My rating: 5 of 5 stars
“Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.”
----Theodore Roosevelt
Katie McGarry, an American author, pens her second novel, Walk the Edge from her series, Thunder Road. This book traces the journey of two teenagers when both of them is caught in the fire of cyber-bullying, thereupon bringing them closer but their way to salvation is not an easy one, it has challenges and emotional difficulties, which they need to overcome. Once again Katie has presented a story of young love with deep feels and obviously with a motorcycle club!
Synopsis:
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.
Meet Breanna Miller who is the fifth of the nine children in the Miller family and subsequently, she is also the genius in her high school. Now she is the kind of girl, who is responsible about her life, and thus she never messes with herself by indulging in the teenage frivolities. Meet Thomas Turner, commonly known as Razor, member of the Reign of Terror motorcycle club and also attends the same high school with Breanna. Now he is the kind of guy whom people want to keep a distance from mainly because of his brooding and introvert nature. Sparks fly almost immediately between these two teenagers, when Razor stands up like a gentleman and helps out Breanna. But this sweet feeling of their is threatened when at a party their photograph is taken and later posted online, that instead of bringing them closer might destroy everything they care about, Breanna's reputation and Razor's dream to be the permanent member of the motorcycle gang.
Once again the author has portrayed the positive and realistic side of a motorcycle club. The author features that the members of such a club respects their seniors and cares for the extras and the juniors, and their bond is unbreakable no matter whatever comes their way. In this book, too, the author captures real-life issues in the life of a teenager when they face the death of a loved one. The cyber-bulling and blackmailing social issues are strongly depicted and the author sensitively yet realistically handles them.
The relationship between Razor and Breanna plays the strongest role in the book and everything happens surrounding these two. The relationship evolves at a slower pace so insta-love haters must grab a copy of this young adult love story. Breanna is initially scared of Razor mainly because of his motorcycle background, but eventually Breanna's fear succumbs to something promising. Thus their physical as well as emotional attraction also grew and made them closer and finally inseparable. The author's representation of their love story is not only sweet and heart-felt but it is something passionate that will sync not only with a young heart but also with a grown-up/mature heart.
From the very first page, I was glued to the story and to be honest, I actually loved this story more that the author's previous book from the same series. The emotions are layered cleverly into the plot by the author and it is quite amazingly done, as the book made me cry and laugh with it's rhythm. And with the progress of the story, it turned into something deeply intense that certainly ached my heart. The author's writing style is evocative with an equally free-flowing narrative that kept me glued to the pages of this book. And with a pace neither too slow nor too fast, felt very synchronized with the story's development.
The characters are extremely likable, honest and authentic, their genuine demeanor will make the readers reach out for them through the pages of the book and give them a hug, especially, the two main characters, Breanna and Razor. Both Breanna and Razor are struggling with their lives, Breanna is the one who has to take care of her four younger siblings as among them she is the oldest and her parents have full-time jobs because of their poor financial condition. And sadly, the siblings simply don't see eye-to-eye with Breanna because of her perfection. On the other hand, Razor is suffering from loss of his mother's death and there is heavy tension between him and his father and also between him and the members of his motorcycle club, as recently he has got to know that their is an underlying mystery to her mother's death and the elders are keeping it from him. So both the characters face a lot of struggle hence their love is also not an easy one.
In a nutshell, this page-turner is a must read as the story will move the readers with its poignant yet sweet aspect.
Verdict: Fans of YA contemps do not miss out this heart-touching novel!
Courtesy: Thanks to the author's publicist, for giving me an opportunity to read this novel.
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Author Info:
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, and reality television, and is a secret University of Kentucky basketball fan.
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