The Dare by Elle Kennedy

The Dare (Briar U, #4)

by Elle Kennedy

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.

Reviewed by Linda on

4 of 5 stars

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4.5 stars
The Dare was a great story in one of my favorite universes (and universities). I loved Taylor, and I also loved her friend Sasha. Of course, Conor was a great character too - I especially enjoyed how he would stand up for what he thought was right.
Starting as a fake relationship, Taylor and Conor got to know each other before they even made out, and I loved the slow burn of the romance between them. They were both new to a real relationship, though, and Conor was keeping a dark (ish) secret from his past.
As always, Kennedy's writing was wonderful, and the full cast of characters in the novel were well fleshed out.

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