Release Date: June 6th 2014
Pages: 544
Source: review copy from publisher through Netgalley
Age Range: Young Adult
Champion kickboxer Haley swore she'd never set foot in the ring again after one tragic night. But then the guy she can't stop thinking about accepts a mixed martial arts fight in her honor. Suddenly, Haley has to train West Young. All attitude, West is everything Haley promised herself she'd stay away from. Yet he won't last five seconds in the ring without her help.
West is keeping a big secret from Haley. About who he really is. But helping her-fighting for her-is a shot at redemption. Especially since it's his fault his family is falling apart. He can't change the past, but maybe he can change Haley's future.
Hayley and West have agreed to keep their relationship strictly in the ring. But as an unexpected bond forms between them and attraction mocks their best intentions, they'll face their darkest fears and discover love is worth fighting for.
I have read all the other Pushing The Limits books before so I was quite curious for Katie McGarry's newest book Take Me On.
Altough I did had some reservations because the book is more then 450 pages long..!!)
The story was somewhat the same as the previous two, be it that they are all in a different setting. All the main characters of all three books are somewhat linked to each other.
This time the girl was the ''bad one'' and the guy the good guy. Very suprising because most of the time in this book it is the opposite. Hayley is living with her family at the house of her uncle, because her father is an alcoholic and lost his job at the company of West's father. Hayley went through a really rough phase after her family fell into poverty. Hayley was a character who was easy to sympathize with. She was down-to-earth, caring and despite hating the situation that she was in, she stomached all of it without a complaint because of her love for her family. My heart broke for her, but at the same time, I was also very proud of her for being such a strong young woman in the face of all the obstacles. West was a rich guy but anything from spoiled or snobby. Especially when he finds out that his father his responsible for the situation Hayley is in. He does have his own problems though, mostly with his sister Rachel who had a car accident and is fighting for her life in the hospital.Their chemistry together was formidable and I personally think they were Katie McGarry's best couple as of yet.
The story is quite long though and I thought some parts which didn't quite helped the story progress could easily been have put out to make the speed of the story better.
Other than that though, I thought Take Me On was entertaining and an absolutely lovely read.
