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My Favorite Lines:
"Luke used to give me butterflies. Noah spawned mutant pterodactyls."
"The worst type of crying wasn't the kind everyone could see--the wailing on street corners, the tearing at clothes. No, the worst kind happened when your soul wept and no matter what you did, there was no way to comfort it. A section withered and became a scar on the part of your soul that survived. For people like me and Echo, our souls contained more scar tissue than life.”
Why I Loved It: This books was incredible. Seriously. Ok apparently I wrote this review in my head. I remember writing it. But apparently I never posted it. So this review is a little late. But that doesn't make the book any less incredible. It was exactly the kind of book I needed at the time. I've always love contemporary fiction, but my favorites are the darker ones like Ellen Hopkins's books. This book had just enough grit for me. Pushing the Limits pulled me in from the very beginning when I got the first glimpse of the existence of Echo's dark past. Neither Noah or Echo should have mixed. But there are just some combinations that create a perfection that neither can attain by themselves. Noah and Echo's horrible pasts made for an incredible and emotional reading experience for me.
Anyone who has read any of my past reviews knows I always go for the bad boy. Ok most of the time. But Noah was definitely no exception to my usual tastes. That boy was smoking!!! My favorite part about Noah's character though was how complex he was. He wasn't just a "bad boy." He had a past too, and his past seriously surprised me. When I first met him, I thought ok "typical life sucks, who cares, let's smoke some pot" kinda guy. But as the story moved on, Noah showed so much depth. His love for his two little brothers and his need to provide and protect them drove him more than anything, and it was so obvious that he was way more than the first impression. I haven't read a character that I could truly imagine living around me in a long time. Noah made me love him for more than just being the hot bad boy. I loved his heart, and his need to protect the people he cares most for.
For once, it wasn't the boy that I couldn't get enough of. Echo's character was just so raw and real and powerful for me. I wasn't an observer in her tragedy. I lived it with her. We stood together in ignorance as she struggled to figure herself out, to discover what part of her was lost. There is a night of Echo's life that she can't remember. It was the night she almost died, and all she knows is that her mom was involved. She woke up with horrible scars up and down her arms and she can't remember how she got them. I can't even imagine living with the scars that run down her arms. Long sleeve shirts in the summer. No formal dresses. Rumors surrounding everything I do and everything I am. Waking to nightmares all the time, and being so afraid to sleep that I live in exhaustion.
I still can't believe that this book was written by a debut author. The book was so well-written to me. There were so many tears and laughs and "awwws" that came from me. I stayed up outrageously late the last night just so I could reach that last page.
There is no sweet storyline here. The story will pull so much from you as you struggle with Noah and Echo and their colliding worlds that don't belong together but are beyond perfect when they finally mix. Contemporary fiction has never tasted so good!
Who Should Read It: Everyone. You owe yourself to partake in the bittersweet pleasures in life. Don't miss out on this one. And just to make sure people have such opportunities, I'm going to give away a copy. It's a hardback final copy of the book. And it's beautiful. Just fill out the Rafflecopter survey below.
"Luke used to give me butterflies. Noah spawned mutant pterodactyls."
"The worst type of crying wasn't the kind everyone could see--the wailing on street corners, the tearing at clothes. No, the worst kind happened when your soul wept and no matter what you did, there was no way to comfort it. A section withered and became a scar on the part of your soul that survived. For people like me and Echo, our souls contained more scar tissue than life.”
Why I Loved It: This books was incredible. Seriously. Ok apparently I wrote this review in my head. I remember writing it. But apparently I never posted it. So this review is a little late. But that doesn't make the book any less incredible. It was exactly the kind of book I needed at the time. I've always love contemporary fiction, but my favorites are the darker ones like Ellen Hopkins's books. This book had just enough grit for me. Pushing the Limits pulled me in from the very beginning when I got the first glimpse of the existence of Echo's dark past. Neither Noah or Echo should have mixed. But there are just some combinations that create a perfection that neither can attain by themselves. Noah and Echo's horrible pasts made for an incredible and emotional reading experience for me.
