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Walk the Edge
by Katie McGarry
I would like to thank Harlequin Teen for providing me with a copy of this book to read and give an honest review. Receiving this book for free has in no way altered my opinion or review.
I am a huge fan of McGarry. I have read everything she has written. So it's no surprise I wanted to read this book. I will say, I really liked Nowhere But Here. It was classic McGarry style and really sunk it's teeth into me. So I had high hopes this one would do the same and it did not disappoint.
It was great to see Razor in a bit of a different light in this story. We didn't too much of him in the first book, so I really didn't know him. And I had no idea what to expect. Of course in typical McGarry fashion I fell for him immediately. Another broken boy who has many secrets to hide and doesn't want to reveal his true self to the world. I'm a sucker for the boy who seems so bad but has so much good underneath him. So much so that he struggles with the life he has chosen. I think my favorite thing about Razor was how fiercely loyal he is. And yet he struggles with this loyalty in order to find the truth and come to terms with his past.
Breanna is the good girl. One of nine siblings, she has expectations tossed upon her that she should not really have to shoulder. She's always put herself last. But now she wants to put herself first and it's not something her family is used to. She struggles to fit in and belong somewhere, anywhere. She's unlike other seventeen year olds because her brain sees things so differently than others. She's super smart but has a hard time shutting her brain off. I loved how McGarry made her vulnerable and naive yet willing to take a chance on something that's so outside of her box.
Can I tell you how I adore McGarry's way of doing romance. There's always so much build up. While you get this attraction between the two people, it's not them immediately falling head over heals. There is a slow burn to every romance she does. This build up is the thing that keeps me coming back to her books. I never feel like the characters have insta-love. I actually look forward to the way she creates relationships built on trust and longing.
And of course a romance would not be a romance if there wasn't conflict between the two main characters. Breanna and Razor come from two totally different worlds. They could not be more far apart in who they are or how they were raised. Yet this is really what brings them together. They are able to balance each other out. They learn so much from each other, including they are not truly who they always thought they were. That they have the ability to step outside their boxes and be someone they never thought they could be.
And we do get to see some of our most favorite characters from the first book, which is always nice. I love to watch the friendships between McGarry's characters. They are quite deep. I'm looking forward to more of their stories.
Overall McGarry once again gave me a story I was completely enthralled with. I enjoyed this one even more than the first one. I can't wait to see what she comes up with next!
I am a huge fan of McGarry. I have read everything she has written. So it's no surprise I wanted to read this book. I will say, I really liked Nowhere But Here. It was classic McGarry style and really sunk it's teeth into me. So I had high hopes this one would do the same and it did not disappoint.
It was great to see Razor in a bit of a different light in this story. We didn't too much of him in the first book, so I really didn't know him. And I had no idea what to expect. Of course in typical McGarry fashion I fell for him immediately. Another broken boy who has many secrets to hide and doesn't want to reveal his true self to the world. I'm a sucker for the boy who seems so bad but has so much good underneath him. So much so that he struggles with the life he has chosen. I think my favorite thing about Razor was how fiercely loyal he is. And yet he struggles with this loyalty in order to find the truth and come to terms with his past.
Breanna is the good girl. One of nine siblings, she has expectations tossed upon her that she should not really have to shoulder. She's always put herself last. But now she wants to put herself first and it's not something her family is used to. She struggles to fit in and belong somewhere, anywhere. She's unlike other seventeen year olds because her brain sees things so differently than others. She's super smart but has a hard time shutting her brain off. I loved how McGarry made her vulnerable and naive yet willing to take a chance on something that's so outside of her box.
Can I tell you how I adore McGarry's way of doing romance. There's always so much build up. While you get this attraction between the two people, it's not them immediately falling head over heals. There is a slow burn to every romance she does. This build up is the thing that keeps me coming back to her books. I never feel like the characters have insta-love. I actually look forward to the way she creates relationships built on trust and longing.
And of course a romance would not be a romance if there wasn't conflict between the two main characters. Breanna and Razor come from two totally different worlds. They could not be more far apart in who they are or how they were raised. Yet this is really what brings them together. They are able to balance each other out. They learn so much from each other, including they are not truly who they always thought they were. That they have the ability to step outside their boxes and be someone they never thought they could be.
And we do get to see some of our most favorite characters from the first book, which is always nice. I love to watch the friendships between McGarry's characters. They are quite deep. I'm looking forward to more of their stories.
Overall McGarry once again gave me a story I was completely enthralled with. I enjoyed this one even more than the first one. I can't wait to see what she comes up with next!