Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

Bre and I will be reading Pushing the Limits April 1st or 2nd. This one has gotten a few awards and looks great. Please feel free to join us if you'd like!

I'ma go ahead and give y'all a box of tissues to start.

Uh oh......sad tissues or happy we are in love tissues?

Tomorrow sounds perfect Bre!

I am half way done. It seems like other YA I've read - bitchy, shallow, mean girls in high school, guys who just want to get laid, 'bad-boy' who is really just misunderstood.....

I haven't read Slammed so I can't compare it to that but so far it feels like a bunch of other books I've read.

Hey Bre,

I finished it. I'll wait until you're done before I post any comments :)

I felt the same way Bre!

Last 25% of the book finally drew me in. I also enjoyed Noah and his relationship with his brothers more than Echo and her story. Hated her friends, the ridiculous appearances they had to keep up, their rudeness, insensitivity, I could go on. And Echo wanting to fit back in with them- ugh.

I was disappointed with the way Echo's mom's storyline played out. To have her be bi-polar and depressed is fine, but to then turn her into that demon at the end....it just didn't mesh with Echo's good memories of her past with her mom, the caring and fun mom.(view spoiler)[ Being bi-polar doesn't mean you want to kill your daughter and suddenly turn into a homicidal maniac and selfish, cold shrew. It means the highs and lows that Echo talked about in her childhood. (hide spoiler)]. And I hated her dad. And Ashley (view spoiler)[the freakin nanny who raised Echo! (hide spoiler)]. His explanation for their relationship is that 'life happens'. Really? And your daughter is supposed to just accept that?

I felt like they were both trying to use her at the beginning to get what they wanted from her but it turned into a real need on their part to trust someone. Probably a little unrealistic, but because Mrs. Collins was one of the only characters I actually liked it the book, I was ok with it :)

I actually did cry a bit during the scene towards the end with Noah and the foster parents and his brothers. The best part of the book for me. But I cry at everything!

I would love to start Falling anytime you are ready!

That sounds great, I will read it over the weekend and we can chat about it early next week if you want. No rush, whenever you finish it we'll talk :)