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Dare You To (Pushing the Limits, #2)

Katie McGarry

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May 07, 2013 Melissa rated it it was amazing

As many of you know I don't read contemporary YA. I read the first book, Pushing the Limits and just loved that book. The world read very real to me and I was surprised that many people criticized it for not feeling real. As someone who has had friends in the system as well as working with kids in the system for a short time, I can tell you it did feel real to me. Still, as much as I loved that book, I admit I worried that I would not love this one as much. Thought maybe it would suffer from sec ...more

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Mar 12, 2013 Lauren⁷ 💜 rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult-teen-new-adult, library-has-a-copy, romance

Overall, I really loved this book. However, I'm knocking a star off due to my issues with Beth and how she felt and acted toward her mother. ...more

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May 10, 2013 Courtney rated it really liked it

Shelves: teens, netgalley

I'll be honest, I did not like Beth at all in Pushing the Limits. Because of that, I held off reading this book that centered on her character. I'm definitely glad that I did read it. I really liked her in this book. The author writes well rounded interesting characters. She does a great job of showing that everyone, no matter how perfect their life seems from the outside, has problems. In this book Beth is torn from her unstable and dangerous life in Louisville and moved to the small town of Gr ...more

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Jul 23, 2013 Kim rated it really liked it

Shelves: teen-romance, series, realistic-fiction, young-adult, book-club, finished-book-club

Huh. I didn't think I like angsty teenage high school romances that much. But McGarry is softening my heart with this series. I must admit at the beginning I was picturing a Beth/Isaiah combo. Who's this new guy? What the heck? New school? Slow down a minute. If you were imagining all the same characters from PTL you will be sorely disappointed. They are there, but in the background. Except for Beth's mom and her douchy boyfriend, they take a seat right up front in this one, and of course Beth. ...more

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Dec 10, 2013 Tammy rated it liked it

I almost gave up on this one at the beginning because Beth was foul-mouthed and abrasive. But I got sucked in and wanted to see how it all turned out. Very good story development. Plus our leads got a relatively happy ending. I finished this one in 2 days.

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