where both Ty and Zane were coming from and I think it says a lot about the writing and the characters that I was able to empathize with each of them for what they did and why they did it. How Zane reacted to the secrets was painful and so hard to read but I get it, man. Being and feeling betrayed when you put your trust into someone so deep just sucks, to say the least. Lash out! When Ty made excuses for the secrets, I believed his reasons. He's been a machine programmed to take orders for so long and he felt like he did what made sense in his mind at the time. I felt like their reactions were realistic in their messiness. Love is messy and when you throw in secrets, well, anything goes when it all comes out. I have faith that they belong together and even though betrayal is hard to get over, this is fiction so somehow in my mind, I can see them moving forward, stronger.

I read this overnight. i wouldn't allow myself to sleep until I finished it.

5 stars for the emotions. Some of the NOLA plot stuff annoyed me. Ava can DIAF. She irritated the shit out of me. I don't really even want to get into the things that bugged me. I just came for the Ty & Zane...

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Jun 20, 2016 Krissy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: mm, mm-character-t, mm-character-g, audiobook, mm-pgs-200-299, audible-library, mm-character-z, 5-motherfucking-stars

My favorite of the series so far.

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Oct 05, 2013 Dina rated it it was amazing

Shelves: m-m, romantic-suspense, to-review, ebook, 2014-dhasg-challenge, series-cut-run

4 1/2 stars (rounded up to 5 stars, because... well, because it's freaking fantastic Ty & Zane, and that's reason enough)

Hands down, the best book in the series so far! ...more

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Feb 28, 2014 Kelly (Maybedog) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: what-mystery, what-lgbtqia, what-uniforms-and-investigations, how-series, what-tears-what-tears, why-favorite-author, why-favorite-mm, what-suspense-thriller-action, what-male-protagonist, how-ebook

My spoilers don't really spoil anything really, just expound somewhat on the previous paragraph, giving you reactions that you've already guessed probably or else wouldn't tell you anything. But if you don't want to know anything that isn't in the blurb, don't read them.

Well this wasn't as gut-wrenching as I expected to be, but it was really hard and there were places where I cried. It was done very well. I read a reviewer who said this made their relationship stronger, but I'm not sure about t ...more

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Mar 13, 2013 Jane (PS) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mm

Reread: 24 October 2018 - 4 stras
I didn't enjoy the Zane/Ty angst so much this time. I know the betrayal was bad, but it really dragged on for me on this read. No idea why. But I still really enjoyed the book <3

Reread: started 19 July 2015 - 5 stars
Loved this again. So much happening - and I loved the additional involvement of the Sidewinder boys, getting to know them and the naughty Liam Bell ;)

Read: 26 May 2013 - 5 stars
Yet another outstanding installment of Ty and Zane, incorporating Ty's Rec ...more

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Apr 16, 2016 Liz (Bugetta) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: zzchal-spellapalooza, contemporary-romance, e-book, m-m-romance, military, audiobook, cops-law-enforcement-pi, mystery-and-suspense, part-of-a-series, re-read

3/1/17: Yep, still brutal. Yeesh. I might have to skip this in future re-reads. Or just read certain parts.
It's heartbreaking. (view spoiler)

4/16/16: Wow! I forgot how brutal this book was. A wild emotional ride but so, so good. Almost done with my re-read of the series so I can fi ...more

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Jan 06, 2013 Missy~ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorite-keeper-books, m-m

What can I say, I've been reading romance since i was 12. I have a very addictive, can't stop reading personality. I have spent, (probably way to many) hours reading instead of doing stuff I should be doing, In my 40 plus years of reading literally hundreds of books....this series is definitely in my top 10. I <3 Ty and Zane.
Great appealing characters. Terrific, funny and plentiful dialog. Hot smex AND plenty of tender romance.
Heart stopping action/adventure. Sidekicks that DON'T bore me.
Even i ...more

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Apr 13, 2013 Shannon rated it it was amazing

Shelves: m-m, 5-stars, kindle

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Apr 15, 2013 Stormy rated it really liked it

Shelves: law-enforcement, electronic, contemporary-romance, m-m

After 7 books, Ty has finally grown on me. Zane is the sh*t and I just love him. These two are totally worth the time to read their story. Each installment is nerve racking and satisfying. I love the two of them together and this book is no exception - even though there are some shocking revelations that come out in their relationship and they both throw their own hissy fits that were a little surprising to me, but the bottom line is: I love these guys.

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