Review: Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
Title: Pushing The Limits
Author: Katie McGarry
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Publication Date: July 31, 2012
Page Count: 392
Where I got it: Amazon Purchase
Where you can get it: Amazon
How much: List Price 9.99
Format I read it in: Kindle ebook
Challenges: 2014 Book Blogger Summer Reading Program
Description/Blurb:
No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with “freaky” scars on her arms. Even Echo can’t remember the whole truth of that horrible night. All she knows is that she wants everything to go back to normal.
But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking-hot, girl-using loner in the black leather jacket, explodes into her life with his tough attitude and surprising understanding, Echo’s world shifts in ways she could never have imagined. They should have nothing in common. And with the secrets they both keep, being together is pretty much impossible.
Yet the crazy attraction between them refuses to go away. And Echo has to ask herself just how far they can push the limits and what she’ll risk for the one guy who might teach her how to love again.
My Thoughts:
Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Wow. So I was a bonehead and had requested the later books in this series without having read this one. So, when this one popped up as 31 cents on Kindle, I jumped right on that.
To give you a bit of perspective… This was about 400 pages, I finished this in less than 24 hours. I cannot believe I did that, but I also couldn’t put this book down no matter how hard I tried. I stayed up until 4 in the morning reading. Then I read when I should have been doing, um, other things. Granted, it is Bout of Books week, and I have a goal in mind for a number of pages to finish this week, but I am certain the result would have been the same regardless of what time it was.
Echo and Noah’s stories are both heartbreaking and awe-inspiring. The amount of heartbreak in this book brought tears to my eyes on so many occasions, I have no idea how I have tissues left in my house.
The character development in this story was spot on, and I could imagine being a part of the story, sitting down and having coffee with the characters and being a part of their lives. I could imagine living through the experiences, both the beautiful and the horrifying. It felt so real to me, I imagine the story and the characters and the events will disturb my sleep for at least a night or two.
Want to know what happens and how the story ends? Get the book. Seriously, you really need to read this one. I don’t care who you are, this book is a must read for everyone. There is a bit of language, but the story wouldn’t have worked without it. It needed to be there. I don’t say things like that often, but in this case, it’s true.
Read the book, then come back and tell me what you think. I love hearing from people about stuff I have read.
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