I Dare You by Ilsa Madden-Mills
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Sexy college football hero falls for beautiful Star wars nerd...

~ Sometimes you just need a little fluff ~





The fact that I had this just sitting in my kindle library for so freaking long!

This is one of my favorite tropes because... I mean c'mon... who doesn't love an uber talented sports playing, muscled up, tanned and glistening God Man with a romantic sweetness that rots your teeth out... YOU CAN'T FIND THAT PERSON!

But anyhoo! Ilsa Madden-Mills really hit this one out of the park as far as college romances are concerned. This story is the perfect blend of delicious sweetness, steamy encounters, quirky humor, and full of so many feels!

~ Maverick is SO MUCH a Book Boyfriend by my standards! He is beautiful, talented, cocky, arrogant; all the guys want to be him and all the girls want to be on him, but he is not a walking case of the Herp because he is selective. Being the best linebacker at the school and, it is said, the best stats in the country, he is being seriously looked at by the NFL. Yes he is full of himself, but you quickly find that he has demons and a past that haunts him and presents obstacles daily that have you feeling for him the whole time. He has had his eye on Delaney for quite some time when he met her at the first Bonfire of their freshman year.

~ Delaney was really a great heroine. Strong and smart and quirky. She had some fun inner dialogue that had me chuckling at several places. After meeting Maverick at the bonfire, we jump ahead to Valentines day, 2 years and find Delaney sulking after her boyfriend of a year and a half or so, Alex, Cheated on her. She gets a text from a random number and strikes up a textlationship with a guy she dubs He-Man. She also starts to see a lot more of Maverick in class and around campus. Delaney's ex is a kicker on the football team which introduces 2 problems to her little crush on Mav.
1) Football players at this school are very serious about their "bros before hoes" motto
2) She doesn't trust any man who touches a football

~ PAUSE HERE!!!

~ So this is where I had a little issue with this book. Delaney states on several occasions 'oh, football players are total players' 'They are all just going to cheat on you'
'Dont trust a man with a football' ....
FIRST - Its NOT just football players who are like this. It can be ANY man who is a prick and can't control his... well... Prick

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SECOND - Her cheating ex should have been a reason to stay away from ALL men or AT LEAST all ATHLETES. It came across as kind of silly.

All in all - NO cheating with MC's - NO OW/OM intimacy - NO Separation - HEA Guaranteed :)

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