Review: Pushing the Limits
Author: Katie McGary
Rating: 5/5
Genre: Contemporary, realistic-fiction, romance
Recommend To: Romance lovers
The
Plot: So
much is going on. Both Echo and Noah are incredibly damaged teenagers. Both
find it hard to trust adults and have multiple issues in their personal lives.
One day Echo is popular and untouchable, the next she is gossiped about because
of the mysterious scars she can’t remember getting on the day she almost died.
She wants to know, but she can’t. Her broken mind has suppressed the memories.
Not only that, her mother has a restraining order and her controlling father
has remarried with her previous babysitter. Yes problems. Noah’s parents
died in a fire and ever since then he has struggled through multiple brutal
foster homes. Labeled a bad boy, he has turned to drugs and using girls. He has
one goal, to get his beloved younger brothers (my god they were adorable) out
of the system that hurt him so badly. Both are brought together by a school
guidance social worker named Mrs. Collins (a.k.a. The best adult in this whole
dang book, I want to meet her) and start to fall for each other as they
struggle to solve their problems.
The
Characters:
Echo:
Brave, brave, Echo. She struggles to remember what happened to her on the dark
night she almost died (yes she eventually remembers what happened) and it’s
terrible. No person should ever have to go through that. Not to mention how she
has to deal with her overbearing, pressuring, so controlling father.
Honestly, it’s amazing how she doesn’t just break and go stark-raving mad. She
is just so heroic and fierce no matter what she goes through.
And
then came Noah….
Noah:
Asdfghjkl. Can’t describe him. Ahhhhhh so gorgeous, with a wounded soul. So
perfect and daring and brave and omg his love for his brothers. One thing I
thought was stupid was dude, really? Drugs? How are you going to get custody
over them if you do drugs? He drops them though, so I was ok. Anyway, of course
being a struggling, single dad-like older brother is not a great plan but hey,
all he wanted to do was spare them his own experiences. He is so protective
really, it just broke my heart into pieces, over, and over, and over
again.
Mrs.
Collins: I loved this woman. Every single bit. Omg the bad driving, the random
rapid-fire questions, the supportiveness, how she lives up to her word,
everything. Especially the bad driving. I couldn’t stop laughing. Anyway, she
is a freaking genius and I am so glad I have adults similar to her in my life.
She is god-sent to Echo’s and Noah’s lives and I love, love, love how
she blackmails Noah into being a good, little boy haha. If she wasn’t in the
story, it wouldn’t have been half as good. Or it wouldn’t have even taken
place, because honestly, she is the best thing that happens to Noah and Echo
(other than each other).
The
Friends: Lila, Isaiah and Beth. I’ll start with Lila – even though she is
popular, she is genuinely a friend to Echo. She really cares about her, is
there for her, and doesn’t drop her just because Echo has weird scars and a
crazy mother. She is another really supportive character who I loved. Isaiah
and Beth. Hmm…also drug addicts (I hate drugs so not cool with me) but the love
they kept denying between them was so cute. I felt so horrible for Beth with
what she has to go through with her mother and her mother’s deranged
boyfriends. When Noah and Isaiah went to defend her I almost cried (I did cry a
lot throughout the book)but I was so happy. However, the trouble she gave Echo
was not okay with me. She was just annoying at times. Isaiah was just adorable,
with his obsession with Beth and cars. They were Noah’s family in a way and
they also made the book special.
The
Romance: Noah
and Echo were perfect for each other. The end. Just kidding but seriously they
were so beautiful and adorable. I couldn’t stop smiling, or laughing, or
crying. Ahhhh gods. When they admitted they loved each other (Noah, why the
heck did it take you so long you were making me NERVOUS!) it was just so
flawless. Their love was pure and untainted by their pasts and it was delicate
and vulnerable yet strong and unbreakable. Does that make sense? Probably not,
but it was magnificent all the same.
Overall:
This
book is a mad crazy, wild rollercoaster ride. If you can’t stomach incredible
emotions just coursing through you with no control over them, then don’t read
this book (if you are this person you are a ninny and a wimp with no feelings).
Otherwise, get ready for tears and laughter and OMG WHAT JUST HAPPENED and OMG
PLEASE NO and I LOVE YOU SO MUCH I’M GOING TO BALL UP AND CRY. Cause that’s how
absurdly good this book was.
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