Anyone who has read any of my past reviews knows I always go for the bad boy. Ok most of the time. But Noah was definitely no exception to my usual tastes. That boy was smoking!!! My favorite part about Noah's character though was how complex he was. He wasn't just a "bad boy." He had a past too, and his past seriously surprised me. When I first met him, I thought ok "typical life sucks, who cares, let's smoke some pot" kinda guy. But as the story moved on, Noah showed so much depth. His love for his two little brothers and his need to provide and protect them drove him more than anything, and it was so obvious that he was way more than the first impression. I haven't read a character that I could truly imagine living around me in a long time. Noah made me love him for more than just being the hot bad boy. I loved his heart, and his need to protect the people he cares most for.
For once, it wasn't the boy that I couldn't get enough of. Echo's character was just so raw and real and powerful for me. I wasn't an observer in her tragedy. I lived it with her. We stood together in ignorance as she struggled to figure herself out, to discover what part of her was lost. There is a night of Echo's life that she can't remember. It was the night she almost died, and all she knows is that her mom was involved. She woke up with horrible scars up and down her arms and she can't remember how she got them. I can't even imagine living with the scars that run down her arms. Long sleeve shirts in the summer. No formal dresses. Rumors surrounding everything I do and everything I am. Waking to nightmares all the time, and being so afraid to sleep that I live in exhaustion.
I still can't believe that this book was written by a debut author. The book was so well-written to me. There were so many tears and laughs and "awwws" that came from me. I stayed up outrageously late the last night just so I could reach that last page.
There is no sweet storyline here. The story will pull so much from you as you struggle with Noah and Echo and their colliding worlds that don't belong together but are beyond perfect when they finally mix. Contemporary fiction has never tasted so good!
Who Should Read It: Everyone. You owe yourself to partake in the bittersweet pleasures in life. Don't miss out on this one. And just to make sure people have such opportunities, I'm going to give away a copy. It's a hardback final copy of the book. And it's beautiful. Just fill out the Rafflecopter survey below.
My thoughts for this book could actually be summed up in one word - PERFECTION.
When I picked up this book to read, I was expecting another common novel, the cliched kind. What I wasn't expecting was that my heart would go in with the characters, feeling what they feel, experiencing what they experience, carrying their problems, completely being pulled into the story. For me, those are the best kinds of books. Those that could make me laugh as they laugh, cry as they cry, and even love as they love.
From the first page I read, up to the very last page, I was completely captivated, completely drawn into their world. It's the kind of heart-warming, yet at the same time heart-wrenching novel that you won't be able to put down, afraid you might miss something - It's the kind of novel that makes you feel like you have to readevery single word, and not feel like it's dragging. Characters, plot, pacing, choice of words, everything - perfect!
I could easily say that this book is the best book I've read all year, possibly ever! Can you believe that I only read this in two sittings? (Because I have to sleep. Else it would have been one.) And I'm the kind of person who gets bored easily, and can't keep doing a single thing for a long time! Maybe the fact that I can somehow relate to the characters helped. But I think even if I couldn't, it still would be great! I think picking up this books is the best decision I've made this year! Katie McGarry captured perfectly what I want to read in one single book, and I must say that from now on, I would read anything she writes.
When I picked up this book to read, I was expecting another common novel, the cliched kind. What I wasn't expecting was that my heart would go in with the characters, feeling what they feel, experiencing what they experience, carrying their problems, completely being pulled into the story. For me, those are the best kinds of books. Those that could make me laugh as they laugh, cry as they cry, and even love as they love.
From the first page I read, up to the very last page, I was completely captivated, completely drawn into their world. It's the kind of heart-warming, yet at the same time heart-wrenching novel that you won't be able to put down, afraid you might miss something - It's the kind of novel that makes you feel like you have to readevery single word, and not feel like it's dragging. Characters, plot, pacing, choice of words, everything - perfect!
I could easily say that this book is the best book I've read all year, possibly ever! Can you believe that I only read this in two sittings? (Because I have to sleep. Else it would have been one.) And I'm the kind of person who gets bored easily, and can't keep doing a single thing for a long time! Maybe the fact that I can somehow relate to the characters helped. But I think even if I couldn't, it still would be great! I think picking up this books is the best decision I've made this year! Katie McGarry captured perfectly what I want to read in one single book, and I must say that from now on, I would read anything she writes.
I really enjoyed this book. I was easily hooked into the romance between Echo and Noah and how they both dealt with the problems in the their lives.
