Chasing Impossible by Katie McGarry

Chasing Impossible (Pushing the Limits, #5)

by Katie McGarry

Available by popular demand, the latest installment of the beloved, award-winning Pushing the Limits series

Tough and independent, seventeen-year-old Abby lets very few people into her inner circle. It's common knowledge in her Kentucky town that she deals drugs, but not even her closest friends know why. But when a deal goes south and Abby's suddenly in danger, she finds herself reluctantly forced to lean on daredevil Logan-a boy whose restless spirit matches her own.

Logan has his own reasons for wanting to keep Abby at arm's length. But he never expected to find in her the one person who might help him face the demons he's tried so hard to run from.

Together, Abby and Logan will have to make a decision: let their current circumstances weigh them down forever...or fight for the future they both thought was impossible.

Reviewed by Sam@WLABB on

4 of 5 stars

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You can always depend on Katie McG to deliver an honest, raw, and emotional contemporary, and she has done so once again with Chasing Impossible
She doesn't belong enough to anyone for her to have friends. Just the way all mythical creatures should live.

This story belonged to a reader favorite, Abby, and Logan, who we also met in a previous book. Both have mastered keeping their emotional distance from their "friends", and both have their reasons. This story focused on these two chasing their impossible, and I really enjoyed watching them catch it.
I'm a ghost. I always have been. Occasionally, I just pretend to be real.

Wow! So much more to Abby then I ever realized. This girl carried the weight of the world on her shoulders, alone, and did things she was not proud of to protect someone she loved very much. The more I learned about Abby's past and present, the more I loved her and rooted for her future. I wanted everything for this girl, I swear.
She walked into a garage, took one look at me and my life has never been the same since.

Logan, the strong and silent, and actually, really deep guy. McGarry crafted a wonderful hero, when she wrote Logan. He had so many beautiful and damaged sides to him. At one point, it was stated explicitly, that it takes a special kind of person to stick it out with Abby, and I have to agree, Logan was very special. He grew a great deal during this story, even helping his parents grow a little too.
I already said I don't know much about love, but I know that when I'm with you I feel something that's a lot like flying and that is something I don't want to go away.

This book really solidified the friend group that has been developing during this series. I swear! Everyone made some sort of appearance. Some had bigger roles than others, but what really mattered, was how they stood by each other, sacrificed for each other, and had each other's backs. I smiled so much because I was so in love with all the love. And I would be remiss if I did not say this: Thank you, Katie, for that ending. I don't care what anyone else says, it was perfect.
I'm not falling in love. I am in love.

Overall: Another great Pushing the Limits book!

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