Okay, it’s been a few days since I’ve finished this book so I may not remember ALL the details but I remember enough of them. Katie McGarry has created a must-read contemporary young adult novel with her debut novel, Pushing the Limits, where two individuals, Echo and Noah, must learn to trust again after being betrayed by those who were supposed to protect and care for them. Echo, who the reader is first introduced to, is a former high school It girl but two years ago but two years ago she experienced a life or death trauma that her mother is somehow involved with which has left physical scars. Noah, on the other hand, has deep emotional scars that has left him wary of trusting everyone around after the foster care system and social workers ripped him from the only family members he has left, his two younger brothers. Thanks to a new school therapist, Echo and Noah are thrown together and over the course of the semester learn to trust each other and in turn help overcome each other’s scars and hang ups. The novel leaves the readers hopeful that these two characters might just get a happy ending in life like everyone wishes.

As I said, this book is spectacular debut by McGarry and definite must read for anyone who’s a fan of YA contemporary.