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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
Echo and Noah are literally so cute. Two broken people fixed each other without even knowing it. I loved how Noah fought for Echo. I wish that happened in real life. I loved their story and how they stuck by each other through everything. Even when things got rough, they stuck through it and ended up together because they knew that's where they belonged and couldn't live without each other<3
I really liked it. No big on all the cursing. I never realized you could actually curse that much in a book. A book. Exactly. --- But I really liked how the story ends. And I was so happy when Echo finally figured out who Grace really was. Ugh. I knew from the beginning. Can't wait to read the next one but then again... It's Beth and some other dude that is not Isaiah. I'm not sure how this next book is going to far with me.
This book messed my emotions all up. It was a rollercoaster ride. AND I FREAKING LOVED IT. I was so invested in Echo and Noah's lives that I couldn't stop reading. My heart ached for both of these characters in ways I still don't yet understand. I want more Echo and Noah now!!
LOVEDDDD ITTTT !!!! it had an interesting concept and amazing characters. :D
Originally posted at: http://girlzandtheirbooks.blogspot.com/2012/06/review-pushing-limits-by-katy-mcgarry.html
Ok, there I was, searching through Netgalley, looking for what I could request, and there it was. Hmm... should I? Let me look on Goodreads and see what other people have said and read the summary. *Looks* only one of my friends had read it!! I couldn't believe it...*reads* hmm...sounds pretty good! Request! YAY!!!! I got it!! *Starts reading* HOLY MOTHER OF PEARL!!! Right from the get go, Ms. McGarry had me glued!
This book was flipping amazing!! I loved the alternating POVs from Noah to Echo and from Echo back to Noah. Granted, with the Netgalley ecopy I got....it was hard telling when Echo's stopped and Noah's began but I got through it. There was no way that was going to stop me from reading this book! (btw..reading from Noah was absolutely no doubt the best!) ;)
Katie McGarry had the bad-boy-with-a-broken-past down packed!! She literally got the perfect boy description! Noah was an amazing character! Man! Did I love this boy or what! My favorite part of the whole book would have to be shared with Noah. A certain little scene involving a little boy, his award, his book, and his hero. O. My. Goodness! That was the cutest scene ever!! It had me close to tears! (happy tears ya'll!) Sure Noah has the f word in his vocabulary....sure he was a druggy....sure! he is a social outcast and known for his one-night stands! But that is just the facade he puts up to hide his pain and loss. There is so much more depth to Noah and I loved reading into his mind. Especially when it came to his brothers and Echo!
And as for Echo? Great too! I loved the way her name had to do with her mom's stories. Weird name. Yes. Cool meaning. Duh! Man, this girl has had it tough the past two years. And not just because of her social decline: popular chica to out right freak! Sad how people do that. Just because someone misses some school and comes back with long sleeves everyday doesn't automatically mean she attempted suicide or cuts now. But that's how it is isn't it? We make assumptions and we don't care if those hurt the person. Sad. Anyways! Yes there is a reason Echo came back with those long sleeves everyday and secluded herself. She was attacked...by her own mother. Her mother tried to kill her. As of that wasn't tough enough....Echo doesn't remember that day. I feel bad for Echo but I also love her that much more. How strong she is. A role model indeed.
Now...put Echo and Noah together..... Echo+Noah=perfection! Probably the cutest couple since Ash and Meghan!! Katie does an extrodinary job with character description!! Each character you understood in some way. Each character was "hand crafted".
This is one of those book where you have way too many thoughts (all positive) to put into this review. I will probably just ramble haha Ms. McGarry did a phenomenal job! This book will pull on the reader's heartstrings and leave them wanting more. I sure as hell did!! I couldn't put the book down! I loved following Echo and Noah and seeing them face their troubles and grow together through their troubles!
