Rachel Young has followed all the rules and tried to be
everything her family wants her to be. After all, she knows
she's nothing more than the replacement for the daughter who
died, Colleen. Her secret love is for cars and the speed she
can get out of cars. Unfortunately, this love leads her into
some huge trouble... but it also introduces her to Isaiah.
Isaiah Walker is everything she shouldn't like and yet
Isaiah is the only one who understands her. Can Rachel and
Isaiah have a chance at love when everything is stacked
against them?
CRASH INTO YOU is an emotionally charged read that takes
readers on a wild ride- literally! Rachel is introduced to
the world of street racing and drag racing and the potential
benefits and pitfalls of both. I was a little leery of a
novel that walked so close to the edge but Katie McGarry
does a great job at showing readers the dangers without
moralizing.
Isaiah's story is heartbreaking, even more so as his story
unfolds. On the outside, he's the stereotypical bad boy but
he's had some hard knocks during his growth through the
foster care system. By contrast, I had a difficult time
liking Rachel until close to the end of the story. Despite
Isaiah's faith in her, she seems quite spineless at times
and it was hard watching her constantly beaten down by an
overbearing and quite dysfunctional family. However, I
thoroughly appreciated the focus on panic attacks and the
effect they can have on a person's life. It's going to take
quite a bit for Katie McGarry to endear me to her brother,
West, for his upcoming story!
CRASH INTO YOU is geared more for young adults as older
adults will find themselves questioning the judgment calls
made by all of the teenagers in the tale- even as they know
the scenarios are more than realistic. CRASH INTO YOU is the
sort of gut wrenching tale that leaves you in knots as you
wait for the ending, questioning whether the characters will
get their happily ever after. I sure hope that we eventually
get to see the minor character, Abby, have a story of her
own!
From acclaimed author Katie McGarry comes an explosive new tale of a good girl with a reckless streak, a street-smart guy with nothing to lose, and a romance forged in the fast lane The girl with straight As, designer clothes and the perfect life-that's who people expect Rachel Young to be. So the private-school junior keeps secrets from her wealthy parents and overbearing brothers...and she's just added two more to the list. One involves racing strangers down dark country roads in her Mustang GT. The other? Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Walker-a guy she has no business even talking to. But when the foster kid with the tattoos and intense gray eyes comes to her rescue, she can't get him out of her mind. Isaiah has secrets, too. About where he lives, and how he really feels about Rachel. The last thing he needs is to get tangled up with a rich girl who wants to slum it on the south side for kicks-no matter how angelic she might look. But when their shared love of street racing puts both their lives in jeopardy, they have six weeks to come up with a way out. Six weeks to discover just how far they'll go to save each other.
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