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charms1976's review against another edition
5.0
Somebody slap my upside the head please! Why have I waited so long for this series?
After hearing about this series throughout the entire year, I had added it to my wishlist in the hopes of starting it some day. When the later books in the series appeared on numerous Top Reads of 2012, I moved it up in the count to get to sooner. When I finally got to it and started reading it, I couldn't stop! I needed this fix as badly as Zane needed his.
I am having a hard time picking which character was the best. Ty started out my clear favorite with his don't-give-a-hell attitude and demeanor. I loved his banter with fellow agents and his new partner at work. Zane was more business in appearance, but slowly came around to be like Ty. Then the roles would reverse in personality and my heart would flip the switch to being in love with Zane. Just when I would fall for one, the authors would do something to tie me in knots for the other Alpha man.
Ty or Zane?
Zane or Ty?
I think I choose Ty.
No wait! Zane.
No, I changed my mind. Ty.
Yes, Ty.
For now.
Oh there was a mystery involved in this story as well. I almost forgot since I was dreaming of Ty and Zane again. The two are assigned to go undercover to solve numerous murders from a serial killer who is leaving a trail of tokens behind. Several agents have been murdered already and Zane and Ty needs to figure it out if it is someone on the inside. There is tons of action and nail biting scenes in this scene. I thought I figured out who the murderer was early on, but I was wrong. I am not a good person to have on your side when playing Clue.
This book is definitely one I loved. I want to devour each book in the series now! I can't wait to get my next fix of Ty and Zane!
After hearing about this series throughout the entire year, I had added it to my wishlist in the hopes of starting it some day. When the later books in the series appeared on numerous Top Reads of 2012, I moved it up in the count to get to sooner. When I finally got to it and started reading it, I couldn't stop! I needed this fix as badly as Zane needed his.
I am having a hard time picking which character was the best. Ty started out my clear favorite with his don't-give-a-hell attitude and demeanor. I loved his banter with fellow agents and his new partner at work. Zane was more business in appearance, but slowly came around to be like Ty. Then the roles would reverse in personality and my heart would flip the switch to being in love with Zane. Just when I would fall for one, the authors would do something to tie me in knots for the other Alpha man.
Ty or Zane?
Zane or Ty?
I think I choose Ty.
No wait! Zane.
No, I changed my mind. Ty.
Yes, Ty.
For now.
Oh there was a mystery involved in this story as well. I almost forgot since I was dreaming of Ty and Zane again. The two are assigned to go undercover to solve numerous murders from a serial killer who is leaving a trail of tokens behind. Several agents have been murdered already and Zane and Ty needs to figure it out if it is someone on the inside. There is tons of action and nail biting scenes in this scene. I thought I figured out who the murderer was early on, but I was wrong. I am not a good person to have on your side when playing Clue.
This book is definitely one I loved. I want to devour each book in the series now! I can't wait to get my next fix of Ty and Zane!
hollsbooks's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.5
jlmason66's review against another edition
2.0
Overzealous use of adverbs, constant POV shifting. Maybe not a bad story but the above kept bringing me out of the story. It was a struggle to finish the book.
Edited 3/1/24: I gave up on this series after book 5. I really wanted to like it, but I just couldn't.
Edited 3/1/24: I gave up on this series after book 5. I really wanted to like it, but I just couldn't.
desert_rose's review against another edition
4.0
A serial killer is loose in New York and the police can't figure a pattern. Every murder is different, the victims seem to be random, the locations, the method and even the final presentation seem different. The only thing in common is that the killer is leaving weird tokens that don't seem to explain anything.
Then the FBI sends in Special Agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett who get partnered together for the first time while being the complete opposites of each other. Ty the streetwise wiseass and Zane the polished suit and tie kind of guy. They dislike each other from the very beginning and get on each others nerve until some disasters occur that get them closer to each other and have them open up and show their true natures.
All this while trying to figure out how to catch this elusive killer. While he seems determined to have them next on his list.
I truly enjoyed this book, the tension between them was sizzling and then the romance and emotions under the surface was just so nice to read and dive into.
It took me a while to read this book because I was on vacation and that is the least time I could read, so as soon as the vacation ended I started to speed up my pace to catch up and finish it. It was such a good book. I wish there would be a sequel to see what these guys will do next!
I do have to warn you this is a M/M romance book.
Then the FBI sends in Special Agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett who get partnered together for the first time while being the complete opposites of each other. Ty the streetwise wiseass and Zane the polished suit and tie kind of guy. They dislike each other from the very beginning and get on each others nerve until some disasters occur that get them closer to each other and have them open up and show their true natures.
All this while trying to figure out how to catch this elusive killer. While he seems determined to have them next on his list.
I truly enjoyed this book, the tension between them was sizzling and then the romance and emotions under the surface was just so nice to read and dive into.
It took me a while to read this book because I was on vacation and that is the least time I could read, so as soon as the vacation ended I started to speed up my pace to catch up and finish it. It was such a good book. I wish there would be a sequel to see what these guys will do next!
