Sticks & Stones by Abigail Roux and Madeleine Urban
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The story
Six months after nearly losing their lives to a serial killer in New York City, FBI Special Agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett are suffering through something almost as frightening: the monotony of desk duty. When they’re ordered to take a vacation for the good of everyone’s sanity, Ty bites the bullet and takes Zane home with him to West Virginia, hoping the peace and quiet of the mountains will give them the chance to explore the explosive attraction they’ve so far been unable to reconcile with their professional partnership.
Ty and Zane, along with Ty’s father and brother, head up into the Appalachian mountains for a nice, relaxing hike deep into the woods… where no one will hear them scream. They find themselves facing danger from all directions: unpredictable weather, the unrelenting mountains, wild animals, fellow hikers with nothing to lose, and the most terrifying challenge of all. Each other.
My take on it
Part 2 of the series about two rough and ready FBI agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett. This time the boys are exploring the Appalachian mountains with Ty’s father and brother. Zane is not a nature person. At all. More bickering and angst ensues, especially since Ty’s father has unresolved issues with his son. These eventually lead to a dangerous series of events that could very well end in tragedy.
I couldn’t decide on just a few quotes – this book is just THAT good 🙂
“Are you still pissy about the rubber band cannon?” Ty asked him in exasperation.
“Ugh.” Zane started unbuttoning the BDU blouse. “You’re lucky that guy from accounting didn’t know it was you when his toupee went flying. He might have rerouted your next paycheck to Greenpeace.”“Zane’s lips quirked. Every bullet fired from a service weapon had to be accompanied with a written report for the Bureau. Ty had fired… quite a few bullets at the cab that had almost smeared them across the highway in New York City. Zane didn’t know what paperwork you had to fill out for throwing your gun at something. He’d never tried that before. Hell, he’d never even thought of it before.”
“It’s all fun and games ’til somebody throws a grenade,”
[…]
“Never bring stones to a grenade fight,” Ty advised sagely.”“I won’t let you fall.” Then he winced apologetically. Very trite. He sighed. Trite but true.
“It probably hadn’t been the greatest idea, dragging him up here for his first hike. But Ty was sure he’d been enjoying himself before they were almost killed. Repeatedly.”
“What he was afraid of, he’d come to realize, was not dark spaces or falling from great heights or being buried alive. His greatest fears, in the end, were letting down those he loved and saying the words “I love you” without any hope of hearing them in return.”
Yeah, in case it wasn’t obvious – I love this book. Meet Ty’s grandfather who kills water hoses with a sharpened spade. Ty’s brother and parents who love him in their own ways. Nature that is out to kill you in many inventive ways 🙂
And I’ve changed my mind: MEET THE REAL TY GRADY!
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