This is a book everyone needs to read and love. Everything from the writing, the characters, the puzzle of Echo and Noah's life, the reader's journey to reveal each individual puzzle piece and put it all together, the romance, the heart brake, the tears, the laughs( and there where lots! McGarry does NOT disappoint in humorous wit!), the the smiles, the oo's and ah's, the way Noah's words make you melt and feel all tingly inside ;)
Pushing the Limits has everything! And I am serious when I say it leaves no disappointment! I would recommend it to anyone and everyone! So get your copy in June! Then thank me later... ;)
~Rating:
So, lately I have decided to not rate as generously. Meaning: your gonna see a lot more 4 and 3 stars. Yes, I'm cracking down hard on how often I give out 5 stars so you will know whether or not it is absolutely amazing or not. A book should only get 5 stars if it's well deserving of the title right? I am going to start sticking more true to the meanings I have givin to each star on my Rate Page.That being said....here's my rating of this book....
FIVE FULL STARS!!!!
HELL YES! This book deserved these 5 stars!!!
So....You all need to buy this book when it comes out at the end of July!
No doubt about it!!
This book is a must!!
Thanks for stopping by!
~Jaiden
Ok, there I was, searching through Netgalley, looking for what I could request, and there it was. Hmm... should I? Let me look on Goodreads and see what other people have said and read the summary. *Looks* only one of my friends had read it!! I couldn't believe it...*reads* hmm...sounds pretty good! Request! YAY!!!! I got it!! *Starts reading* HOLY MOTHER OF PEARL!!! Right from the get go, Ms. McGarry had me glued!
This book was flipping amazing!! I loved the alternating POVs from Noah to Echo and from Echo back to Noah. Granted, with the Netgalley ecopy I got....it was hard telling when Echo's stopped and Noah's began but I got through it. There was no way that was going to stop me from reading this book! (btw..reading from Noah was absolutely no doubt the best!) ;)
Katie McGarry had the bad-boy-with-a-broken-past down packed!! She literally got the perfect boy description! Noah was an amazing character! Man! Did I love this boy or what! My favorite part of the whole book would have to be shared with Noah. A certain little scene involving a little boy, his award, his book, and his hero. O. My. Goodness! That was the cutest scene ever!! It had me close to tears! (happy tears ya'll!) Sure Noah has the f word in his vocabulary....sure he was a druggy....sure! he is a social outcast and known for his one-night stands! But that is just the facade he puts up to hide his pain and loss. There is so much more depth to Noah and I loved reading into his mind. Especially when it came to his brothers and Echo!
And as for Echo? Great too! I loved the way her name had to do with her mom's stories. Weird name. Yes. Cool meaning. Duh! Man, this girl has had it tough the past two years. And not just because of her social decline: popular chica to out right freak! Sad how people do that. Just because someone misses some school and comes back with long sleeves everyday doesn't automatically mean she attempted suicide or cuts now. But that's how it is isn't it? We make assumptions and we don't care if those hurt the person. Sad. Anyways! Yes there is a reason Echo came back with those long sleeves everyday and secluded herself. She was attacked...by her own mother. Her mother tried to kill her. As of that wasn't tough enough....Echo doesn't remember that day. I feel bad for Echo but I also love her that much more. How strong she is. A role model indeed.
Now...put Echo and Noah together..... Echo+Noah=perfection! Probably the cutest couple since Ash and Meghan!! Katie does an extrodinary job with character description!! Each character you understood in some way. Each character was "hand crafted".
This is one of those book where you have way too many thoughts (all positive) to put into this review. I will probably just ramble haha Ms. McGarry did a phenomenal job! This book will pull on the reader's heartstrings and leave them wanting more. I sure as hell did!! I couldn't put the book down! I loved following Echo and Noah and seeing them face their troubles and grow together through their troubles!
This is a book everyone needs to read and love. Everything from the writing, the characters, the puzzle of Echo and Noah's life, the reader's journey to reveal each individual puzzle piece and put it all together, the romance, the heart brake, the tears, the laughs( and there where lots! McGarry does NOT disappoint in humorous wit!), the the smiles, the oo's and ah's, the way Noah's words make you melt and feel all tingly inside ;)
Pushing the Limits has everything! And I am serious when I say it leaves no disappointment! I would recommend it to anyone and everyone! So get your copy in June! Then thank me later... ;)
~Rating:
So, lately I have decided to not rate as generously. Meaning: your gonna see a lot more 4 and 3 stars. Yes, I'm cracking down hard on how often I give out 5 stars so you will know whether or not it is absolutely amazing or not. A book should only get 5 stars if it's well deserving of the title right? I am going to start sticking more true to the meanings I have givin to each star on my Rate Page.That being said....here's my rating of this book....
