Pushing the Limits
Written by: Katie McGarry

In honor of McGarry's latest release, Risking It All, I have decided to review the book that had influenced my love of reading in the very beginning. I first read this book in Junior High and thought it was the best thing ever. It held my attention, was greatly written, talked about hard and real topics, and made me fall in love with the characters form start to finish. This novel follows Noah and Echo, two high school students that have faced their fair share of trauma and, now, have to learn how to overcome it. Echo and Noah start out as enemies, being in completely different social groups, but are forced together when Echo needs money to fix her late brother's car and Noah is the student she is paid to tutor. The two embark in a friendship, and later a relationship, in an effort to help each other uncover the demons that haunt Echo and plan a way for Noah to get his family back. This path is not easy, especially when the two believe that they are the only ones able to help the other. Pushing The Limits puts readers on an emotional roller coaster, lasting the entire duration of it. It is also written in dual point of view, which offers readers an inside view of both main characters' thoughts and issues in a more personal manner. McGarry has a wonderful way of immersing readers into her stories and making them feel as though they are in real time with the characters. 
I absolutely adore not only this book, but every book that McGarry has written. It has been amazing to see her grow as an author while I grow as a reader and her writing style has only improved. While this book, in my opinion, is aimed to younger audiences, I do still thoroughly enjoy coming back to this book and re-reading it whenever I can. It is a great novel to get one into reading or pull one out of a reading slump. McGarry also has books geared for more mature audiences in her newest series, The Witches of the Isle. I cannot recommend her, or her books, enough to anyone looking for a quick read that pulls on the heart strings. 

Genres: ● Romance ● Young Adult ● Contemporary ● High School ● Fiction 

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Other series by the author: Pushing the Limits Series, Thunder Road Series, Only a Breath Apart, and more! 

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