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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
WEST HAS STOLEN MY HEART! Out of all the male lead characters in Katie McGarry's Pushing The Limits series, West has got to be my favorite. Before, I was torn between Noah and West, but after reading this--West wins, hands down!! I love how perfect Haley and West were for each other!! They were each other's soulmates and I fell absolutley in love with this book. In a way, West did remind me a little bit of Travis Maddox from [b:Beautiful Disaster|11505797|Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1)|Jamie McGuire|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1358259032s/11505797.jpg|16441531] but West seemed a lot more... under control. Travis was a little bit too wild, haha! I enjoyed almost every single moment of this book and I loved all the stories that each of the characters told. All the characters are imperfect and I love that. I really can't wait to read more!
Katie McGarry delivers an enjoyable read. While I felt sorry for West and liked who he became through this story he is not one of my favourite character due to his treatment of Rachel in the previous book - not just the stealing but that both he & Ethan pressure her to do the talks to appease their mother to make their own lives easier without any regard for Rachel's anxiety even though it had previously sent her to hospital. I must say that I think the Young parents (both of them) are HORRIBLE parents, based on their treatment of all their kids in both this book and the previous one. I thought it ridiculously unbelievable that West
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was a virgin. Given all the hook-ups he had and all the 'other' things he alluded to doing with girls he never gave a believable reason for this. It just seemed weirdSpoiler
I felt very sorry for Hayley but frustrated by her decisions not to tell anyone what was going on with her, ever. I want a book about Abby. I love Abby. I want to know her story.
Y... Katie McGarry lo hizó de nuevo.
Amo este libro, amo estos personajes, amo la forma de escribir de esta autora.
"Porque necesito esta lucha. Por una vez, tengo que saber contra quién estoy luchando. Necesito saber que puedo hacerlo. Necesito saber que a pesar de que he sido botado muchas veces, valgo más."
Oh oh oh, ya va. Casi se me olvida:
El premio a la madre del año es paraaaaaaaa: ¡Miriam Young! Si, esa madre abnegada a la que todos quieren hacer feliz. Su hijo llevaba dos, dos, DOS semanas viviendo en el carro, pasando hambre y frío, Y ELLA NO SE HABÍA DADO CUENTA.
Amo este libro, amo estos personajes, amo la forma de escribir de esta autora.
"Porque necesito esta lucha. Por una vez, tengo que saber contra quién estoy luchando. Necesito saber que puedo hacerlo. Necesito saber que a pesar de que he sido botado muchas veces, valgo más."
Oh oh oh, ya va. Casi se me olvida:
El premio a la madre del año es paraaaaaaaa: ¡Miriam Young! Si, esa madre abnegada a la que todos quieren hacer feliz. Su hijo llevaba dos, dos, DOS semanas viviendo en el carro, pasando hambre y frío, Y ELLA NO SE HABÍA DADO CUENTA.
I love this series, Katie McGarry is a genius. My favorite is Abbey, there's a huge story there and I'm hoping she's the next book. I really liked West and Haleys story, they were both so lost and so real. I think what I enjoy the most with this series is the characters, all are weaved in and intersecting through all the stories. Done so well. They are complicated people with vast backgrounds and overflowing with emotion. Just coming of age, it's a difficult, scary and exciting time in life.
It was probably better than I am giving it credit for, but I just feel like this formula is getting tired. It follows the same formula as most new adult, but for a YA audience. The two leads are royally screwed up and their demons make them think they are incapable of love but then they fall in love and help each other fight their demons.
I completed reading this book in two days and I could have completed it that day but I wanted to read it the next day so I did but that's not the point the point is I loved this book I could not put it down probably first book in the series I finished so quickly I absolutely loved there story glad I read it . I loved west and haley story.
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I really have no idea where to start this review. For the most part I was overly frustrated with the characters but for the other time I was definitely still glued to the page due to McGarry's writing and their beautiful romance. It shouldn't come as a shock that I loved it, but you should be shocked that these characters kind of had me hating them for a minute.
Ok, now that I've said that, let me explain. I hadn't liked West since Crash Into You. Isaiah has been my favorite since Pushing the Limits and Dare You To and I was so pissed with West for doing that to poor Rachel and Isaiah. But in the end, it was finally good to hear his entire story. I know that he had so much going on and that even though West did all these things, he still was a good person. He may not have handled it the right way, but he was still helping out a fellow person. But it didn't change that he was still making my head hurt. He never gave anyone a chance to make their own decision about something. I hated that he was so much like someone he hated but still voiced that he hated them. Oh the irony. But as he grew, it was obvious that he had found what he needed in her.
As for Haley, I was a little upset with her. Right away I knew what had happened. But for the life of me I couldn't understand if she was mad because it happened or if she was angry that she retaliated. Either or, I was mad because she was upset. What he did, there's no forgiveness for. It wasn't ok. You let this person take every last ounce of joy you had. And then you blamed yourself for it. NONE of that is your fault. Don't ever think that it is.
