There is nothing quite like being in the minds of two very broken teenagers. Echo and Noah have suffered in ways that are hard to fathom and that I wouldn't wish on anyone. We first meet Echo in the office of yet another social worker who has been brought on board to try to help Echo move past the events that occurred two years prior and that she can't remember but with vicious scars on her arms. She is trapped in her home with an uptight, overly controlling dad and a self-absorbed nanny turned step mother. In many ways, Echo is nothing more than living in the shadow of her old life, with few friends and virtually no social life.

Then comes Noah. He's the sexy bad boy we all want and love. Except that like most all of them, there's more than meets the eye. Noah, too, is living with the invisible scars of grief and loss, and is fighting for the one thing in his life that matters -- his brothers. When these two are paired up, Echo and Noah make a formidable team, scheming and learning to see past some of the body armor they've both been wearing.

What ensues is a story of such deep love, forgiveness, brokeness, sadness, redemption, and did I say it already, love. At times I was literally crying, tears rolling down my face, over the heartache that they'd both endured, the things they were giving up for themselves, for each other, while other times I was laughing at the fun these two teens were having... something they didn't get nearly enough of.

McGarry did a truly masterful job of getting inside these two kids' heads. Their thoughts, their actions, their emotions were on target the entire way through. Pushing the Limits is definitely not an easy read, but it's a beautiful one. At times I wasn't sure how things were going to end, but I was always hopeful. I'm grateful I took the chance.

I'd be remiss if I didn't note that I was granted permission to read and review this book by Harlequin Teen through Netgalley.