I do have to warn you this is a M/M romance book.
quiteviolet's review against another edition
5.0
It didn't grab me instantly, but it came highly recommended, so I read bits when had time. Gradually, I found myself wondering what Ty and Zane were going to do next, missing them if I didn't check in with them regularly. Now, I'm on book 4 and just remembering to update here...
ameserole's review against another edition
3.0
Cut & Run has been on my TBR since 2018. Yikes. So when it came time to finally dive into this, because it worked for like almost all the challenges I'm in, well - I didn't hesitate to jump right on into it. From the very first moment of meeting Ty and Zane, I just knew that I was going to like them. These two definitely kept me on my toes because I had no idea what I was going to get from them.
Now I love bantering and I'm here for it always. The one thing I'm not here for is unnecessary drama. Sometimes it just felt forced to me or just extremely weird because I didn't know what was going on or why certain people were fighting at all. I just felt like I was missing something or I skipped over some minor detail that ended up being a problem.
Other than that, the romance and the mystery were pretty good. Sometimes a slow burn kind of feeling is good and it somehow worked for me this time. Plus the mystery of who the killer was had my second guessing myself the entire time. So, yeah, I was pretty entertained while reading this one and I look forward to the next book in this series.
Now I love bantering and I'm here for it always. The one thing I'm not here for is unnecessary drama. Sometimes it just felt forced to me or just extremely weird because I didn't know what was going on or why certain people were fighting at all. I just felt like I was missing something or I skipped over some minor detail that ended up being a problem.
Other than that, the romance and the mystery were pretty good. Sometimes a slow burn kind of feeling is good and it somehow worked for me this time. Plus the mystery of who the killer was had my second guessing myself the entire time. So, yeah, I was pretty entertained while reading this one and I look forward to the next book in this series.
dbarcelon's review against another edition
adventurous
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.0
lezreadalot's review against another edition
1.0
Man, I need to learn to distrust recs from the lists on this site. Or at least read the critical reviews of books before I read them. If I'd done so in this case, I'd have seen that this book is a smorgasbord of things I hate.
- Constantly switching POVs. If you're co-writing a book, then it does make sense to split POVs, but I thought that they would do it chapter by chapter? Or at least scene by scene? Instead, we're literally moving between these two characters between paragraphs, sometimes between sentences. Maybe if we weren't told what each of them were thinking the moment they thought it, this book might have stood a chance. As it stands... how in the world did this make it past an editor.
- Terrible, awful, no-good dialogue and the most forced banter I've ever seen in my life. Literally no one talks like that. Literally.
- Both main characters are unrepentant assholes with no personality. I'm pretty sure more time was spent on the shitty witticisms for Ty's t-shirts then the time that went into developing his character.
- In accordance with the rules for writing m/m that are apparently written in stone, mind-numbing misogyny. Female characters were reduced to 'raging bitches' that the two mains could band together to insult, or background characters, most of whom ended up dead by the end of the book.
- The flimsiest plot in the world, chock full of clichés and bad movie tropes. It didn't even have the decency to be a good murder-mystery; I figured out who the murderer was less than halfway through the book.
- “Only thing that’ll fix Miami is a fucking nuke.” / “If you got called papi more than once, then I want blood tests before I touch you again.” Charming.
If I hadn't promised myself that I wouldn't abandon any more books in 2014, I would have dropped this a quarter way in. I'm not usually this annoyed when I read bad books, lots of people write bad books, but I was told that this was going to be good (and I remember reading a novel by Roux that wasn't so bad), and I was lied to. The search for a queer murder mystery that isn't garbage goes on.
- Constantly switching POVs. If you're co-writing a book, then it does make sense to split POVs, but I thought that they would do it chapter by chapter? Or at least scene by scene? Instead, we're literally moving between these two characters between paragraphs, sometimes between sentences. Maybe if we weren't told what each of them were thinking the moment they thought it, this book might have stood a chance. As it stands... how in the world did this make it past an editor.
- Terrible, awful, no-good dialogue and the most forced banter I've ever seen in my life. Literally no one talks like that. Literally.
- Both main characters are unrepentant assholes with no personality. I'm pretty sure more time was spent on the shitty witticisms for Ty's t-shirts then the time that went into developing his character.
- In accordance with the rules for writing m/m that are apparently written in stone, mind-numbing misogyny. Female characters were reduced to 'raging bitches' that the two mains could band together to insult, or background characters, most of whom ended up dead by the end of the book.
- The flimsiest plot in the world, chock full of clichés and bad movie tropes. It didn't even have the decency to be a good murder-mystery; I figured out who the murderer was less than halfway through the book.
- “Only thing that’ll fix Miami is a fucking nuke.” / “If you got called papi more than once, then I want blood tests before I touch you again.” Charming.
If I hadn't promised myself that I wouldn't abandon any more books in 2014, I would have dropped this a quarter way in. I'm not usually this annoyed when I read bad books, lots of people write bad books, but I was told that this was going to be good (and I remember reading a novel by Roux that wasn't so bad), and I was lied to. The search for a queer murder mystery that isn't garbage goes on.