The Dare by Elle Kennedy



Release Date: 06.16.2020


Synopsis:

College was supposed to be my chance to get over my ugly-duckling complex and spread my wings. Instead, I wound up in a sorority full of mean girls. I already have a hard time fitting in, so when my Kappa Chi sisters issue the challenge, I can’t say no.

The dare: seduce the hottest new hockey player in the junior class.

Conor Edwards is a regular at Greek Row parties…and in Greek Row sorority beds. He’s the one you fall for before you learn that guys like him don’t give girls like me a second glance. Except Mr. Popular throws me for a loop—rather than laughing in my face, he does me a solid by letting me take him upstairs to pretend we’re getting busy.

Even crazier, now he wants to keep pretending. Turns out Conor loves games, and he thinks it’s fun to pull the wool over my frenemies’ eyes.

But resisting his easy charm and surfer-boy hotness is darn near impossible. Though I’m realizing there’s much more to Conor’s story than his fan club can see.

And the longer this silly ruse goes on, the greater the danger of it all blowing up in my face.


Review:


The Dare was a nice and enjoyable story, I was really excited to go back to the Briar U.

Elle Kennedy has managed once again to create a cute and unique couple and her writing style kept me invested in their relationship.

Conor is a new hockey player at the Briar U, he came from the wrong part of LA. Taylor is a college student and a member of a Sorority.
They meet at a party, when one of Taylor sisters dares her to go to the hottest guy in the room and to ask him to making out. Conor accepts to follow her upstairs and to help her with the dare.
They easily connect and they appreciate each other company so much that they decide to begin a fake relationship.

I loved their amusing dialogues, their easy friendship and how they helped each other to grow up and to make peace with their past and insecurities.

I highly recommend to read this novel and meet these characters.


Excerpt:

“Thank you,” she breathes the moment we’re alone.


“No problem. Mind if I make myself comfortable?”


“Um, yeah. I mean, no. I don’t mind. Sit if you want. Or—wow, okay, you’re lying down.”


I grin at her visible nervousness. It’s cute. While I stretch out my six-foot-two frame amid the stuffed animals and decorative pillows on the bed, she remains the startled rabbit plastered against the door and breathing heavily.


“Gotta be honest,” I tell her, entwining my hands behind my head, “I’ve never seen a girl so unhappy to be locked in a bedroom with me.”


This has the desired effect of loosening her shoulders and even eliciting a shy smile. “I have no doubt.”


“I’m Conor, by the way.”


She rolls her eyes. “Yeah, I know.”


“What’s the eyeroll for?” I ask, playing wounded.


“No, sorry, I didn’t mean anything by it. Just, I know who you are. You’re, like, campus famous.”


The more I watch her, hands braced at her sides against the door, one knee bent, dirty-blonde hair a little messy and draped over one shoulder, I can’t help picturing myself holding her arms above her head while I explore her body with my mouth. She’s got very kissable skin.


“Taylor Marsh,” she blurts out, and I realize I don’t know how long we were silent until then.


I scoot to the far side of the bed and put a pillow beside me as a divider. “Come on. If we’re going to be in here awhile, let’s at least make friends.”


Taylor laughs out a breath and with it she releases a bit more tension. She’s got a nice smile. Bright, warm. It takes a bit more coaxing, however, to get her on the bed.


“This isn’t like a move,” she tells me, lining up stuffed animal guards to patrol the pillow wall between us. “I’m not some sort of weirdo who tricks men into getting in bed with her and then mauls them.”


“Sure.” I nod with mock seriousness. “But a little mauling would be okay.”


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