Okay, so if you don’t follow me on twitter, you don’t see me spaz a lot of the time about Kaite McGarry, I adore her. Butyou know what? I have only read Pushing the Limits. The only reason I haven’t read the others in the Pushing the Limits series is simply because I own the US paperback edition so I have to wait quite a while for them to be published.
I loved Pushing the Limits there is no doubt about it. Firstly the storyline is very intriguing, it really pulled me in from the start. We as readers are going on the journey with Noah and Echo, as they reveal their past, and find out about it, so do we. Pushing the Limits is confronting and real, it is not some snappy romance.
I really enjoyed Echo, she is different to any other female character I have read before. She doesn’t remember what happen to her or how she got the scars. She is confused about what is really going on, Echo is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and doesn’t understand why people keep her shadowed, which is interesting to see her journey. I felt after finding what really happened, why people didn’t tell her? I also felt that she was too sheltered which made finding out a rough experience. I felt that Echo was a very ‘real’ character.
The worst type of crying wasn't the kind everyone could see--the wailing on street corners, the tearing at clothes. No, the worst kind happened when your soul wept and no matter what you did, there was no way to comfort it. A section withered and became a scar on the part of your soul that survived. For people like me and Echo, our souls contained more scar tissue than life.
"Some might say that Echo is a weak character but I think she is quite the opposite. She is strong enough for staying alive and for not losing herself in the process. She not only has to deal with the not so perfect home life but has to deal with all the kids at school, staring at her, spreading rumours about her and not having any friends anymore. Her feelings are just so raw and painful that they pierced my heart."
Noah, Noah, Noah. When you say bad boy, I think of Noah. Noah has had his own heartache but he hides it within this hard exterior. He’s a rough boy but deep down, you cannot find someone as caring as Noah. He shifts not only his world but Echo’s as well. They are so adorable together, they have become one of my OTP’s. You can understand why he is so distant, such the ‘bad boy.’
"I love you enough to never make you choose."
Katie McGarry is so talented when it comes to writing characters that have their walls up and are really fractured on the inside. She knows how to write characters that help break down these walls. That is what she did exactly with Noah and Echo, they are both broken but with the help of each other they start to break down each other’s wall’s. She is also really talented at making the reader cry and the emotions that she makes you feel through both Echo and Noah.
Pushing the Limits is told in dual perspectives both from Echo and Noah and unlike most authors Katie McGarry does it perfectly. You can tell one character from another, their feelings don’t get mixed up and she is able to write from both a girl's and boy’s perspective.
Overall Pushing the Limits takes you on a journey, and it makes you feel all emotions. You'll want to laugh, and you’ll want to cry.
I loved Pushing the Limits there is no doubt about it. Firstly the storyline is very intriguing, it really pulled me in from the start. We as readers are going on the journey with Noah and Echo, as they reveal their past, and find out about it, so do we. Pushing the Limits is confronting and real, it is not some snappy romance.
I really enjoyed Echo, she is different to any other female character I have read before. She doesn’t remember what happen to her or how she got the scars. She is confused about what is really going on, Echo is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and doesn’t understand why people keep her shadowed, which is interesting to see her journey. I felt after finding what really happened, why people didn’t tell her? I also felt that she was too sheltered which made finding out a rough experience. I felt that Echo was a very ‘real’ character.
The worst type of crying wasn't the kind everyone could see--the wailing on street corners, the tearing at clothes. No, the worst kind happened when your soul wept and no matter what you did, there was no way to comfort it. A section withered and became a scar on the part of your soul that survived. For people like me and Echo, our souls contained more scar tissue than life.
"Some might say that Echo is a weak character but I think she is quite the opposite. She is strong enough for staying alive and for not losing herself in the process. She not only has to deal with the not so perfect home life but has to deal with all the kids at school, staring at her, spreading rumours about her and not having any friends anymore. Her feelings are just so raw and painful that they pierced my heart."
Noah, Noah, Noah. When you say bad boy, I think of Noah. Noah has had his own heartache but he hides it within this hard exterior. He’s a rough boy but deep down, you cannot find someone as caring as Noah. He shifts not only his world but Echo’s as well. They are so adorable together, they have become one of my OTP’s. You can understand why he is so distant, such the ‘bad boy.’
