Crossing the Line by Katie McGarry
Katie McGarry captivated readers with her “riveting, emotional”* Young Adult debut, Pushing the Limits. In this gripping novella, she tells the story of Lila and Lincoln, who discover that sometimes it’s worth crossing the line for love…
Lila McCormick, Echo's best friend from Pushing the Limits, first met Lincoln Turner when tragedy struck both their lives. But she never expected their surprise encounter would lead to two years of exchanging letters—or that she’d fall for the boy she’s only seen once. Their relationship is a secret, but Lila feels closer to Lincoln than anyone else. Until she finds out that he lied to her about the one thing she depended on him for the most.
Hurting Lila is the last thing Lincoln wanted. For two years, her letters have been the only thing getting him through the day. Admitting his feelings would cross a line he’s never dared breach before. But Lincoln will do whatever it takes to fix his mistakes, earn Lila’s forgiveness—and finally win a chance to be with the girl he loves.
Publishes in US: April 1st 2013 by Harlequin TEEN
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Series? Yes. Pushing the Limits 1.5. Companion novel to Pushing the Limits (read my review HERE). 2nd is Dare you To releases June 7th, and you can read my review HERE. The next book, Crash Into You (Pushing the Limits, #3) releases Nov 26th 2013 and focuses on Isaiah (the arc has 2 bonus chapters of it)
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Crossing the line is another great book by Katie McGarry... Well, Novella, technically. It is leaving me wondering why I never read them in the past (well, before Destroy me anyways.) Though it is not as dark as the others, it still had similar elements and I enjoyed being in Echo's town.
There are full fleshed out characters. I wondered and had plenty of questions as reading and in the end, just wish that I had more time with them, but i have a feeling that I would still that way after even 300 pages with them. I had to know the lie that Lincoln told and once I figured that out why he told it. I really understood in the end though, and can see how he got himself into that situation.
I also appreciated Lila and left wondering about her terror of being alone. That was never really fully explained, but I guess that anxiety and no previous experience can explain. Although with her character, I was bit confused in the very beginning because I read date you to first and Beth's friend Lacy was stuck in my head and I was wondering for a minute where Lincoln came from then realized Lila was echo's best friend. But that is totally on me! Too many L names :)
There was some pretty hot scenes, and I got a good feel on their history from snippits of letters at the beginning of the chapters.
The ending was good though I wish that I knew how they ended up.
Bottom Line: Great novella.
My question to you, my lovely readers:
Have you ever had a long distance relationship
My question to you, my lovely readers:
Have you ever had a long distance relationship
