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Going too far indeed! Meg has her past. John has his. But when they meet, him arresting her, you’re not sure where it’s going to go.

Meg doesn’t notice him at first, which I thought was done great. I kept wondering, is this him? Is that the guy?

She knew he was built, but didn’t find him attractive. Then as her punishment, she rode with him for a week, she soon saw more of him.

The more they talked, the more you could feel their chemistry. They got on each others nerves, but you could tell it was a type of foreplay for them.

John wants more, but not Meg. She still has some issues, until they went too far and now find that they need each other more than ever.

There is pretty good action scenes but I was waiting for something to happen to her while they were patrolling, but nothing did.

It’s slow, but captivating and I loved it!

This gets 4 PIGGIES!!


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Going Too Far Jennifer Echols Books Reviews

I am an avid fan of Sarah Dessen. I love the "chick flick" YA with fixable conflict and happy endings. They always leave me with that warm, fuzzy feeling! So when I read the description of Going too Far by Jennifer Echols, I was so excited! I am always looking for a pseudo-Dessen to pass the time between her latest and newest novels.

Granted, Going too Far is similar in premise to a Sarah Dessen treasure, but the delivery is a bit different. Meg is a bit of a wild card partying, minor law infractions, and casual sex. When she, her boyfriend and another couple get caught by the local police on the railroad bridge, they find themselves in jail. Officer John After is particularly irate at finding them there, especially since if they had stayed on the bridge for 10 more minutes, they would have been killed by an oncoming train the same way two kids were years ago. As punishment, John After devises a plan for Meg and the other couple (her sleazy boyfriend's father was able to muscle him out of any punishment) to serve time by riding along with either the police, the fire department, or the ambulance for one week followed by a written plan to stop teens from committing the same dangerous mischief they had gotten themselves into. Meg, of course, is the one who will be driving with Officer After.

Meg's parents, having had enough of her antics, decide not to interrupt their vacation because of her punishment. Instead, she is to spend 8 hours working in their diner, 8 hours with Officer After, and the remainder of the day exhausted. But her time with John After isn't nearly as bad as she thought it would be. It turns out, he isn't much older than Meg, and he even went to school with her before graduating and immediately joining the local police department in order to continue his obsession with the train bridge. During their time together, Meg and John find out there was a lot more to each other than the original impressions and judgments they made.

This is a fun, interesting story with fairly deep and developed characters. While it follows Dessen's formula, however, this book strays in the realm of "too much information." Dessen never gets too sexual in her books, but rather prefers to leave most of the goings on to the imagination, which makes her books perfect for a school setting. While this book is by no means graphic, there is more sex than I would be comfortable giving to many of my students as a book to read in class. It would be great for an independent book if the student was mature enough, but I wouldn't give it to a student younger than 10th grade. It is also very much a "girl" book, and I would imagine a boy to roll his eyes even at the cover! Despite its few shortcomings, though, this is a fun book with some great characters and situations.
Another great Jennifer Echols book, this was a very quick read. With a busy schedule I still managed to read it in less than a day. Like many other Echols YA books, Going Too Far features a strong-willed female protagonist who isn't afraid to say whatever is on her mind. As the story begins Meg is standing on a railroad bridge, site of a deadly accident years earlier. She is drunk and high with a group of friends and tempting fate by having a make-out session on the tracks, even though a train is likely to arrive shortly. Their stupid plans are interrupted when the police arrive and the group is arrested. In lieu of an actual charge, somehow this police department decides to punish the group by making them ride the graveyard shift with the police, fire fighters, and ambulance. Meg is the lucky girl who is chosen to ride overnight with a police officer for a week. It turns out that this police officer happens to be a super hottie who is only nineteen. Meg has issues. It turns out that officer John After has problems too. A week in each other's company, and ... voila! They are in love!

That's the basic story. It is an enjoyable book to read. It is. But I warn you, there are some things that you have to put to the side as you read in order to enjoy the book. If you think too hard about them they will definitely affect your enjoyment. First of all there is the punishment of this group. Where does something like this happen? Sure, there is such a thing as sentencing a person to community service, but that usually requires an actual charge being filed and some work with the district attorney. This seems to just be a plan cooked up by the night staff at the police department. And then Meg is "sentenced" to ride for a week with an officer who is only a few years older than her. He is a new member of the force, and yet they think it would be peachy for him to be in charge of this young woman. And to top things off, he even lets her participate and sit by during some semi-dangerous police calls. Like I say, if you think too much about this it seems too much like a plot device and nothing that could occur naturally anywhere.

Then there is Meg. I didn't mind her too much as a main character, but if I thought too much about her I would have to admit this ... she is not very likable. Not at all. She talks hatefully about her parents, even though there is little evidence that her parents are all that bad. She calls them overprotective, but it just seemed as if they were concerned about ... well, in order to avoid spoiling anything I'll say that they were worried about her ... and rightfully so. She sleeps around without commitment, pushes everyone away, and seeks out cheap thrills wherever she can. Not exactly a model citizen. But for some reason I was able to put aside all of the components of her character and see a bigger picture of who exactly Meg was, and I was willing to continue reading to see if she could find growth by the end of the book.

The ending of this book was a happy one, but it was also extremely convenient. These two characters have some serious issues that have bothered them for years and yet after a week of late night police cruising they are able to magically put them aside and move along happily with their life. I wish life could be so simple. The relationship between Meg and John is too fast paced when you stop to think about it. They have only spent a week together and know relatively little about each other. Along the way they both discover whoppers of past tragedies in each their respective lives, and yet they are quick to declare their love. This is especially hard to believe with Meg who has spent years pushing everyone and their dog away from her, yet in one week has decided to go all in when it comes to John.

This book seemed very similar to lots of other YA books featuring damaged characters who find love and manage to overcome the issues that had been debilitating them for so long. But, to be fair, this book was written in 2009, and it is possible that, had I read it at that time, I would have found it more original. Either way, it is still well worth a read, as long as you don't mind the story seeming vaguely familiar to you.

But, to be clear, this is still a really enjoyable book. I was happy to see the happy ending. I was rooting for these characters to find success. This is definitely a book that potentially could have been a lot deeper as it explored many of the issues that Meg and John were facing. As written it only manages to skim the surface. But it is a book that made me smile at times and left me happy at the end. Fans of Echols should enjoy it as well as those who like gritty reality-based young adult fiction. Four stars!
Going too far indeed! Meg has her past. John has his. But when they meet, him arresting her, you’re not sure where it’s going to go.

Meg doesn’t notice him at first, which I thought was done great. I kept wondering, is this him? Is that the guy?

She knew he was built, but didn’t find him attractive. Then as her punishment, she rode with him for a week, she soon saw more of him.

The more they talked, the more you could feel their chemistry. They got on each others nerves, but you could tell it was a type of foreplay for them.

John wants more, but not Meg. She still has some issues, until they went too far and now find that they need each other more than ever.

There is pretty good action scenes but I was waiting for something to happen to her while they were patrolling, but nothing did.

It’s slow, but captivating and I loved it!

This gets 4 PIGGIES!!