"I love you enough to never make you choose."
Katie McGarry is so talented when it comes to writing characters that have their walls up and are really fractured on the inside. She knows how to write characters that help break down these walls. That is what she did exactly with Noah and Echo, they are both broken but with the help of each other they start to break down each other’s wall’s. She is also really talented at making the reader cry and the emotions that she makes you feel through both Echo and Noah.
Pushing the Limits is told in dual perspectives both from Echo and Noah and unlike most authors Katie McGarry does it perfectly. You can tell one character from another, their feelings don’t get mixed up and she is able to write from both a girl's and boy’s perspective.
Overall Pushing the Limits takes you on a journey, and it makes you feel all emotions. You'll want to laugh, and you’ll want to cry.
Katie McGarry has been floating around in my peripheral vision of YA/NA literature for quite some time now. I think the first book I noticed by her was Crash Into You, which I believe is the third in the series. But I remember a lot of hype around it when it came out and I remember seeing it on the shelves of bookstores and all that and I remember thinking, well I'll read it soon.
Now I've been in one of the worst slumps I've ever had. Ever. Guys, last year I read 208 books. With less than a month left in this year, I'm at 120 books. 120. I read two books total in the month of November. I have a stack of roughly 100 books that need to be read and I just can't read right now. Its awful.
That being said, this book really helped to pull me out of a seriously rough slump. I immediately fell for both characters. They both felt real and it was easy to fall in love with them. I felt like it was easier to fall in love with them than it was for them to fall in love with each other. That was seriously cheesy. But very very true. They had instant chemistry and I believed in them right off the bat. Their romance had ups and downs, and it was difficult and there were secrets and it wasn't perfect, but that's what made it good. Romance isn't perfect, relationships definitely are NOT perfect. And their romance is great.
What I really loved about this book is that the characters are great in themselves, separate from each other. Echo and Noah both have incredible stories, they're both trying to figure out their lives and move on and come to terms with the things that have happened to them. And I've read books where it can seem cheesy or overdone or too dramatic but it didn't feel like that at all. Everything that the two of them go through, especially Echo, really feels real. Even though I've never gone through these sorts of things, I felt connections with them. I felt their journey, their emotions.
Bottom line, great book. I'm excited to continue onto the rest of the series because truly, a great romance, a great character story and Katie is a fantastic writer.
Now I've been in one of the worst slumps I've ever had. Ever. Guys, last year I read 208 books. With less than a month left in this year, I'm at 120 books. 120. I read two books total in the month of November. I have a stack of roughly 100 books that need to be read and I just can't read right now. Its awful.
That being said, this book really helped to pull me out of a seriously rough slump. I immediately fell for both characters. They both felt real and it was easy to fall in love with them. I felt like it was easier to fall in love with them than it was for them to fall in love with each other. That was seriously cheesy. But very very true. They had instant chemistry and I believed in them right off the bat. Their romance had ups and downs, and it was difficult and there were secrets and it wasn't perfect, but that's what made it good. Romance isn't perfect, relationships definitely are NOT perfect. And their romance is great.
What I really loved about this book is that the characters are great in themselves, separate from each other. Echo and Noah both have incredible stories, they're both trying to figure out their lives and move on and come to terms with the things that have happened to them. And I've read books where it can seem cheesy or overdone or too dramatic but it didn't feel like that at all. Everything that the two of them go through, especially Echo, really feels real. Even though I've never gone through these sorts of things, I felt connections with them. I felt their journey, their emotions.
Bottom line, great book. I'm excited to continue onto the rest of the series because truly, a great romance, a great character story and Katie is a fantastic writer.
This was better than anticipated, honestly. It doesn't follow the exact lines of all NA tropes, and there were some important topics covered, even if the conclusion to Noah's drama was ultimately more moving than Echo's reveal. Although why
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characters are so quick to forgive family that's treated them so poorly (looking at you, Echo), I don't understand.
It’s hard to believe that just a few years ago Echo Emerson was part of the popular crowd. She had the perfect boyfriend, the perfect set of friends and the perfect older brother who looked out for her no matter what. These days Echo eats lunch alone and spends a large chunk of her days in the schools social worker’s office. With long sleeved shirts, she hides her arms from the world and the painting that was once her passion is now part of the past she would rather have left behind. All she wants is to graduate and leave the memories behind.
