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Crash into You (Pushing the Limits, #3)

Katie McGarry

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Mar 12, 2013 Lauren⁷ 💜 rated it really liked it

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

I had a few issues with this book, namely the instalove and some of Rachel's issues, but overall I really liked this book. On the surface, Isaiah is the proverbial bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks, tattoos, piercings, and a whole lot of attitude. But McGarry shows that he's so much more than his appearance, he's actually a pretty sweet guy who will do almost anything for those he loves and he's working hard to make a good life for himself. Rachel is, at least outwardly, the proverbial g ...more

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Nov 04, 2013 Melissa rated it really liked it

This is the book I was waiting on. Ever since we met Isaiah in the first book I have wanted to know this character. He was interesting and you couldn't help feel for someone who had to deal with unrequited love. Your heart just broke for the guy.

Isaiah is someone who has not had a generous life. Yet, he finds the good in it and holds onto that with a fierce edge. He has a f.u. attitude which gives him space to do what he needs to do to make his life better. It also makes him quite lonely. He has This is the book I was waiting on. Ever since we met Isaiah in the first book I have wanted to know this character. He was interesting and you couldn't help feel for someone who had to deal with unrequited love. Your heart just broke for the guy.

Isaiah is someone who has not had a generous life. Yet, he finds the good in it and holds onto that with a fierce edge. He has a f.u. attitude which gives him space to do what he needs to do to make his life better. It also makes him quite lonely. He has a hard time trusting others, but when he does he is loyal to a fault. He also has narrow vision and has a hard time seeing the bigger picture. That makes sense if your main concern is survival from a very young age.

The other POV is Rachel. A girl who has panic attacks and the world on her shoulders. I wanted to really like her family, but as caring as they are they are also extremely selfish and uses Rachel for their own goals... all the while claiming they are protecting her from some unnamed threat. The reasons for her dysfunctional family seemed contrived, but I've seen people who do nothing but tiptoe around the elephant in the room. I did feel for Rachel, but I couldn't stand her family.

These two come together over cars and a threat from a character who rules a good portion of the streets. Isaiah tries to help Rachel out of her situation and in the mist of it all, they fall hard for each other. I also admit that throughout most of the book I was worried that the author had written herself into a hole so deep that nothing could save it. However, she seemed to pull it off for me. As you might guess from the other books in this series, there is an HEA, but it does have a twist at the end. One that made me cuss at the book and then smile. It was a cheestastic ending, but what can I say... call me a mouse. :)

I give this book 4 stars. I really have enjoyed this series and I can't wait for the next installment. The ending is cheesy as I stated above, but if you like those kind of things and just want to be entertained, you will enjoy the book as well. ...more

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Sep 24, 2013 Courtney rated it really liked it

Shelves: teens, netgalley

I didn't like this book as much as the other two in the series, but it was still good. Isaiah always had a worse mouth than Noah and Beth, so the constant swearing bugged me. I realize it was part of his character and I didn't think it was thrown in for shock value or just as an excuse to swear. It was definitely part of his hardcore persona. That said, I'm just not a fan of swearing. The story was fast-paced and enjoyable. I felt like I was in a Fast and Furious movie. I don't know much about c ...more

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Jan 04, 2014 Michael rated it liked it

Shelves: vine-program, pbrc-tower-challenge, tower-team-challenge-b, read-in-2014, arc, young-adult

Isaiah and Rachel are from two different worlds with one thing in common -- a love of fast cars.

For Rachel, driving fast is a way to escape the pressure her seemingly perfect family places on her to "replace" her deceased older sister. For Isaiah, fast cars are a potential way to make enough money to continue to survive and keep just under the radar of the foster care system.

Isaiah and Rachel's paths cross at an illegal drag race one evening and before long, the two are thrown together and have ...more

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