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Pushing the Limits
by Katie McGarry
2 1/2 stars based on personal preference; rounded up to 3 because in reality it was very well written with strong well rounded characters and a reasonably plausible plot; and reaching it's proper audience probably represents a solid 4 star read.
I'm not the proper audience. I left young adulthood behind a LONG time ago and generally don't gravitate towards the whole teenager, high school thing. The summary made me think of "The Breakfast Club" which I always liked, and I read a really amazing Breakfast Club fan fiction (which I dearly wish the author would finish) and then Pushing The Limits went down to $2.99 so I thought "WTH not"?
My main complaint is it's a tearjerker! The relationship dynamics between Noah and his brothers and Echo and her family had me in tears. I hate to cry. I get all stuffy and I can't breath and it's highly unpleasant. However if you enjoy emotional stories and tend to be a little sentimental then you'll enjoy the build up to the happy ending. I think the strength of Pushing The Limits lies in it's character development and the ways in which the characters interact with each other. Reading Pushing the Limits really felt like peeking into the lives of real people.
I enjoyed Echo's mystery and wanting to find out what really happened to her the night she got her scars. PTL was definitely a page turner and I read it quickly because I wanted to know what happened to Echo as well as to Noah and his brothers.
My other complaint was that PTL felt like the teenaged version of the dreaded anti-hero bait and switch that seems to plague me. I did rather think Noah was going to be the messed up, wrong side of the tracks bad boy to Echo's formerly part of the in-crowd good girl; with lots of I love you/I hate you, forbidden love tension (again, think "Breakfast Club"). However Noah was a really good kid. He didn't need to transform or be redeemed or conquer any inner demons. Tragedy had given him a very difficult and somewhat traumatic life over the past few years; but he was basically a pretty grounded, stable well adjusted adolescent. As was Echo. Both characters probably read as slightly older and more mature than their chronological ages.
Overall if you enjoy emotional, romantic, young adult stories with interesting plots and well rounded characters PTL is the cream of the crop.
I'm not the proper audience. I left young adulthood behind a LONG time ago and generally don't gravitate towards the whole teenager, high school thing. The summary made me think of "The Breakfast Club" which I always liked, and I read a really amazing Breakfast Club fan fiction (which I dearly wish the author would finish) and then Pushing The Limits went down to $2.99 so I thought "WTH not"?
My main complaint is it's a tearjerker! The relationship dynamics between Noah and his brothers and Echo and her family had me in tears. I hate to cry. I get all stuffy and I can't breath and it's highly unpleasant. However if you enjoy emotional stories and tend to be a little sentimental then you'll enjoy the build up to the happy ending. I think the strength of Pushing The Limits lies in it's character development and the ways in which the characters interact with each other. Reading Pushing the Limits really felt like peeking into the lives of real people.
I enjoyed Echo's mystery and wanting to find out what really happened to her the night she got her scars. PTL was definitely a page turner and I read it quickly because I wanted to know what happened to Echo as well as to Noah and his brothers.
My other complaint was that PTL felt like the teenaged version of the dreaded anti-hero bait and switch that seems to plague me. I did rather think Noah was going to be the messed up, wrong side of the tracks bad boy to Echo's formerly part of the in-crowd good girl; with lots of I love you/I hate you, forbidden love tension (again, think "Breakfast Club"). However Noah was a really good kid. He didn't need to transform or be redeemed or conquer any inner demons. Tragedy had given him a very difficult and somewhat traumatic life over the past few years; but he was basically a pretty grounded, stable well adjusted adolescent. As was Echo. Both characters probably read as slightly older and more mature than their chronological ages.
Overall if you enjoy emotional, romantic, young adult stories with interesting plots and well rounded characters PTL is the cream of the crop.