Noah Hutchins is the local bad boy – a reputation that he deserves. Known for entertaining females in the back of his car, getting high with his mates and sporting tattoos on his biceps, Noah also has secrets in his past. After his parents died in a fire a few years ago, Noah has been in many foster families and seen the worst the system has to offer. All he wants is to graduate and get custody of his two little brothers before the system abuses them like it did him.
She’s upper middle class and he’s definitely from the wrong side of the tracks. But after the new school social worker puts them together as tutor and underachiever -sparks fly. Neither is thinking of romance and considering their social groups would never approve of such a union, a relationship between Echo and Noah seems inconceivable. But as the school year goes on and both the teens’ histories coming back to haunt them, they grow closer and realize that maybe, despite their backgrounds, they have more in common than either of them ever would have guessed.
I did like how the relationship between Noah and Echo grew over the course of the novel. Both are hesitant to form any kind of lasting or intense connection but as they both evolve as characters so too does their relationship. I liked them together. Even with Noah using my most hated term of endearment (baby… eww!) and despite the fact that at times I felt like he was more in love with the concept of Echo than he was in love with Echo the person. I also had a few issues with Echo being so completely in love with Noah so quickly – it seemed a little fast considering how closed off she was at the beginning to not only loving Noah but to being IN love with Noah. At the start they didn’t like each other. She thought he was a jerk and he thought she was a snob with a rockin’ body… With only a few encounters – and both of the characters having such significant personal issues – they’re at the stage where Noah gets in a fist fight with Echo’s (ex)boyfriend over her at the Valentine’s Day dance which would only be six weeks or so after they are first properly introduced.
I did like Beth, Isaiah, Lila and the rest of the secondary characters. These characters are ones that I could relate to. High school is tough for a lot of people and I felt like McGarry touched on a lot of the reasons why I personally found it tough. The rumours, the faux friends (like Grace) and the importance of appearance over everything else.
There were a few plot points that I did find a little confusing. Why did no one – not even Echo’s best friend – realize that Echo may have problems watching a war film considering her brother was killed by an IED? Why did the seemingly over controlling Mr Emerson let an unsupervised teenage boy into Echo’s bedroom? Was Mrs Collins (the new clinical social worker) part fairy-godmother? These aren’t exactly things that contribute all that much towards the overall plot but they did nag at the back of my mind for a significant part of the time I spent reading the book.
I did enjoy reading this book. It’s fairly fast paced and has characters that I loved reading about – I was really wanting Noah and Echo to have their happily ever after. It’s a sweet novel despite the swearing, drug use, sex and violence where for Noah and Echo there is such thing as a happy ending and nothing from their pasts is too bad to rise above.
Noah Hutchins is the local bad boy – a reputation that he deserves. Known for entertaining females in the back of his car, getting high with his mates and sporting tattoos on his biceps, Noah also has secrets in his past. After his parents died in a fire a few years ago, Noah has been in many foster families and seen the worst the system has to offer. All he wants is to graduate and get custody of his two little brothers before the system abuses them like it did him.
She’s upper middle class and he’s definitely from the wrong side of the tracks. But after the new school social worker puts them together as tutor and underachiever -sparks fly. Neither is thinking of romance and considering their social groups would never approve of such a union, a relationship between Echo and Noah seems inconceivable. But as the school year goes on and both the teens’ histories coming back to haunt them, they grow closer and realize that maybe, despite their backgrounds, they have more in common than either of them ever would have guessed.
I did like how the relationship between Noah and Echo grew over the course of the novel. Both are hesitant to form any kind of lasting or intense connection but as they both evolve as characters so too does their relationship. I liked them together. Even with Noah using my most hated term of endearment (baby… eww!) and despite the fact that at times I felt like he was more in love with the concept of Echo than he was in love with Echo the person. I also had a few issues with Echo being so completely in love with Noah so quickly – it seemed a little fast considering how closed off she was at the beginning to not only loving Noah but to being IN love with Noah. At the start they didn’t like each other. She thought he was a jerk and he thought she was a snob with a rockin’ body… With only a few encounters – and both of the characters having such significant personal issues – they’re at the stage where Noah gets in a fist fight with Echo’s (ex)boyfriend over her at the Valentine’s Day dance which would only be six weeks or so after they are first properly introduced.
