![]() There’s nothing really wrong with On the Edge, but it doesn’t really break any new ground, either. To complicate things, there’s also Maddie’s growing attraction to Ortiz, the guy who works at the local convenience store and is unbelievably hot with his “unruly black hair…chiseled, clean-shaven face.” I felt it in the gentle way he was supporting my head. That couldn’t be a good thing – I should be scared of him, shouldn’t I? But I wasn’t. After Maddie gets jumped, Lobo swoops in to rescue her and sparks fly. ![]() She does the right thing and identifies the guys, but that means that her own life is in danger.Įnter Lobo, tall, dark, handsome and mysterious. One night after work she’s cutting through the park on her way home when she witnesses to members of the Reyes gang kicking the crap out of a homeless guy, someone everyone in the neighbourhood knows by name. She lives with her single mother, works part time at McDonald’s and has a posse of good girlfriends. ![]() Maddie Diaz is headed for college on a full scholarship. ![]() Allison Van Diepen’s novel On the Edge seemed like it might have the goods, but it was only just okay. ![]() I can’t seem to get enough of it, really, and if there’s a heaping helping of angst thrown in, well, it doesn’t really get much better than that. One of my favourite YA tropes is bad boy/good girl. ![]()
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