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The Dare by Harley Laroux

Series:
Losers #0.5

Genre:
Dark, BDSM, Romance, Contemporary, Erotica, New Adult, Adult, Smut, Reverse Harem, Enemies to Lovers, Spicy Romance, BookTok, Menage, Bully, Taboo, Halloween, Academia, College, Halloween, PWP (Porn with a Plot/Plot? What Plot?/Porn without a Plot), Kinky, Fetish, Novella

Publication Date:
October 19, 2019

Rating:
4.8 out of 5

Blurb:

Warning: This erotica contains scenes and elements that may be disturbing to some readers. Please review the full content warning below.


Jessica Martin is not a nice girl.

As Prom Queen and Captain of the cheer squad, she'd ruled her school mercilessly, looking down her nose at everyone she deemed unworthy. The most unworthy of them all? The "freak," Manson Reed: her favorite victim.

But a lot changes after high school.

A freak like him never should have ended up at the same Halloween party as her. He never should have been able to beat her at a game of Drink or Dare. He never should have been able to humiliate her in front of everyone. Losing the game means taking the dare: a dare to serve Manson for the entire night as his slave. It's a dare that Jessica's pride - and curiosity - won't allow her to refuse. What ensues is a dark game of pleasure and pain, fear and desire.

Is it only a game?
Only revenge?
Only a dare?
Or is it something more?



This dark erotic novella is written in First Person POV and is about 32k words in length.


This book contains intense fantasy scenes of hard kinks/edgeplay, graphic sex, and harsh language. It is intended only for an adult audience.

Beware: this is a dark, weird, kinky read. The activities depicted therein are dangerous and are not meant to be an example of realistic BDSM. Reader discretion is advised.


Kinks/Fetishes within: erotic humiliation, fearplay, painplay, knifeplay, consensual non-consent (CNC), orgasm denial, boot worship, spanking, crying, blowjobs, clowns, group sexual activities, spit, bondage, public play, bloodplay.

Review:

This book has been on BookTok for a while back and while I did have it on my TBR last year, I just barely decided to start reading it tonight. I was in the mood. I wanted something dark, kinky, and some smut put in. I wanted a book that gave a little backstory to the history between the two characters and although I cannot quite say they were enemies back then, I could say that they did not entirely have a dislike for each other. Not when they kissed. Maybe Jessica did it to piss off her on-and-off again boyfriend, Kyle, because it would end up with Mason being tossed out of school.

Things have changed since that moment. Once considered the freak, Mason is now widely accepted and Jessica has come home from college. But Jessica's attitude toward Mason has not quite changed. She still challenges him and even stands up to him when she finds herself on the losing end of a drinking dare game between the two of them. But when she loses to him, she is made to become his slave for the night. As the game begins between the two of them, Jessica is even-handed a safe word that will allow herself a chance to leave when she wants to but does she really want to leave? Especially when she finds herself liking the humiliation, discipline, and submission at the hands of Mason.

This book was what I needed - dark, kinky, and just a bit of smut to whet my appetite. Lately, books with PWP have not been my favorite. Some of them have been lacking, but this one seemed to hit things just right. A small backstory and banter between the characters - all leading to the smut we have been waiting for since we cracked open this novel.

The characters and plot were easy to be drawn into. There wasn't drama to be dragged out and the menage was just as delicious. I never thought I would see a story that had clown sex. That was just something so unexpected. LOL.

In all seriousness, I enjoyed the novel. The characters. The kink and fetish. And the small plot. It was enough to entertain me to the end and enough to make me want to add the next novels in this series to my TBR for this year.