Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Even though everybody and their mother has written a review of this book, I will add my two cents because Netgalley was awesome enough to provide me a copy and I want to show my appreciation.

So while others have raved about the steamy interaction between Noah and Echo, I will express how I felt about the other aspects; their tragic and mysterious pasts. I found myself rushing through the book to figure out what happened to Echo as the reader (and most of the characters) were kept in the dark the most of the way. McGarry is upfront about who did what to Echo but the story behind it all was told in glimpses. We discover her past with Echo and not a moment before (well, for those readers who speculate as they read and can generally guess the outcome, this does not apply to you...but i'm not you). The suspense was great.

Noah's story, on the other hand, had me in tears. I do not watch tearjerkers nor read them because I get too emotionally involved. Noah and his past hit me like a bellyflop in a pool and left me in pain. Thankfully, the stings of bellyflops fade just as Noah's pain fades little by little. He has quite a bit of maturing to do thoughout but when he finally can see what's in front of his face, we all end up happy.

Wonderfully written and alternating between Echo and Noah's point of views is a bonus. This is a very mature young adult novel with a lot of language and mature topics but the cover can tell you that. Thanks again to Netgalley for the copy and thank you to Katy McGarry for writing a book that kept me up till dawn because it was too good to put down.

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