I did like Beth, Isaiah, Lila and the rest of the secondary characters. These characters are ones that I could relate to. High school is tough for a lot of people and I felt like McGarry touched on a lot of the reasons why I personally found it tough. The rumours, the faux friends (like Grace) and the importance of appearance over everything else.
There were a few plot points that I did find a little confusing. Why did no one – not even Echo’s best friend – realize that Echo may have problems watching a war film considering her brother was killed by an IED? Why did the seemingly over controlling Mr Emerson let an unsupervised teenage boy into Echo’s bedroom? Was Mrs Collins (the new clinical social worker) part fairy-godmother? These aren’t exactly things that contribute all that much towards the overall plot but they did nag at the back of my mind for a significant part of the time I spent reading the book.
I did enjoy reading this book. It’s fairly fast paced and has characters that I loved reading about – I was really wanting Noah and Echo to have their happily ever after. It’s a sweet novel despite the swearing, drug use, sex and violence where for Noah and Echo there is such thing as a happy ending and nothing from their pasts is too bad to rise above.
This book surprised me a variety of unexpected ways. I do not read much Young Adult anymore but now when I look back at my reading habits, I've found I never really did. I read Harry Potter and a few of the Rick Riordan books. I read the Pittacus Lore series and Twilight. I've also read the Hunger Games (only book 1). I do not normally seek out contemporary YA but I started looking through the responses to the Top Ten Romance page from The Broke and the Bookish. Time and time again this one showed up on the list. Then it showed up on the reshelve cart at the library. It was meant to be.
The story vaguely reminded me of the summary of Speak but I knew it was different. I never read Speak but my good friend in high school loved it so I knew the vague outline. While I understood the general concept of a girl traumatized by something in her past finding the strength to state what happened to her, I really loved the concept of a divided narrative.
I really enjoyed following Noah throughout his day and his life. He is an interesting character in himself even though he is a tad idiotic. Noah is campaigning to get his brothers out of foster care once he's eighteen but of course he's stupid about it. The family his brothers (together) live with are not demons and actually want to adopt them. They are well-off and can provide the boys with a good life. Noah, foolishly, fights this concept and just doesn't seem to get how much it would benefit him to just visit and spend time with his brothers, rather than remove them from a positive environment.
Usually when I read YA novels I tend to feel the romance is a bit forced. There is rarely a 'fall in love' part but rather--'they intrigue me, perhaps we should be soulmates' thing. This book contains a sort of hybrid of the two. The relationship itself is a bit slow going and they do spend some time getting to know each other. The reader gets to see the positive and negative side of both characters as they grow closer. At the same time they become incredibly serious, incredibly quickly. While it worked very well in this book, I do not like to see it done constantly.
I really enjoyed this book but I'm undecided on continuing the series. I know the second book is about Beth while the third is about Isaiah, and I can honestly say I didn't care much for either of them. In an odd turn of events I truly only wanted to follow Noah and Echo. I didn't care about the other characters and I tended to roll my eyes when they spent any length of time in the chapter.
I would recommend this book for a sweet little romance with angsty undertones to almost any reader. While it is a YA book, it is incredibly enjoyable and I just loved the relationship, friendship and romance, between Echo and Noah.
4 Stars
403 Pages
Published by Harlequin Teen
July 31, 2012
Provided by the Library
The story vaguely reminded me of the summary of Speak but I knew it was different. I never read Speak but my good friend in high school loved it so I knew the vague outline. While I understood the general concept of a girl traumatized by something in her past finding the strength to state what happened to her, I really loved the concept of a divided narrative.
I really enjoyed following Noah throughout his day and his life. He is an interesting character in himself even though he is a tad idiotic. Noah is campaigning to get his brothers out of foster care once he's eighteen but of course he's stupid about it. The family his brothers (together) live with are not demons and actually want to adopt them. They are well-off and can provide the boys with a good life. Noah, foolishly, fights this concept and just doesn't seem to get how much it would benefit him to just visit and spend time with his brothers, rather than remove them from a positive environment.
