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My Review:Title: I Dare You
Author: Ilsa Madden-Mills
Series: The Hook Up #1
Published by: Indie
Release Date: April 29, 2018
Format: Kindle Book
Pages: 238
Genres: Sports Romance, New Adult
Reading Challenges: CC's Goodreads Reading Challenge
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My rating:
Blurb:Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills returns with an all-new swoon-fest of a novel about what happens when you look beyond labels and take a chance on love.
Badass Athlete: I dare you to… Delaney Shaw: Who is this?
The late night text is random, but "Badass Athlete" sure seems to know who she is…
Delaney Shaw. Good girl. Lover of fluffy kitties and Star Wars. Curious.
His dare? Spend one night in his bed—a night he promises will be unforgettable—and she can solve the mystery of who he is.
She knows she shouldn't, but what else is she going to do with her boring Valentine's Day? One sexy hook-up later, her mind is blown and the secret's out.
Maverick Monroe. Bad boy. The most talented football player in the country. Just ask him.
Too bad for him Delaney's sworn off dating athletes forever after her last heartbreak.
But Maverick wants more than one night and refuses to give up on winning Delaney’s heart. She isn’t one to be fazed by a set of broad shoulders.
Will the bad boy land the nerd girl or will the secrets they keep from each other separate them forever?
I DARE YOU is a full-length stand-alone novel.
Nice beginning, I was a bit disappointed that they didn’t really go deeper into Maverick’s issues with his sister and dad, it would have given his character more depth and pulled more sympathy from me, the reader. But instead I found myself not caring that much about his hardships because , or for that matter Delaneys’. Also, the climax was weak.
The relationship seemed a bit fast to me, with Delaney moving on from her long term boyfriend pretty quickly. I thought she didn’t really have a chance to mourn it and fully resolve her feelings before jumping into something serious with Maverick. It didn’t seem reasonable to me and I had a hard time accepting it.
Maverick seemed a bit stalker-ish. He watched her from afar and totally dug her for like TWO years but she was dating someone else. A someone who is supposed to be his friend and fellow teammate even. So yeah, he’s not really winning any points with me so far. Plus, I abide by the rule, you don’t date your friends exes! No, just no. So when he continued to persue Delaney, I just flat out disliked him.
It was okay in the end but not something to write home about.
I’m with you on friend’s girls!! That was one of my problems with that Spinning Out book!