Katie McGarry

Abandoning kickboxing after a tragedy in the ring, champion fighter Haley is forced to train an attractive mixed martial arts student who secretly fights on Haley's behalf to redeem his troubled past.

Abandoning kickboxing after a tragedy in the ring, champion fighter Haley trains a cute mixed martial arts student who secretly fights to redeem his troubled past. The plot contains profanity. The AR quiz does not include bonus novella CROSSING THE LINE.

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so the misogyny was too strong in this one.

regardless, Haley and West were a fresh breath of air in the sense that both were struggling with very hard situations, especially Haley, but i didn't feel like they were being whiny about it or like trying to justify their mistakes with that, altho Haley never made mistakes tho, she is an angel.

I would have loved to see more West's mom, tho, both mothers truly, but West's mom deserved a bit more after having re read Rachel's book, she needed to say something regarding, well, everything.

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so the misogyny was too strong in this one.

regardless, Haley and West were a fresh breath of air in the sense that both were struggling with very hard situations, especially Haley, but i didn't feel like they were being whiny about it or like trying to justify their mistakes with that, altho Haley never made mistakes tho, she is an angel.

I would have loved to see more West's mom, tho, both mothers truly, but West's mom deserved a bit more after having re read Rachel's book, she needed to say something regarding, well, everything.

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Annabella

I can't believe I was mesmerised by a PTL book.
I'm shocked.

Ella Zegarra

También en: El Extraño Gato del Cuento

¿Este es el final de la serie Pushing the Limits? Goodreads no menciona ningún próximo libro de la serie y cuando le preguntan a Katie solo dice que “ojalá” puede volver a escribir un nuevo libro dentro de la serie. Y, vamos, tiene de donde, con los 3453645757 hermanos de Rachel más uno de los más encantadores personajes secundarios que leí en mucho tiempo, Abby, tiene de dónde sacar libro. Katie, Harlequin Teen, por favor, no me dejen en el aire, hay mucho ahí que quiero saber.

Hubo una cosa muy curiosa con este libro, todo iba bien, me gustaban los personajes, la historia es entretenida, Haley es mega ultra badass, pero luego… Viene la “Revelación” de unos personajes que me daban igual pero cambió completamente toda mis sentimientos respecto al libro.

Eso es lo interesante con los libros de Katie McGarry, uno espera leer tan solo la historia cliché, y te lo da en 80% del libro pero es ese 20% que puede hacerte amar más el libro, o en mi caso, hacerme sentir incómoda. Obviamente no puedo decir qué fue lo que pasó porque es una de las revelaciones principales del libro pero si alguien ya lo leyó me gustaría mucho que dijera algo en los comentarios (¡Pero cuidado con el spoiler a los demás, eh!)

Centrándome ahora sí en el libro es que me ha encantado como POR FÍN tenemos una escritora que no romantiza la violencia en una pareja. Sí, sé que me gusta el drama y la angustia con los personajes (sobre todo masculinos, que es básicamente lo común) que llegan a encontrar redención gracias y por la protagonista, luego de que ella sufra y sufra por parte de él. Pero en los últimos meses, veo más y más, como algo “ligero” se volvió un poco aterrador entre algunas lectoras (algunas bastante jóvenes) hablando y amando sobre personajes que ni siquiera yo, con mi amor por la angustia, aceptaría y del cuál huiría con orden de restricción incluida. Gracias Katie por recordarnos que el chico malo no siempre cambia y no siempre tiene un corazón de oro (No todos pueden ser Noah o Isaiah, lamentablemente).

Si hay un nuevo libro (y no me refiero a uno intermedio ¬¬) haciendo matemáticas con los libros de Katie, asumo que tendría como protagonista un Bad Boy sexy, así que no nos sintamos desesperadas, nosotras oh amantes de la redención.

Otro de los puntos que me gustó del libro es el respeto que tiene West por Haley, demostrando que no solo es una cara bonita sino también cerebro ya que conoce, respeta y admira (al menos la mayoría del tiempo :v) que Haley podría derrotarlo a él y unos cuantos más en una pelea.

Algunos giros inesperados, a veces difíciles de asimilar, reencuentros con personajes muy queridos de libros anteriores y una historia que amarán los fans de Katie McGarry

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laura

Take me on This book was so fast paced and so much fun to read. I really loved the relationship that developed between Haley and West. You meet West in the crash into you and I loved really learning more about him in this book and how much Crash into you events really effected him. 
 
Haley home life was so hard to read about but i know that so many people in the world have similar stories to Haley. I loved the brother characters that really tried to look out for her and they became my favorite characters. 
 
I think he concept of fights and running away was so large in this book for both lead characters and eventually they each became each other home. I mean when Haley left time i was so throwing my book against the wall and could not wait to see what happen.
 
I liked learning more about Abby and i know we get to read her story soon. 
 
I think also the abuse in this book that occurred was so important for young girls to read about and see the dangerous impact it could have on somebody life.
 
I really loved this book and the story that was told.
 
Check out my video review 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx0Mu...

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Hannah

does anyone else see the creepy person in the background

b.andherbooks

I had no idea Take Me On was part of a series while reading! Thankfully my lack of awareness did not take away from this story at all, and it can definitely stand alone. 

I found the kickboxing and MMA aspects of this novel to be very well researched and authentic (as far as I can tell) and was pleased with the relationship between West and Haley. It is nice to see a kick-ass young lady teach a boy how to fight and control anger, while struggling with her own. The heat factor was also apparent, and I would recommend for those who are 17+. 

My only annoyance was the sheer amount of drama these poor kids had to deal with. I felt some of it (view spoiler)[especially finding out West's father isn't really his biological father (hide spoiler)] could have been left on the editing room floor, but overall a great read.

Celia Adams

Once again, Katie McGarry delivers in full force. The day she runs out of unique characters, situations, conflicts, and plot twists, is the day I give up contemporary lit.

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