Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits, #1)

by Katie McGarry

[Linda]

This and other reviews can also be found on my blog (un)Conventional Bookviews and were originally posted there.

Pushing the Limits is the kind of book that makes me feel both lucky and happy I’m a reader! I was totally immersed in the story from the first sentence, and it only kept getting better and better! I fell in love with both Echo and Noah from the very start, and they never ceased to amaze me! These two broken teens, struggling with demons from their past, with trying to reclaim normal, had never talked to each other before they were forced to work together. They both needed something the other could give, but none of them were giving freely at first.

Pushing the Limits really is a story about just that – pushing limits, giving the best of oneself, and trying to hash out a better life than what faith has been dealing so far. Echo is seemingly doing better, but she is still hiding a lot of secrets, both from her therapist and from her friends. The one thing that makes everything difficult for her is that she just can’t remember the day that completely changed her life. She is, however, trying her best to remember, even if the truth scares her almost as much as not remembering does.

Noah is kind of an outcast in school. He’s in foster care, is very angry, and only wants to smoke weed to forget how much life can suck. He used to be a brilliant student, and also a good football player. Until that night, when a fire took both of his parents’ lives, and he was separated from his little brothers. On top of living in different foster homes, most of them really bad, he also carries a big secret, one that he has no idea could help both himself and his brothers if only he dared to trust Mrs. Collins enough to share it with her.