Rezension: The Dare - Elle Kennedy

The Dare – Elle Kennedy 

Titel: The Dare ( Briar U 4)

Autorin: Elle Kennedy

Verlag: Elle Kennedy Inc.

Seitenanzahl: 354 Seiten

Preis: 3,99€ (Kindle)

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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.

Meine Meinung

The Dare was one of the books I totally looked forward reading to this year not only because it‘s the last book of the Briar U series, which is one of my favourite series but also because we follow Conor Edwards, which we have met in The Play. I was so excited to read his story because I absolutely fell in love with him in The Play and I am so thankful that I received a copy of The Dare as an ARC. So at this point I have to thank Nina Bocci who send me the copy and also Elle Kennedy for writing this amazing series!

I‘m a huge fan of the Off-Campus and Briar U series and with The Dare, being the last book of the Briar U series, we get an absolutely perfect conclusion to both.

As I mentioned before, we follow Conor Edwards and also Taylor Marsh and both of them were amazing characters. God I fell hard for them!

Conor is a really funny, handsome guy and he is the kind of character that makes you grin all the time. He had his own issues and struggles and it was wonderful to read how he learns to deal with them.

Taylor Marsh is such an adorable character and just like Conor, she had her own issues and inner demons that a lot of people can understand, me included, and I loved that. I enjoyed reading her thoughts and being in her head. She was the perfect blend of being adorable and tough as hell.

Conor and Taylor were so cute together. I loved every second with them because they had really good conversations that made my cry from laughter and they were so good for each other. I loved how Conor treated her from the very first second and honestly? If I didn‘t already fell for him in The Play, it would be their very first interaction and how he dealt with the situation that would have made me fall for him.

I loved the sports parts in every book and I was so into it whenever they had a game. I was feverish every time, was happy whenever they won or was sad and suffered whenever they lost. So, I have to say Elle Kennedy did a wonderful job by writing those parts because they were one of my favourites in every book!

So, Conors and Taylors story was perfect. Both of them had their issues and both of them fucked up, grew up and learned and reading their character development was interesting and amazing and I just loved it! I have no other words to describe the whole story.

Although Jake and Brenna will always have a really, really, really special place in my heart, Conor and Taylor were perfect.

All in all, the book was a total perfection and I know I sound like an broken record but I can‘t stress enough how The Dare was the perfect conclusion. Although it was a bittersweet time for me reading the story I enjoyed every second of it. On the one hand I was so happy reading their story and to meet new characters and a new heroine that I adored completely, but on the other hand I was so sad that this is the last book and that we will never return to the Briar U with a new story, new characters, new moments that will makes us laugh, cry or fell for someone.

So thank you Elle Kennedy, for creating those two amazing, funny and loveable series that will always have a really special place in my heart.

Deutsch

The Dare war eines der Bücher, auf das ich mich dieses Jahr so sehr gefreut habe, nicht nur weil die Briar U Reihe eine meiner absoluten Lieblingsreihen ist, sondern auch weil es in diesem Teil um Conor Edwards ging, den wir bereits in The Play kennengelernt haben.

Ich habe mich so sehr gefreut seine Geschichte zu lesen, weil ich mich bereits in seinen wenigen Auftritten in The Play in ihn verliebt habe, weshalb ich so dankbar bin das Buch als ARC vorab zu bekommen. An dieser Stelle bedanke ich mich bei Nina Bocci, welche mir das Buch zugeschickt hat und ebenfalls bei Elle Kennedy für diese wundervolle Reihe.

Ich bin ein großer Fan der Off- Campus und Briar U Reihe und mit The Dare, welches der letzte Teil der Reihe ist, bekommen wir einen perfekten Abschluss der Reihen.

Wie ich bereits erwähnt habe, geht es in diesem Buch um Conor Edwards und Taylor Marsh, welche beide wundervolle Charaktere sind.

Conor ist ein unheimlich toller und lustiger Mensch und er ist die Art von Charakter, der einen die ganze Zeit zum grinsen und lachen bringt. Aber auch er hat seine eigenen Probleme und zu lesen wie er mit ihnen umgeht und aus ihnen und seinen Fehlern lernt war wunderschön.

Taylor ist eine liebenswerte Person, die genauso wie Conor ihre Probleme und inneren Demonen hat, welche viele Menschen nachvollziehen können. Ich habe es sehr genossen ihre Gedanken und Gefühle lesen und nachvollziehen zu können.

Conor und Taylor waren absolut bezaubernd zusammen und ich habe jede einzelne Sekunde genossen. Sie hatten wundervolle Momente die mich vor lauter lachen zum weinen gebracht haben und ich habe es geliebt wie Conor mit ihr umgegangen ist und wie er sie behandelt hat.

Einen Aspekt, den ich in allen Off- Campus und Briar U Büchern absolut geliebt habe, waren die Hockey- Szenen. Ich habe jedes mal so mitgefiebert, wenn die Jungs ein Spiel hatten, habe mich gefreut wenn sie gewonnen haben und war traurig wenn sie verloren haben. Elle Kennedy hat meiner Meinung nach ein besonderes Talent dafür diese Szenen zu schreiben und ich konnte nie genug davon bekommen.

Alles in allem, Conors und Taylors Geschichte war perfekt. Sie waren absolut liebenswürdig und lustig und sie haben beide aus ihren Fehlern gelernt. Es war einfach wundervoll ihrer Entwicklung zu folgen und obwohl Jake und Brenna einen wirklich besonderen Platz in meinem Herzen haben, waren Conor und Taylor einfach perfekt.

Bewertung

5 / 5 ★