The subject in this one is a really heavy topic. Although it didn't move me to tears like the last one, it did give me an overwhelming sense of pride. Pride in West and pride in Haley. When they finally started talking and giving each other what they needed, nothing could stop them. Not parents, not friends, not family members. And I loved that McGarry didn't hesitate to show us this in the book. Their romance was so heartbreaking. But I figured it would be. For them to have so many things going on as individuals, I knew they wouldn't be anything less than dynamite together. Watching them grow together (in fighting and in love) they both became a better person.
As for the sport portrayed in it, MMA made this an intense book. I was on edge a bunch of times and that last scene had me putting the book down for a few minutes because I just couldn't keep reading. I was too nervous. I wonder what McGarry felt like when doing research for this. If just reading about it made my heart speed up, how can anyone watch this or even fight this? It was super intense.
This wasn't my favorite one because of the characters, but at the same time, we all know that Katie McGarry is one of my favorites. And even though they frustrated me, it doesn't mean I didn't like them as characters. I just didn't like their choices, Don't get it confused.
I really have no idea where to start this review. For the most part I was overly frustrated with the characters but for the other time I was definitely still glued to the page due to McGarry's writing and their beautiful romance. It shouldn't come as a shock that I loved it, but you should be shocked that these characters kind of had me hating them for a minute.
Ok, now that I've said that, let me explain. I hadn't liked West since Crash Into You. Isaiah has been my favorite since Pushing the Limits and Dare You To and I was so pissed with West for doing that to poor Rachel and Isaiah. But in the end, it was finally good to hear his entire story. I know that he had so much going on and that even though West did all these things, he still was a good person. He may not have handled it the right way, but he was still helping out a fellow person. But it didn't change that he was still making my head hurt. He never gave anyone a chance to make their own decision about something. I hated that he was so much like someone he hated but still voiced that he hated them. Oh the irony. But as he grew, it was obvious that he had found what he needed in her.
As for Haley, I was a little upset with her. Right away I knew what had happened. But for the life of me I couldn't understand if she was mad because it happened or if she was angry that she retaliated. Either or, I was mad because she was upset. What he did, there's no forgiveness for. It wasn't ok. You let this person take every last ounce of joy you had. And then you blamed yourself for it. NONE of that is your fault. Don't ever think that it is.
The subject in this one is a really heavy topic. Although it didn't move me to tears like the last one, it did give me an overwhelming sense of pride. Pride in West and pride in Haley. When they finally started talking and giving each other what they needed, nothing could stop them. Not parents, not friends, not family members. And I loved that McGarry didn't hesitate to show us this in the book. Their romance was so heartbreaking. But I figured it would be. For them to have so many things going on as individuals, I knew they wouldn't be anything less than dynamite together. Watching them grow together (in fighting and in love) they both became a better person.
As for the sport portrayed in it, MMA made this an intense book. I was on edge a bunch of times and that last scene had me putting the book down for a few minutes because I just couldn't keep reading. I was too nervous. I wonder what McGarry felt like when doing research for this. If just reading about it made my heart speed up, how can anyone watch this or even fight this? It was super intense.
This wasn't my favorite one because of the characters, but at the same time, we all know that Katie McGarry is one of my favorites. And even though they frustrated me, it doesn't mean I didn't like them as characters. I just didn't like their choices, Don't get it confused.
i really lik this but i didnt know what chapter i was on because it didnt have chapters numbers
*4.5/5*
Un excellent tome qui sort de l'ordinaire, j'ai vraiment passé un très bon moment et je me suis régalée avec les trois hommes de la vie de Haley. West est vraiment, vraiment adorable. J'ai, je crois, tout aimé chez lui. J'avais dit du précédent que c'était mon préféré de la série mais Pour survivre vient de passer devant. C'est un vrai plaisir de retrouver Rachel et Isaiah. J'aurai apprécié de revoir aussi ceux des deux premiers mais bon, ça aurait peut-être fait trop ! J'ai également adoré les deux autres hommes de la vie de Hay et j'espère que l'on aura un jour leurs histoires (tout comme celles des frères de West !)(pour le moment je n'ai rien lu là-dessus :( )(j'espère que l'on aura au moins quelques infos sur eux dans le 5).
J'ai hâte de lire le tome 5 avec Abby !
Un excellent tome qui sort de l'ordinaire, j'ai vraiment passé un très bon moment et je me suis régalée avec les trois hommes de la vie de Haley. West est vraiment, vraiment adorable. J'ai, je crois, tout aimé chez lui. J'avais dit du précédent que c'était mon préféré de la série mais Pour survivre vient de passer devant. C'est un vrai plaisir de retrouver Rachel et Isaiah. J'aurai apprécié de revoir aussi ceux des deux premiers mais bon, ça aurait peut-être fait trop ! J'ai également adoré les deux autres hommes de la vie de Hay et j'espère que l'on aura un jour leurs histoires (tout comme celles des frères de West !)(pour le moment je n'ai rien lu là-dessus :( )(j'espère que l'on aura au moins quelques infos sur eux dans le 5).
J'ai hâte de lire le tome 5 avec Abby !