FIVE FULL STARS!!!!
HELL YES! This book deserved these 5 stars!!!
So....You all need to buy this book when it comes out at the end of July!
No doubt about it!!
This book is a must!!
Thanks for stopping by!
~Jaiden
I enjoyed it. I look forward to the sequel later this year.
Read this on our cruise. Better than I expected it to be, actually.
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book is what got me started on my Katie Mcgarry kick. I don't rate any romance novel (especially YA) above a 4 simply because they're kind of my innocent pleasure reads and I tend not to think too hard about them, which is the point. Also I'm way too old to be reading this stuff but I do. Something something the nostalgia of when my life felt like it held endless possibilities and all that.
Echo and Noah are VERY lovable characters; because of that I was able to look past a lot. Like his terrible dialogue at times. The way he used pet names made me cringe, and the description of him at the beginning reminded me of one of those weird guys with long hair in the front and short hair in the back that wore exclusively tripp pants and were really into numetal. But through the development of the characters I was able to forget about that.
I also love Katie's writing, even when it's not a book that particularly interests me at the beginning, I somehow always end up invested in these troubled teen romances despite being 30 and jaded. Something about her writing just keeps me coming back for more. I also love that her books are pretty time-neutral; I really hate romance novels that include too many time-specific cultural details and references. She avoids that for the most part.
I've now read this entire series and I'm getting started on Thunder Road. Of the couples in this particular series, Echo and Noah are up there in my favorites. My hands-down favorite couple overall is Jonah and Stella from one of the novellas. My favorite regular-length book couple is Abby and Logan, but Echo and Noah are a close second. My favorite male character overall is Isaiah and my favorite female character overall is Stella.
Overall, I recommend this series as long as you're aware it's all cheesy romances with troubled teens as the protagonists. The author does decent research for her books, which really shows in the writing, and structures her books really well. You can feel how much she cares about her work in her writing. And her characters are well-distinguished from each other with their own personalities. And the follow up next generation book was a good read, too. Katie was not lazy writing a book about Echo and Noah's daughter. You could tell she really wanted to do it and pulled it off beautifully.
Echo and Noah are VERY lovable characters; because of that I was able to look past a lot. Like his terrible dialogue at times. The way he used pet names made me cringe, and the description of him at the beginning reminded me of one of those weird guys with long hair in the front and short hair in the back that wore exclusively tripp pants and were really into numetal. But through the development of the characters I was able to forget about that.
I also love Katie's writing, even when it's not a book that particularly interests me at the beginning, I somehow always end up invested in these troubled teen romances despite being 30 and jaded. Something about her writing just keeps me coming back for more. I also love that her books are pretty time-neutral; I really hate romance novels that include too many time-specific cultural details and references. She avoids that for the most part.
I've now read this entire series and I'm getting started on Thunder Road. Of the couples in this particular series, Echo and Noah are up there in my favorites. My hands-down favorite couple overall is Jonah and Stella from one of the novellas. My favorite regular-length book couple is Abby and Logan, but Echo and Noah are a close second. My favorite male character overall is Isaiah and my favorite female character overall is Stella.
Overall, I recommend this series as long as you're aware it's all cheesy romances with troubled teens as the protagonists. The author does decent research for her books, which really shows in the writing, and structures her books really well. You can feel how much she cares about her work in her writing. And her characters are well-distinguished from each other with their own personalities. And the follow up next generation book was a good read, too. Katie was not lazy writing a book about Echo and Noah's daughter. You could tell she really wanted to do it and pulled it off beautifully.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Death of parent
No sex scenes, but lots of that good spicy romance type stuff.
I couldn't put it down! I love Noah and Echo- their stories were so heartbreaking and real.