Young Delight Review: Crossing the Line by Katie McGarry

Posted May 26, 2013 by Sophia Rose in Reviews / 0 Comments

Tags: Katie McGarry, Pushing the Limits, YA Contemporary Romance, Young Delight

Crossing the Line by

by Katie McGarry

Genres: Young Adult Romance
Released on April 1, 2013

I enjoyed this little story that filled the gap between Pushing the Limits and Dare You To. It places one of the secondary characters from Pushing the Limits into the lead role. The story really should be read in sequential order to understand the context and avoid series spoilers.

Lila’s family has left her on her own for a week while they go on family vacation so she can experience what it is like to be on her own before leaving Kentucky to go to Florida for college. Trouble is that she feels abandoned and not by her family and scared of everything now that she’s alone. Change has settled in with Echo now gone on the road with Noah, losing her friendship with Grace because of Grace’s attitude about Echo and walking away from her boyfriend because she is in love with someone else.

And about that someone else- Lincoln has been a pen pal with Lila since they met just the once at Airies’ funeral. He can never forget the girl who comforted him when he mourned his own older brother’s death and then listened through her letters as he poured out his feelings about his sister’s teen pregnancy or his parents growing apart. But he screwed up big time when he lied to Lila. Lincoln can’t afford to lose the girl he has fallen in love with so he must find her and make it right.

For a short story, this one was very well written when it came to the plot, pace and characters. It didn’t feel half-formed and the story wrapped up nicely. My only ‘but’ is that I really liked Lincoln and I enjoyed watching them both acknowledge and move past their issues. Greedy me wanted more.

This is suitable for most teens and I have no cautions to make.

I look forward to Beth’s story now more than ever and I highly recommend this series to YA Contemporary Romance fans.

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I was born and raised near Sacramento, CA. I have read since I was four years old and developed tastes that run the gamut of literature. I went away to college and have a degree in education, a certificate in family history research, and a certificate in social work. I worked for a non-profit agency with low income families for 20 years which included being responsible for the children’s library and promoting/teaching adult literacy. I have lived in Southeast Michigan for the last 18 years and I am currently a book addicted homemaker with a cat and husband who keep me grounded. Recently, I made it a challenge to review each book that I have read as a favor to author friends who said reviews are important. I have done reviews for Good Reads, Amazon, eBay, and Smashwords, but mostly at Goodreads and Amazon.