Dead Run (Dangerous Ground, #4) in Q&A with Josh Lanyon

Sep 01, 2011 Emanuela ~plastic duck~ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: glbt, rainbow-gay, action-crime-suspense, romance

Let's clear it: I roll my eyes at drama, but I'm a sucker for it and I really adore Will and Taylor. At the beginning of the series, I wouldn't envision this kind of development in their relationship. Even if the action and the plot in this series is more over the top - like those blockbuster action movies - I feel that the emotional part of the story is becoming more and more important and I really care for Will and Taylor. They made my poor heart beat a little too fast a little too often this Let's clear it: I roll my eyes at drama, but I'm a sucker for it and I really adore Will and Taylor. At the beginning of the series, I wouldn't envision this kind of development in their relationship. Even if the action and the plot in this series is more over the top - like those blockbuster action movies - I feel that the emotional part of the story is becoming more and more important and I really care for Will and Taylor. They made my poor heart beat a little too fast a little too often this time. Loved every second of it.

Taylor goes to visit Will in Paris after they've been 11 months apart. I think JL did a great job at showing the awkwardness of their first moments together, it felt so real, I think it's a feeling everyone has experienced in their life, when after a long separation people are too anxious to go back to the easiness of their former relationship, but time has passed and changed them nonetheless. The sensation of being off - a different choice of clothes, a different haircut, entering a home that belongs more to the other than to oneself - was rendered fully, the good feeling of being together, but the betrayal of one's unexpected expectations.

I also liked the escalation of their first argument - when they got to the problem of the dog I had to shake my head in resignation and understanding, because when you are not able to convey the big picture, you have to resign yourself to the pettiness of details.

Will and Taylor are not good at communication, but they love each other, and that's so apparent in their thoughts (and it shows in their love making) that I was shamelessly squealing throughout the book.

I liked the action part of the plot, even if I felt the author was yanking my chain a bit with what happened to Will (view spoiler). It's not the most original plot device, but since this is supposed to be Josh Lanyon's fun series, I'll buy it. It made for a very sweet ending.

I'm not tired of Will and Taylor yet, I hope to read of them soon again. I admit I feel sorry for the authors who spend so much time writing and perfecting their books, and I gobble them as if I'm book-starved... ...more

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Sep 12, 2011 Feliz rated it really liked it

Shelves: m-m, contemporary, cops-detectives-lawmen

More like 3.5 or 3.75. It wasn't bad, but it didn't really sweep me off my feet.
As mysteries go, this one was good. Riddles within riddles and false leads, yet done in a way that I, as the reader, was lacking important info the hero had so the hero was always a step ahead of me, as it should be in something that isn't a whodunnit. Which this wasn't. Lots of explosions and shootings - it seems that at least one MC needs to be in a hospital bed for a while in every book of this series. Poor guys ...more

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Sep 18, 2011 Josephine Myles added it

Shelves: m-m, romance, mystery, contemporary

This fourth installment in the Dangerous Ground series is angsty, as you'd expect if you'd read the last one with it's bombshell ending. We are reunited with Will and Taylor after they haven't had any leave together for 11 months, and things are strained between them. Fortunately, having a terrorist case to work on together might interrupt their vacation time, but it gives them a break from the awkward tension that's been building in their long-distance relationship.

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Sep 13, 2011 Kari Gregg rated it it was amazing

Shelves: glbt, 2011

Will and Taylor at their best...and worst. ;D A little off-kilter before they're thrown way off-kilter during a wonderful adventure through Paris to solve the puzzle of 70s terrorist, Yann Helleco. And also the puzzle that is Will and Taylor's relationship. :D

The deep POV draws the reader deep, for an intense, emotionally evocative ride with a few chuckles thrown in for good measure. Prepare at one point for the intense urge to threaten Josh Lanyon with a spork. Fear not: the ending is soooooooo ...more

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Sep 16, 2011 Meggie rated it liked it

I would much rather have a bit more drama in this plotted book. Like Taylor would go back preparing to go to Iraq and Will wouldn't get his memory back till it would be nearly to late. This way he would feel horrible for letting Taylor leave. In my mind Will came out to easy..., but then I have mean strike. On other hand, the story was well written and pulling, but like I said, I would rather let Will suffer a bit more, at least for a day or two if not more.
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