Review on my blog: http://aideensbookobsession.blogspot.ie/2017/06/pushing-limits-by-katie-mcgarry.html?m=1

...Wow. So I bought the e-version of this book on a whim, because it was only $1.79 on Amazon, and that is a choice I will never regret. McGarry has crafted a raw, gripping contemporary novel that deals with love, loss, and both physical and mental scars. She captures the voices of Echo and Noah flawlessly, bringing them to life and thoroughly developing them in a way that few authors can do in the span of one book. It's a bittersweet though ultimately beautiful novel that left a lasting impression on me.

When I first read Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles, I read it straight through without stopping. Raved about it to anyone who would listen and just fell in love with Alex and Brittany.

For me, Pushing the Limits surpassed Perfect Chemistry in every way.

This was a phenomenal story with incredibly real characters whom I couldn't get enough of.

I highly recommend this first installment of a promising series/trilogy.

This book is not perfect, but it is the beginning of one of my favorite book series, and it introduces us to some of my favorite book characters.

Rozhodně jedna z lepších v žánru. Čtení jsem si náramně užívala a i když Echo občas excelovala v umění lézt mi na nervy, odpouštím jí. Nevím, jestli jsem to jen já, ale při čtení jsem střídavě dostávala záchvaty pláče a pak se usmívala jako idiot. Shrnutí - mooooc dobrý! Nutno podotknout, že mou úplně nejoblíbenější postavou v celé knížce je Aires, a to tam ani nebyl.

I'm not usually a fan of contemporary sort of novels but this book blew my mind! You can bet that I'l be back for more of McGarry's works.

**Language and Content Warnings**

I like the idea of this book. I liked the back stories of the characters and learning about them and what their journey's would be.

Yet, I didn't feel very connected to the characters. Their situations were real and and I could understand the pain they were going through...but their personalities? emotions? I just couldn't feel who they were.

I was a bit hesitant to pick up this book because it just sounded too similar to [b:Perfect Chemistry|4268157|Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1)|Simone Elkeles|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1316637352s/4268157.jpg|4315675] based on the synopsis.
It is similar but their are so many differences that make up for it. The character development, plot development, and relationship development was amazing and much more deep than in Perfect Chemistry.

Echo is described as the pretty, rich girl that was once popular. Now people consider her as a freak because of the scars on her arms. She has repressed the memories of the night she was almost killed and is trying to remember what happened so she can finally know the truth. She is also depressed because her brother, Aires, died and she can't fill the hole in her heart from losing him.

Noah is the bad boy with a bad reputation. Only he isn't all that bad. Yeah he has tattoos and does drugs and drinks, but he surprisingly has a big heart. He lost his parents and was placed in foster care, forced to be separated from his two younger brothers. His main goal is to win custody of them and get his family back.

And then there's Mrs. Collins, Echo and Noah's school therapist. She is so crazy and really cares about them. She is the only adult that these two characters trust to help them out.

Now Echo and Noah's relationship, the main story line in this book. Like I said their relationship develops so much! They start out loathing each other, then become friends to help each other out, and then they fall in love. Their relationship does have ups and downs but ahhh it is so adorably cute!!! Seriously Noah has to be one of my favorite book boyfriends of all time. He is just so dreamy!

I also have to add how emotional this book is. Echo and Noah have been through very traumatizing events and everything else they go through just makes you want to laugh and cry from happiness and sadness.

I definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes YA contemporary romance novels. I loved this book and it grabs your attention from the very first page!

A great YA book, honest in its intentions. The only thing I deeply disliked was the whole "she's mine" "she's my girl" thing, as if Echo doesn't have a name. I guess that might just be slang but there's still something possessive and misogynistic about it that I don't like -and I don't like because it's supposedly romantic when clearly it's not.

I really enjoyed this YA book. I like how it switched off between Echo's point of view and Noah's point of view. There was a bit of "instant love" but in this case, it was handled very well. I enjoyed how you slowly got to know the characters and what their story was...why they were so messed up. I also liked how they made each other better people.

I may be biased because I knew teens like these two whilst growing up in the punk/goth scene but I really liked that it showed that "messed up kids" can be great people too. The way the social structure of the school was depicted was also very close to reality. There is so much pressure not to be "weird" in high school. This book captured that well and showed what it was like if you slipped into the zone of "weird".

I loved the love story in the book because it struck me as realistic. Two people who do not trust slowly approach trusting one another with a lot of mix-ups and misunderstandings. Echo and Noah had many of these. The way they interacted and the intensity of their attraction to one another also rings true because when you don't trust easily, when you do grow attached to someone, it hits you like a freight train and scares the crap out of you. So, well done there.

Definitely a good book and i am curious about Beth's story now because she comes off as such a hard character in this book. I may have to read the next to see what her deal is.