4.5 
 I waited to wait to review this one until after I had gone back to read Divide & Conquer (which I had skipped the first time around because I heard what happened in it) and then re-read Armed & Dangerous. It lost 1/2 a star after that, btw. It's still an excellent book in a wonderful series, but things happened in D&C that changed how I saw some events in A&D - thus the half star loss. 
 This is also the first time I've taken notes on my Kindle while reading a book; we'll see how that works out. 
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 The good: 
 I LOVED the interplay between Ty/Zane and Julian/Cameron. They were so snarkily antagonistic. 
 I loved Zane and Ty separately realizing and being pissed that they were the "bad guys". 
 I loved visiting with Deuce and his girlfriend. 
 I loved the whole screwed-up "road trip" thing (I think Cam said it best when he likened it to National Lampoon's Vacation... only with more violence and guns). I laughed out loud over many of the comments and situations. 
 Ty/Zane sex? Mo hotta; mo betta and some lovemakin' (Barry White style) to go along with the hotness. 
 Even though there was no meeting between them, I could totally get behind a Nick/Preston pairing. 
 I even liked Nick after he and Zane talked; I truly believe that he'll keep his word to respect Ty and Zane's relationship. 
 While I started out beyond pissed that Ty took off like he did I settled down once he asked Zane to come along if he feels the need to run again. 
 That leads me to the bad... 
 I believe, deep down, that Zane loves Ty, Ty loves Zane, and that Nick will respect the boundaries from now on. BUT (and this is a huge but) after reading D&C and this book I also have a gut feeling that, while Ty is *IT* for Zane, Zane is one of two possibilities for Ty - I don't doubt that he loves and is committed to Zane, but if things were to go south for them I think Ty wouldn't have too much of a problem taking up with Nick while Zane would likely be devastated to the point of suicide. 
 To explain why I feel that way I'll put in the relevant quotes along with the notes I took. 
 Exhibit A: 
 "...like the first time he'd ever looked into that fire in Zane's eyes and known that there would be no one else in the world for him." 
 At first read, that was a totally melt-worthy line; upon the re-read my initial thought was "O rly? Then what was all of that kissing back shit you were doing with someone not Zane just a few days ago? Playing tonsil hockey with your BFF is not a time-honored method of showing devotion to your lover" especially since he admits to liking it a little later in this story. 
 Exhibit B: 
 (Nick to Zane) 
 "I think you're one lucky son of a bitch, and I kind of want to hate you. The hell of it is, I know Ty. He won't come looking for me unless you give him a good goddamn reason to." 
 SEE???!!! Ty has options. It is now dependent on Zane not giving Ty a good reason to go to someone else. He's gonna spend their lives together with a niggling worry in the back of his mind that Ty might go to Nick if Zane fucks up. 
 Exhibit C: 
 Not so much a quote here, but after learning everything that happened to Ty and Nick I can totally see why they have such a close, unbreakable bond. I just think that even the hint of something more than brotherly love between them is a door that should have remained unopened because it can never be fully closed again. Ever. 
 The ugly: 
 There is no ugly, but the heading remains since it goes with the other two. :-) 
 Bottom line on the relationship storyline after D&C and A&D: Ty and Zane may love each other equally, but I think Zane is a helluva lot more committed to Ty than the reverse. 
 To really make me feel better, I would absolutely love to see two things: 
 1) I need Ty to be put in a situation where he feels the fear of possibly losing Zane to someone else. I do NOT want Zane to cheat - not even in a small way; I just want someone from Zane's past/present/future to make Ty think (s)he could give him a run for his money where Zane is concerned. Let someone else point out to Ty how lucky HE is to have Zane... every bit as lucky as Zane admits to being for having Ty. 
 2) When it comes time (and there have been hints galore dropped in the books that it'll likely come up) for one or both of them to retire for the sake of their relationship I want it to be either both at the same time or Ty first. Zane has given up all of his vices to be with Ty (I know, they were bad for him anyway), and he was the first to give up other sex partners - months before Ty did (in fact, Ty didn't give up his barmaids until the moment they physically got back together at the end of C&R while Zane had stopped fucking others even though they were apart for months prior to that). It is, in my humble opinion, TY'S turn to be the first to give up something he enjoys for the sake of Zane and/or their relationship. 
 I certainly don't *expect* one or both of these things to happen in future books, but I'd really, REALLY like it. 
 I know it seems like most of this was bitching; I truly did love the story and will likely re-read it again more than once along the line; it's just I can't help but feel that Zane and Ty are... uneven right now in terms of their commitment, and I'd like to see that change. (hide spoiler)]