Initial Impressions 8/20/12: Overall, I enjoyed Pushing the Limits a lot. The story was unlike most books I've read as far as contemporaries go - Really my only complaints (and yes, it really did knock the book down a whole star rating) was some of the language. No, not offense language. I'm talking about how much I was sick of hearing Noah call Echo his "siren" or his "nymph" as well as "baby" (UGH, I HATE when people call each other baby.... Sorry if you do that, but it just seems so incredibly insincere to me) so all of those really just got repetitive. Oh, and how much he talked about her cleavage? Now, I'm sure guys really do think like that, but pardon me for rolling my eyes! The majority of readers of this book are girls/women so it was just a little groan-worthy for me. 
 I really liked how Echo's story came out little by little and really I couldn't guess what her whole story was. 
 I loved how Noah's story with his brothers wraps up. It really wasn't something I saw coming, and it was so touching and perfectly fitting in the end. A really enjoyable novel! But I'll tell ya, that stupid stuff like the "baby" talk and repetitive terms just pushed my limits (get it?) 
 Review originally posted on The Book Addict's Guide: Hm. Well. Let's start with my overall opinion: I really did enjoy reading PUSHING THE LIMITS. I felt like it was a different kind of contemporary YA romance and we actually had a little bit of mystery with Echo's secret story about what really happened between her and her mother. I really did pick up on the chemistry between Echo and Noah. I was a little afraid at first since Echo was a formerly popular girl (I don't know why that bothered me, but for some reason it did a little - Maybe overkill on the polar opposites?), but Echo actually seemed pretty normal aside from the trauma that she went through. 
 I actually really enjoyed tons of aspects of this book (even though I'm about to complain a lot). I really liked the story line a lot! Echo's story was really interesting and I really didn't know where that little mystery was going. The relationship between Echo and Noah was pretty much instant physical attraction, but there was a nice lead up to their actual relationship and I liked that it didn't jump into things too fast.