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Pushing the Limits
by Katie McGarry
Now, I know what some of you guys might be thinking. Because I thought it too when I heard about this book. How typical, bad boy falling for the good girl and vice versa, good girl changes his womanising ways and they fall in love and live happily ever after. This book was clichéd, I will admit. But that doesn't mean that I didn't like it, I'm not in love with it but its definatly an easy read.
OK seriously the chemistry between Noah and Echo is INSANE! Like sparks are almost flying out of the book. Like "Is it getting hot in here or is it just me?" chemistry. I really liked the build up to their relationship and it was done in a way where the charectars feelings where convincing as a reader and you found yourself grinning from ear to ear when they do become a couple. I also really loved the personal angst that each of them faced. Echo has scars on her wrists but doesn't remember how she got them. She goes through the book trying to find out what happened as well as having to deal with her brother's death. Noah is a foster care child and struggles to reunite his family. His parents died in a house fire and his brothers are taken care of by foster care parents. He doesn't get to see them a lot but wants to become their legal guardian. Both Echo and Noah had very well developed personal stories, although slightly predictable.
I did find Noah nicknames for Echo really cringe. When he called her baby, it was cute. But then nymph, goddess and siren was introduced and I found myself crinkling my nose beacuse of the cheesiness. I don't think I could realistically imagine a boy calling a girl his "nymph", only if the boy was from a Shakespearean play or something. Also the fact that he kept referring to her smelling like cinnamon rolls. ALL. THE. TIME. Jeez Noah you hungry or something?! I think we got that she smells lovely, but it was slightly creepy and didn't feel romantic. Whenever I reached points of the book where the weird nicknames and talk about Echo smelling like cinnamon came up, it felt like it was a way to make the book overly romantic. It just made it slightly creepy and uncomfortable.
Overall it was a good light read. Even though the book was a huge cliché it had solid characters with a really good love story. However my rating is reflective on the fact that it was slightly predictable and the writing sometimes was a little too cheesy and vomit inducing. I will definitly explore the other books in the series, I've heard the others don't have any of the nicknames so I am looking forward to it.
OK seriously the chemistry between Noah and Echo is INSANE! Like sparks are almost flying out of the book. Like "Is it getting hot in here or is it just me?" chemistry. I really liked the build up to their relationship and it was done in a way where the charectars feelings where convincing as a reader and you found yourself grinning from ear to ear when they do become a couple. I also really loved the personal angst that each of them faced. Echo has scars on her wrists but doesn't remember how she got them. She goes through the book trying to find out what happened as well as having to deal with her brother's death. Noah is a foster care child and struggles to reunite his family. His parents died in a house fire and his brothers are taken care of by foster care parents. He doesn't get to see them a lot but wants to become their legal guardian. Both Echo and Noah had very well developed personal stories, although slightly predictable.
I did find Noah nicknames for Echo really cringe. When he called her baby, it was cute. But then nymph, goddess and siren was introduced and I found myself crinkling my nose beacuse of the cheesiness. I don't think I could realistically imagine a boy calling a girl his "nymph", only if the boy was from a Shakespearean play or something. Also the fact that he kept referring to her smelling like cinnamon rolls. ALL. THE. TIME. Jeez Noah you hungry or something?! I think we got that she smells lovely, but it was slightly creepy and didn't feel romantic. Whenever I reached points of the book where the weird nicknames and talk about Echo smelling like cinnamon came up, it felt like it was a way to make the book overly romantic. It just made it slightly creepy and uncomfortable.
Overall it was a good light read. Even though the book was a huge cliché it had solid characters with a really good love story. However my rating is reflective on the fact that it was slightly predictable and the writing sometimes was a little too cheesy and vomit inducing. I will definitly explore the other books in the series, I've heard the others don't have any of the nicknames so I am looking forward to it.