Usually when I read YA novels I tend to feel the romance is a bit forced. There is rarely a 'fall in love' part but rather--'they intrigue me, perhaps we should be soulmates' thing. This book contains a sort of hybrid of the two. The relationship itself is a bit slow going and they do spend some time getting to know each other. The reader gets to see the positive and negative side of both characters as they grow closer. At the same time they become incredibly serious, incredibly quickly. While it worked very well in this book, I do not like to see it done constantly.
I really enjoyed this book but I'm undecided on continuing the series. I know the second book is about Beth while the third is about Isaiah, and I can honestly say I didn't care much for either of them. In an odd turn of events I truly only wanted to follow Noah and Echo. I didn't care about the other characters and I tended to roll my eyes when they spent any length of time in the chapter.
I would recommend this book for a sweet little romance with angsty undertones to almost any reader. While it is a YA book, it is incredibly enjoyable and I just loved the relationship, friendship and romance, between Echo and Noah.
4 Stars
403 Pages
Published by Harlequin Teen
July 31, 2012
Provided by the Library
WOW!... Just WOW!! =D
This book was beyond good. From the first chapter which was "Echo"... I was hooked to find out more. I loved this story and it kept me wanting to read non-stop.
The writing was easy to understand and related to how people in real-life speak... not big-ass complicated words. This is probably the first book, besides the Harry Potters, that I really approve of to be turned in a film. :D
ALL THE CHARACTERS WERE A-MAZIN-INGGGGGG!! They were ALL nicely written and as the reader I related to them. I even felt for them.
Echo = was okay. I did find her a bit whiny but not too much. I liked finding out what happened between her and her mum.
Noah = *swoon* my gosh... where do I even begin. I'm not a fan of lots of swearing but WOW! I have never been this turned on by swear words - (No I am not ashamed to say that on Goodreads). ;) HAHAHAHAHHAAA...
I really LOVED Noah. I connected with this character and I felt exactly like he did. He's POV was just so well written I just wanted the whole book to be about him! I'M IN LOVVVVVVVVVVEEEE!! XD
Beth = I really liked Beth. Even though she wasn't a very big character in the book her parts fit perfectly and I really enjoyed reading her.
Isaiah = He's that awesome-cool-loyal-friend in the group who you can call family. He was nicely written and I liked him too.
Overall this book was well written and intriguing and kept me wanting to find out more of what was going to happen. It made me want to find out how the book will end. It was the perfect story, with perfect romance, attitude, great characters who were used so well it all blended great together.
I would recommend this to ANYONE && EVERYONE to give this book a read. The concept was well thought out (clearly) and was presented in a interesting way. Well done Katie McGarry... what an awesome book. =D
This book was beyond good. From the first chapter which was "Echo"... I was hooked to find out more. I loved this story and it kept me wanting to read non-stop.
The writing was easy to understand and related to how people in real-life speak... not big-ass complicated words. This is probably the first book, besides the Harry Potters, that I really approve of to be turned in a film. :D
ALL THE CHARACTERS WERE A-MAZIN-INGGGGGG!! They were ALL nicely written and as the reader I related to them. I even felt for them.
Echo = was okay. I did find her a bit whiny but not too much. I liked finding out what happened between her and her mum.
Noah = *swoon* my gosh... where do I even begin. I'm not a fan of lots of swearing but WOW! I have never been this turned on by swear words - (No I am not ashamed to say that on Goodreads). ;) HAHAHAHAHHAAA...
I really LOVED Noah. I connected with this character and I felt exactly like he did. He's POV was just so well written I just wanted the whole book to be about him! I'M IN LOVVVVVVVVVVEEEE!! XD
Beth = I really liked Beth. Even though she wasn't a very big character in the book her parts fit perfectly and I really enjoyed reading her.
Isaiah = He's that awesome-cool-loyal-friend in the group who you can call family. He was nicely written and I liked him too.
Overall this book was well written and intriguing and kept me wanting to find out more of what was going to happen. It made me want to find out how the book will end. It was the perfect story, with perfect romance, attitude, great characters who were used so well it all blended great together.
I would recommend this to ANYONE && EVERYONE to give this book a read. The concept was well thought out (clearly) and was presented in a interesting way. Well done Katie McGarry... what an awesome book. =D
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes