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I was in a bit of a reading slump and went on twitter to ask my followers what I should read next. I said I wanted something with kissing. Pushing The Limits had kissing! And it was just what I needed to get out of my slump!
We first meet Echo. She’s in a counseling session with her step-mom and her father. First impressions, Echo’s dad is a jerk and her step-mom is a witch. But there is a lot more to the story than what first meets the eye.
Echo has been through something traumatic. So, traumatic that she had blocked out the entire experience, but she has the scars. She just isn’t exactly sure how they got there.
Then we meet Noah. The resident bad boy. Just like with Echo there is a lot more going on under Noah’s bad boy persona. He’s been in foster care since his parents recent death in a fire and the only thing he wants is to make sure that his two little brothers are okay.
Noah and Echo are both damaged by very different images, yet somehow they end up healing each other.
It was heart-wrenching and painful. It was beautiful and hopeful.
Told through alternating perspectives we get to know Noah and Echo intimately and at the same time see them through each others eyes. It was incredibly satisfying! It just worked out so well! I’m usually a fan of alternating perspectives but this one was exceedingly well done!
I loved these two characters. I loved their chemistry, I loved watching their relationship grow and I loved watching how they complimented each other. I also really enjoyed the supporting characters, Isaiah and Beth. I’m really hoping that we get to see more of these characters. I was really intrigued by Beth in just the small snippets that we did receive. (!!! Just learned we do get Beth’s story!! Dare You To in 2013!)
For me, Pushing The Limits has everything I like in a book. A cute boy and kissing.
But really, it has everything. A great story, awesome characters and it was well written. Add this one to your reading piles!
We first meet Echo. She’s in a counseling session with her step-mom and her father. First impressions, Echo’s dad is a jerk and her step-mom is a witch. But there is a lot more to the story than what first meets the eye.
Echo has been through something traumatic. So, traumatic that she had blocked out the entire experience, but she has the scars. She just isn’t exactly sure how they got there.
Then we meet Noah. The resident bad boy. Just like with Echo there is a lot more going on under Noah’s bad boy persona. He’s been in foster care since his parents recent death in a fire and the only thing he wants is to make sure that his two little brothers are okay.
Noah and Echo are both damaged by very different images, yet somehow they end up healing each other.
It was heart-wrenching and painful. It was beautiful and hopeful.
Told through alternating perspectives we get to know Noah and Echo intimately and at the same time see them through each others eyes. It was incredibly satisfying! It just worked out so well! I’m usually a fan of alternating perspectives but this one was exceedingly well done!
I loved these two characters. I loved their chemistry, I loved watching their relationship grow and I loved watching how they complimented each other. I also really enjoyed the supporting characters, Isaiah and Beth. I’m really hoping that we get to see more of these characters. I was really intrigued by Beth in just the small snippets that we did receive. (!!! Just learned we do get Beth’s story!! Dare You To in 2013!)
For me, Pushing The Limits has everything I like in a book. A cute boy and kissing.
But really, it has everything. A great story, awesome characters and it was well written. Add this one to your reading piles!
I've read tons of great reviews so my expectations before starting this book were through the roof. Besides, I think most books about teens with problems are either shallow or lecturing and I hoped for something better. Thankfully Pushing the Limits was amazing.
Echo is an incredible protagonist. She's sensitive, loving, broken, confined and strong. She doubts herself a lot without ever being annoying - it actually makes sense that she feels like that. She is easy to like and her struggle to recover her lost memory is so riveting.
I'm not a big fan of Noah. The part of the story about him and his brothers makes him seem so callous and very self-centered. And he just seems so dumb at times, like when it comes to doing drugs. Noah is a teenager which means he thinks about sex ALL the time and it gets boring, just like constantly being told how great Echo smells and how perfect she is - I'm not stupid, quiet repeating. But thankfully Noah changes around Echo and when he changes, I like him! Suddenly he is the perfect guy and I enjoyed reading about him.
I LOVE Mrs. Collins. She is awesome and I adored her sense of humor. She tries to be hip and smart which is so funny and at the same time she shows patience and trust and she understands. Every teen should have a Mrs. Collins in their life.
The POV changes between Noah and Echo which works great most of the time. Unfortunately, some of the chapters end with some sort of a cliffhanger and the next chapter starts up with a different POV at a later time and just get a short explanation of what happened. It annoyed me - I want the story when it happens. (That sounds weird; I really hope you understand what I mean).
Pushing the Limits is very well written and feelings just pouring out of the pages. No insta-love, but a beautiful, believable and heartbreaking love story filled with hope, beauty and courage.
Echo is an incredible protagonist. She's sensitive, loving, broken, confined and strong. She doubts herself a lot without ever being annoying - it actually makes sense that she feels like that. She is easy to like and her struggle to recover her lost memory is so riveting.
I'm not a big fan of Noah. The part of the story about him and his brothers makes him seem so callous and very self-centered. And he just seems so dumb at times, like when it comes to doing drugs. Noah is a teenager which means he thinks about sex ALL the time and it gets boring, just like constantly being told how great Echo smells and how perfect she is - I'm not stupid, quiet repeating. But thankfully Noah changes around Echo and when he changes, I like him! Suddenly he is the perfect guy and I enjoyed reading about him.
I LOVE Mrs. Collins. She is awesome and I adored her sense of humor. She tries to be hip and smart which is so funny and at the same time she shows patience and trust and she understands. Every teen should have a Mrs. Collins in their life.
The POV changes between Noah and Echo which works great most of the time. Unfortunately, some of the chapters end with some sort of a cliffhanger and the next chapter starts up with a different POV at a later time and just get a short explanation of what happened. It annoyed me - I want the story when it happens. (That sounds weird; I really hope you understand what I mean).
Pushing the Limits is very well written and feelings just pouring out of the pages. No insta-love, but a beautiful, believable and heartbreaking love story filled with hope, beauty and courage.
Awww such a cute story. For a YA book it has a lot more going on then most. I like that their lives are complicated without being emo and depressing. Echo and Noah are so cute for each other.
Both Echo Emerson and Noah Hutchins live troubled lives but for different reasons. Echo used to be part of the popular crowd, but after a life-altering incident with her mother who almost killed her, she is now the freak at school whom everyone stares at and whispers about. Noah is a bad boy who cuts class, smokes pot and wants nothing to do with the popular crowd that Echo is trying to claw her way back into. So when Echo is coaxed into tutoring Noah by their school social worker, both parties are less than thrilled. Neither Noah nor Echo wants to associate with the other yet somehow, their troubled pasts manage to lure them closer and closer together.
As someone who is often turned off from any sort of romance in novels, I actually found that part of the story quite engaging. I want relationships in novels to have substance and so when I read about characters who fall head over heels in "love" with someone just on looks alone, my eyes roll so hard into the back of my head that you can actually hear them rolling. So I was excited to discover that the relationship between Noah and Echo develops so slowly and realistically over the course of the novel that it's actually difficult to pinpoint the exact moment when the two of them fall for each other.
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As someone who is often turned off from any sort of romance in novels, I actually found that part of the story quite engaging. I want relationships in novels to have substance and so when I read about characters who fall head over heels in "love" with someone just on looks alone, my eyes roll so hard into the back of my head that you can actually hear them rolling. So I was excited to discover that the relationship between Noah and Echo develops so slowly and realistically over the course of the novel that it's actually difficult to pinpoint the exact moment when the two of them fall for each other.
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This was a really moving story and I'm not ashamed to admit that it made me cry a couple of times. Not just a couple of tears either, but full on sobbing. Echo and Noah's story was just so heartbreaking, but their love was so perfect and beautiful. It's the kind of story that stays with you long after you've finished it, and I'm sure I'll be re-reading it in the future.
2012 is turning out to be the year for awesome contemporary books. Pushing The Limits, Katie McGarry’s debut novel, is one of the best contemporary books I have read. I can already tell that this is one author I will completely adore. I’m already super stoked for her next book, a companion to Pushing The Limits!
Echo is one severely damaged girl. Something traumatic happened to her one night close to the end of her sophomore year. She has scars on both her arms but she doesn’t remember anything about how she got them. That night changed everything for her and she has never been the same girl since. Now it’s her senior year and she’s finally trying to get back her life. She is scared, confused, lonely, and a lot of the time angry. Life has gone on without her and everyone is trying to shove her back into her old life and she just doesn’t fit. She’s such an easy character to like and connect with. She’s very raw and real and she’s very sarcastic inside her head (and sometimes out of it.) She may be damaged but she still has a great sense of humor and it’s clear that she’s a very smart girl. She’s a well-rounded, supremely awesome main character.
Then there is Noah. What is it about guys named Noah? So far every one that I have read about, I have loved and this Noah is no exception. He’s the quintessential bad boy but there is so much more to him. The book is told in alternating point-of-views so you get a glimpse inside Noah’s head and he’s a wonderful guy no matter how he acts on the outside. Sure I liked Echo but I was so invested in everything that happened with Noah. I have to say that his story may have been more interesting to me. Everything that happened to him broke my heart and I found myself sobbing by the end of the book, both about what happened to Echo and what happened to Noah. They are both very broken people but together they are so perfect. Also, Noah’s friends, Isaiah and Beth help make this book so awesome. They are hilarious and they really are like family to Noah. Beth’s story is the next book and I have very high hopes.
The romance in Pushing the Limits is some of the hottest I have read. Simone Elkeles blurbed this book and that kind of gave me a clue but I was still surprised by how sexy and steamy it was. I would honestly have to compare this one to a Simone Elkeles book, both with the romance and with how much I loved it. The story is addicting and I dare you to put this one down once you’ve started it. It’s damn near impossible.
Overall, Pushing The Limits is a must-read for every YA reader out there. Heck, even if you aren’t a YA reader (if you aren’t, why are you on my blog?) you must check this one out. Katie McGarry is an author to watch!
Echo is one severely damaged girl. Something traumatic happened to her one night close to the end of her sophomore year. She has scars on both her arms but she doesn’t remember anything about how she got them. That night changed everything for her and she has never been the same girl since. Now it’s her senior year and she’s finally trying to get back her life. She is scared, confused, lonely, and a lot of the time angry. Life has gone on without her and everyone is trying to shove her back into her old life and she just doesn’t fit. She’s such an easy character to like and connect with. She’s very raw and real and she’s very sarcastic inside her head (and sometimes out of it.) She may be damaged but she still has a great sense of humor and it’s clear that she’s a very smart girl. She’s a well-rounded, supremely awesome main character.
Then there is Noah. What is it about guys named Noah? So far every one that I have read about, I have loved and this Noah is no exception. He’s the quintessential bad boy but there is so much more to him. The book is told in alternating point-of-views so you get a glimpse inside Noah’s head and he’s a wonderful guy no matter how he acts on the outside. Sure I liked Echo but I was so invested in everything that happened with Noah. I have to say that his story may have been more interesting to me. Everything that happened to him broke my heart and I found myself sobbing by the end of the book, both about what happened to Echo and what happened to Noah. They are both very broken people but together they are so perfect. Also, Noah’s friends, Isaiah and Beth help make this book so awesome. They are hilarious and they really are like family to Noah. Beth’s story is the next book and I have very high hopes.
The romance in Pushing the Limits is some of the hottest I have read. Simone Elkeles blurbed this book and that kind of gave me a clue but I was still surprised by how sexy and steamy it was. I would honestly have to compare this one to a Simone Elkeles book, both with the romance and with how much I loved it. The story is addicting and I dare you to put this one down once you’ve started it. It’s damn near impossible.
Overall, Pushing The Limits is a must-read for every YA reader out there. Heck, even if you aren’t a YA reader (if you aren’t, why are you on my blog?) you must check this one out. Katie McGarry is an author to watch!
Is it possible to read a book, not necessarily in its entirety but still able to follow along with the story?
Is it possible to select which people you want to read about and still consider the book, read?
Is it possible to hate secondary characters so much that I nearly pulverized my teeth from gritting them?
YES.
YES.
YES…NO. But my jaw hurts like a mutha.
I’m a ball of frustrated mess with this book. Obviously, there are a lot of sensitive topics that were tackled here. But again, it’s one of those reads where every single insipid, shallow, empty, hollow character overshadowed how great this book is.
It’s a rarity when you find a book that has the power to make you realize just what kind of person you are. Pushing the Limits is that book for me. I realized a couple of ugly truths about myself: I can hold on to a grudge like it’s the last copy of Melina Marchetta’s book in the entire universe and secondly, I don’t forgive easily.
This book reminds me of my reaction to [b:The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight|10798416|The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight|Jennifer E. Smith|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1337187623s/10798416.jpg|15464655]. And although there was nothing fluffy about this book that I was led to believe at first, the character’s familial conflicts and resolutions made me mad. Echo’s father infuriated me beyond belief. He was a controlling figure who excused his behavior all in the name of protecting his daughter. I should understand where he’s coming from; he did what he had to do to protect her from remembering. I simply didn't care that Echo forgave her dad easily because at the end of the day, he still put his daughter second every. Single. Time. Oh and I'm also not a fan of cheating fathers. Personal experience, personal problem...moving on.
Echo’s father wasn’t the only one who needed to be basted with honey, tied to a tree, left to be devoured by fire ants from the surrounding anthills. Her so-called friends’ goal in life is to be popular and to be popular, Echo has to go back to “normal”. I raged, ranted, and violently cursed the day each of these characters came across my path - figuratively. I literally skipped the pages where her friends schemed on the ways she could be popular again. I mean, seriously? The girl went through a traumatic event and all you care about was how to make her part of the high school upper echelons again? Please. Granted, they didn't really know what happened to her. But come on, get a clue. She came back from a break a totally changed person. And instead they speculated and started the rumours that she was cutting herself because that was way better than everyone knowing her mother's finally lost her sense of reality?
/Rant over.
VERDICT: I am conflicted with this book, hence the middle of the bar rating. I do love how well evolved the plot was. The intricate way in which their pasts unravel was done in a perfect progression. I also loved the two main characters, no matter how much they frustrated me constantly. I loved the romance – the couple made sense. In a way they reminded me of Alex and Britney of [b:Perfect Chemistry|4268157|Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1)|Simone Elkeles|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1316637352s/4268157.jpg|4315675]. It's the bad boy and the straight and arrow girl pairing that though, overdone, is still a favourite of mine.
I wish I wasn’t so consumed with severe frustration with the secondary characters. In the end, there was a lot of douche-baggery that went on. I just couldn’t get past it. Maybe if I hadn't skipped the parts that anger me, I would be more understanding. I just...couldn't.
Is it possible to select which people you want to read about and still consider the book, read?
Is it possible to hate secondary characters so much that I nearly pulverized my teeth from gritting them?
YES.
YES.
YES…NO. But my jaw hurts like a mutha.
I’m a ball of frustrated mess with this book. Obviously, there are a lot of sensitive topics that were tackled here. But again, it’s one of those reads where every single insipid, shallow, empty, hollow character overshadowed how great this book is.
It’s a rarity when you find a book that has the power to make you realize just what kind of person you are. Pushing the Limits is that book for me. I realized a couple of ugly truths about myself: I can hold on to a grudge like it’s the last copy of Melina Marchetta’s book in the entire universe and secondly, I don’t forgive easily.
This book reminds me of my reaction to [b:The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight|10798416|The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight|Jennifer E. Smith|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1337187623s/10798416.jpg|15464655]. And although there was nothing fluffy about this book that I was led to believe at first, the character’s familial conflicts and resolutions made me mad. Echo’s father infuriated me beyond belief. He was a controlling figure who excused his behavior all in the name of protecting his daughter. I should understand where he’s coming from; he did what he had to do to protect her from remembering. I simply didn't care that Echo forgave her dad easily because at the end of the day, he still put his daughter second every. Single. Time. Oh and I'm also not a fan of cheating fathers. Personal experience, personal problem...moving on.
Echo’s father wasn’t the only one who needed to be basted with honey, tied to a tree, left to be devoured by fire ants from the surrounding anthills. Her so-called friends’ goal in life is to be popular and to be popular, Echo has to go back to “normal”. I raged, ranted, and violently cursed the day each of these characters came across my path - figuratively. I literally skipped the pages where her friends schemed on the ways she could be popular again. I mean, seriously? The girl went through a traumatic event and all you care about was how to make her part of the high school upper echelons again? Please. Granted, they didn't really know what happened to her. But come on, get a clue. She came back from a break a totally changed person. And instead they speculated and started the rumours that she was cutting herself because that was way better than everyone knowing her mother's finally lost her sense of reality?
/Rant over.
VERDICT: I am conflicted with this book, hence the middle of the bar rating. I do love how well evolved the plot was. The intricate way in which their pasts unravel was done in a perfect progression. I also loved the two main characters, no matter how much they frustrated me constantly. I loved the romance – the couple made sense. In a way they reminded me of Alex and Britney of [b:Perfect Chemistry|4268157|Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1)|Simone Elkeles|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1316637352s/4268157.jpg|4315675]. It's the bad boy and the straight and arrow girl pairing that though, overdone, is still a favourite of mine.
I wish I wasn’t so consumed with severe frustration with the secondary characters. In the end, there was a lot of douche-baggery that went on. I just couldn’t get past it. Maybe if I hadn't skipped the parts that anger me, I would be more understanding. I just...couldn't.
It's just a start of a new year and I already can tell that this book is going to be one of my fave this year and all time.
If you have doubts on reading this book, DON'T!!!
If you won't love this book, you will at least like it, I assure you.
Recommend this book to everyone ;)
If you have doubts on reading this book, DON'T!!!
If you won't love this book, you will at least like it, I assure you.
Recommend this book to everyone ;)
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I seriously never cried so hard. Pushing The Limits literally broke me. This book was very raw and emotional. It wasn’t your typical YA, it was intense and the issues were real and serious. This book hit a little too close to home, Echo’s parents are divorced: mine too, her mother is bipolar: my father is bipolar, Noah has two little brothers that he can’t see: I have a little brother that I can’t see and his name is Noha, can you freaking believe it?!
So yeah, this book was actually kinda hard for me to read because it really felt real and I understood the characters, I felt their pain. While reading Pushing The Limits my stomach was always in knots, if that makes any sense. I mean, I loved that book, I really did but it’s not a book that I’ll read twice.
This book is the story of Echo and Noah. It’s a beautiful love story, real, intense, heartbreaking, sometimes funny but beautiful. They both need their happy ending, they’re different and at the same time they’re not. Both have issues, both have secrets, both need to feel loved. To be honest, I didn’t know what to expect with this book. I had read lots of good reviews but some scared me. They were good but I was afraid of being crushed after reading it, well… now I know for sure, I am crushed.
Echo was an interesting character, at times I didn’t really liked her, I totally get that in high school you want to belong, you want to be popular and all and I get that Echo wanted all that back, she wanted normal back because since that fateful night she stopped being normal but at times she tried too much. Her friends were awful to her, they only accepted her if she dated THAT boy, if she came to THAT party, they were all jerks. Her only true friend was Lila and again, I didn’t really liked her.
Katie did a great job because she made that book real, it was hard but at least it was realistic. Not everything in life is easy. Sometimes you have to fight to find your path, to live again. I was totally intrigued with Echo’s story, I was with her all along, the scars on her arms were truly scary and I was freaking out over what could have had happened to her. Echo was also a great heroine. She was wise and compassionate. She made good decisions and throughout the entire book she grew, she learned from her mistakes, she opened her eyes and she was mature enough to realize that she had her flaws. She was strong, with what she went through, the process of remembering everything, the scars always with her, it was hard but Echo was a strong girl and she never gave up. She was also selfless.
Noah, Noah… YOU MADE ME CRY TOO DAMN MUCH. He was an amazing character, totally badass and hot but deep down he was just a teenage boy with his own dark past and his issues. I could relate to both characters, but I don’t know why, Noah was too much, his story was so sad and just thinking about it makes me wanna cry. Noah didn’t have a good life, he had a good life at some point but one day all of it went away and he found himself in foster care without his two little brothers and his parents dead.
Noah’s story was hard for me, like I said, he was such a good guy. He tried, he tried so hard and seeing him realize at the end that he couldn’t get what he wanted was just heartbreaking. I felt for him, I know that pain and I just can’t express my feelings. Noah was a good brother, a good person. Strong, selfless, loving, funny, loyal… Sure, he wasn’t perfect but who is? I’m really sorry if my review is vague, if I don’t make any sense, I just don’t want to write too much. Just, I loved Noah. I absolutely loved everything about him and I am so happy he got his happy ending.
Another character that I loved in this book was Mrs. Collins (the high school clinical social worker) she was awesome. This was a good woman. She tried to help both Echo and Noah. She was with them every step of the way. She never gave up on them, their cases were not related but she helped them both equally and I loved seeing her helping them individually. There is a scene with her and Noah toward the end that made me burst into tears.
The other students were all jerks except Isaiah, Beth and Lila. Echo’s father and step-mother pissed me off. After reading the book, I understand better but while reading, let me tell you, I was pissed. Noah’s little brothers were the best, I fell in love. Their foster parents pissed me off too but then after, same thing, I understood and they were actually good people. Aires (Echo’s big brother, deceased in Afghanistan), we don’t know him but we learn to know him through Echo, I loved that. He seemed like an awesome guy.
The story in itself was awesome. I loved both sides (Echo & Noah). In the middle of all this mess they found each other. They were made for each other. Their relationship was beautiful, their love was beautiful. It wasn’t easy (what is?), they broke my heart but in the end they got their happy ending. Katie wrote a meaningful and beautiful book, I do not regret reading it but I’ll take some time off before reading Dare You To.
So yeah, this book was actually kinda hard for me to read because it really felt real and I understood the characters, I felt their pain. While reading Pushing The Limits my stomach was always in knots, if that makes any sense. I mean, I loved that book, I really did but it’s not a book that I’ll read twice.
This book is the story of Echo and Noah. It’s a beautiful love story, real, intense, heartbreaking, sometimes funny but beautiful. They both need their happy ending, they’re different and at the same time they’re not. Both have issues, both have secrets, both need to feel loved. To be honest, I didn’t know what to expect with this book. I had read lots of good reviews but some scared me. They were good but I was afraid of being crushed after reading it, well… now I know for sure, I am crushed.
Echo was an interesting character, at times I didn’t really liked her, I totally get that in high school you want to belong, you want to be popular and all and I get that Echo wanted all that back, she wanted normal back because since that fateful night she stopped being normal but at times she tried too much. Her friends were awful to her, they only accepted her if she dated THAT boy, if she came to THAT party, they were all jerks. Her only true friend was Lila and again, I didn’t really liked her.
Katie did a great job because she made that book real, it was hard but at least it was realistic. Not everything in life is easy. Sometimes you have to fight to find your path, to live again. I was totally intrigued with Echo’s story, I was with her all along, the scars on her arms were truly scary and I was freaking out over what could have had happened to her. Echo was also a great heroine. She was wise and compassionate. She made good decisions and throughout the entire book she grew, she learned from her mistakes, she opened her eyes and she was mature enough to realize that she had her flaws. She was strong, with what she went through, the process of remembering everything, the scars always with her, it was hard but Echo was a strong girl and she never gave up. She was also selfless.
Noah, Noah… YOU MADE ME CRY TOO DAMN MUCH. He was an amazing character, totally badass and hot but deep down he was just a teenage boy with his own dark past and his issues. I could relate to both characters, but I don’t know why, Noah was too much, his story was so sad and just thinking about it makes me wanna cry. Noah didn’t have a good life, he had a good life at some point but one day all of it went away and he found himself in foster care without his two little brothers and his parents dead.
Noah’s story was hard for me, like I said, he was such a good guy. He tried, he tried so hard and seeing him realize at the end that he couldn’t get what he wanted was just heartbreaking. I felt for him, I know that pain and I just can’t express my feelings. Noah was a good brother, a good person. Strong, selfless, loving, funny, loyal… Sure, he wasn’t perfect but who is? I’m really sorry if my review is vague, if I don’t make any sense, I just don’t want to write too much. Just, I loved Noah. I absolutely loved everything about him and I am so happy he got his happy ending.
Another character that I loved in this book was Mrs. Collins (the high school clinical social worker) she was awesome. This was a good woman. She tried to help both Echo and Noah. She was with them every step of the way. She never gave up on them, their cases were not related but she helped them both equally and I loved seeing her helping them individually. There is a scene with her and Noah toward the end that made me burst into tears.
The other students were all jerks except Isaiah, Beth and Lila. Echo’s father and step-mother pissed me off. After reading the book, I understand better but while reading, let me tell you, I was pissed. Noah’s little brothers were the best, I fell in love. Their foster parents pissed me off too but then after, same thing, I understood and they were actually good people. Aires (Echo’s big brother, deceased in Afghanistan), we don’t know him but we learn to know him through Echo, I loved that. He seemed like an awesome guy.
The story in itself was awesome. I loved both sides (Echo & Noah). In the middle of all this mess they found each other. They were made for each other. Their relationship was beautiful, their love was beautiful. It wasn’t easy (what is?), they broke my heart but in the end they got their happy ending. Katie wrote a meaningful and beautiful book, I do not regret reading it but I’ll take some time off before reading Dare You To.