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A review by ec_newman
Nowhere But Here by Katie McGarry
3.0
A brand new series from Katie McGarry is definitely worth looking at.
I'd like to preface this honestly. In that, I bought this book with the main reason that I would receive a copy of Chasing Impossible which is about Logan & Abby. If you look at my previous reviews of McGarry's books, you will understand that I begged (BEGGED) her to write about Logan. It comes out in July and I'm on pins and needles with anticipation.
The motorcycle club setting intrigued me. I watched some of Sons of Anarchy and I was pretty sure that McGarry wouldn't be quite as detailed as the show was/is, but nevertheless, this had elements of the intense loyalty required of a motorcycle club member. I know no different, but it seemed legit. Kudos to this world she created.
I enjoyed this more than my last McGarry book (Take Me On), but sadly, I wasn't sucked in and blown away as I was by Pushing the Limits and Dare You To (my two faves). It's one of those things that I can't really pinpoint as to why. Is it because I'm changing as a reader because her style and story seems much like the first ones I adored? Or is that why? It's nothing new? Or is it that her stories have changed and I can't connect with them like I used to?
I found the characters rather frustrating. Both Oz and Emily are extremely judgmental when first meeting. Which okay, I get why, but it annoyed me so much. The secrets that were kept definitely kept me reading, but once the reveal happened, I found it unfocused(?) and confusing. Maybe I read it too fast (I do that with her books generally).
Or maybe, I realized that I can't recommend this book to any of my students. I recommended PTL & DYT because I thought the issues they dealt with were worth some of the steaminess that may or may not be appropriate. I like that McGarry drags me in as a reader to the heated romances of teenagers because I feel its all-encompassing intensity. This had much the same, but more detail than earlier ones. And that's not what I expected.
The romance in this is heated. It's INSTANT attraction, which okay, but it's so, so based on the physical (which again, is typical of her books) that it left a bad taste in my mouth. I like that both characters grow and that relationship develops into something deeper, but I can't recommend it to my students. It pushes past what I feel comfortable endorsing.
I wish that McGarry would tackle two characters who don't immediately want each other. A girl that a guy doesn't look at and think 'great curves'. Maybe a guy who isn't perfectly formed in every way. Seeing two characters fall for each other with those obstacles would be fun.
I get that that is not the point of this genre or her books. I know. And she does this style so well.
But it's my review, right? I can hope.
I'd like to preface this honestly. In that, I bought this book with the main reason that I would receive a copy of Chasing Impossible which is about Logan & Abby. If you look at my previous reviews of McGarry's books, you will understand that I begged (BEGGED) her to write about Logan. It comes out in July and I'm on pins and needles with anticipation.
The motorcycle club setting intrigued me. I watched some of Sons of Anarchy and I was pretty sure that McGarry wouldn't be quite as detailed as the show was/is, but nevertheless, this had elements of the intense loyalty required of a motorcycle club member. I know no different, but it seemed legit. Kudos to this world she created.
I enjoyed this more than my last McGarry book (Take Me On), but sadly, I wasn't sucked in and blown away as I was by Pushing the Limits and Dare You To (my two faves). It's one of those things that I can't really pinpoint as to why. Is it because I'm changing as a reader because her style and story seems much like the first ones I adored? Or is that why? It's nothing new? Or is it that her stories have changed and I can't connect with them like I used to?
I found the characters rather frustrating. Both Oz and Emily are extremely judgmental when first meeting. Which okay, I get why, but it annoyed me so much. The secrets that were kept definitely kept me reading, but once the reveal happened, I found it unfocused(?) and confusing. Maybe I read it too fast (I do that with her books generally).
Or maybe, I realized that I can't recommend this book to any of my students. I recommended PTL & DYT because I thought the issues they dealt with were worth some of the steaminess that may or may not be appropriate. I like that McGarry drags me in as a reader to the heated romances of teenagers because I feel its all-encompassing intensity. This had much the same, but more detail than earlier ones. And that's not what I expected.
The romance in this is heated. It's INSTANT attraction, which okay, but it's so, so based on the physical (which again, is typical of her books) that it left a bad taste in my mouth. I like that both characters grow and that relationship develops into something deeper, but I can't recommend it to my students. It pushes past what I feel comfortable endorsing.
I wish that McGarry would tackle two characters who don't immediately want each other. A girl that a guy doesn't look at and think 'great curves'. Maybe a guy who isn't perfectly formed in every way. Seeing two characters fall for each other with those obstacles would be fun.
I get that that is not the point of this genre or her books. I know. And she does this style so well.
But it's my review, right? I can hope.