Dare you to: Spoiler Review She has done it again!
I am in love with this book. I want more of these characters like now. It was the most cool bad girl and good boy story.But it was also so much more then that. It really showed how characters that seemed to have nothing in common could be the thing that the other person needs.
 
I loved learning more about Beth past in the book especially because she was side character in pushing the limits and came across as such horrible character in book one and now so much of her character has been described. It was interesting to see her with the good boy and how that effected her and how she wanted to be better.
 
I liked how long it took them to get together because with a relationship like this that was fraught with hate it took a while to get to the fact they have feelings.
 
I thought it was so cool how they played with good boy troup and how Ryan was not only a good boy who could play sports, but he was much more. I loved the added element of his own family drama and also his love of writing.
 
I always want more form this characters and maybe one day we will get
 
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Dare you to: Spoiler Review She has done it again!
I am in love with this book. I want more of these characters like now. It was the most cool bad girl and good boy story.But it was also so much more then that. It really showed how characters that seemed to have nothing in common could be the thing that the other person needs.
 
I loved learning more about Beth past in the book especially because she was side character in pushing the limits and came across as such horrible character in book one and now so much of her character has been described. It was interesting to see her with the good boy and how that effected her and how she wanted to be better.
 
I liked how long it took them to get together because with a relationship like this that was fraught with hate it took a while to get to the fact they have feelings.
 
I thought it was so cool how they played with good boy troup and how Ryan was not only a good boy who could play sports, but he was much more. I loved the added element of his own family drama and also his love of writing.
 
I always want more form this characters and maybe one day we will get
 
Check out my video review:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLL7sIOWUXY ( )

This was so amazing! I loved this one even better than the first and can't wait to read the third book. ( )

When Beth's home life explodes, she's forced to live with the uncle who left her so many years ago. This is not what Beth wants at all, and when Beth's not happy, you're sure as hell going to know it. Ryan's goal of pitching in the major leagues is getting closer and closer, but stuff going on at home is distracting him.
When Beth meets Ryan sparks fly, but not the kind you think. Ryan asks Beth out as a dare and she calls him on it. But when Ryan finds out that the uncle Beth is staying with is Scott Risk, former Yankee Scott Risk, he knows he's messed up big time. Beth hates that she actually likes Ryan and vows to keep him at arms length.
Despite all their intentions, the attraction between the two is explosive and can only be held back for so long.

My Thoughts:
Dare You To is the story of Beth from [b:Pushing the Limits|10194514|Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits, #1)|Katie McGarry|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1322770025s/10194514.jpg|15093690]. If you read my blog, then you probably know how much I loved that book. It was my favorite book of 2012.

In this book you have baseball star Ryan who has his dad pressuring him to get ready for the pros. Ryan is a golden boy by all appearances, but his home life is full of turmoil. His brother came out to his parents recently and his dad basically disowned him. Ryan feels completely abandoned by his brother and unsure of what he wants out of life. He knows his dad is expecting him to go pro after senior year, but his English teacher has him thinking college might be a better choice. Then you have Beth moving to this small town with her rich ex-professional baseball playing uncle. She's had a rough life and has been trying to look out for her train-wreck of a mom... but that hasn't been going so well lately. I thought this book was going to be about Beth and Isaiah being a couple, but it was pretty obvious from the beginning that wasn't going to happen (but apparently Isaiah gets his own book later, so yay!!!). Ok so you have Beth and Ryan trying to start a relationship, but having pretty much everything stacked against them.

I hate to write this right now because I love Katie McGarry and I loved Pushing the Limits so hard, but I was not 100% with this book. It was a good book and if I hadn't fell so hard for PTL, I really think I would've liked this better. The major thing that held me back from loving this book were the cringe-worthy moments. There were so many corny over-the-top "I'll die before I let you feel one ounce of hurt" moments. And those moments happened so soon in the relationship that it was a little insta-love-ish for me. I will fully admit that part of my problem was that I just wasn't in the mood for a love story. Another part is that the relationship didn't feel as real between them like it did with Echo and Noah. Probably because Beth isn't the most likeable girl. I mean logically I should love Beth. I get sick of goody-goodies in books. Beth is certainly a girl with issues and she's not that typical sugary-sweet m/c, but I just didn't like her that much. She's so adamant that she's not going let another guy into her heart and I didn't believe her for one second. It was so obvious what was going to happen. I started to feel like Beth was a poser. And I don't really like pretenders. If you're going to be a hard-ass, be a hard-ass.

Anyway. I didn't hate this book if that's what you're thinking. I loved that there was baseball and field parties and all the side issues (drugs, coming out, abuse). I loved that Ryan was this jock-guy who was really a writer inside. I just didn't fall for the romance which was basically what this book was all about. But just because I didn't love it doesn't mean you won't!! I can totally see people loving this couple.

Overall: Similar to Pushing the Limits, but not as real feeling. I really liked the idea of this book, but the Beth/Ryan romance made me cringe a little. Too sugary sweet. I definitely think this is a great book for summer and fans of super-sweet romance will love this. ( )

Closer to 4 stars, but not quite. It was a pretty serious subject and I thought it was treated well overall, but I found the ending to be a little purple (a lot purple). There were some weird grammar/tense issues throughout but nothing too terrible. I am definitely looking forward to the next book, [b: Crash Into You|17233800|Crash into You (Pushing the Limits, #3)|Katie McGarry|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1370532247s/17233800.jpg|23751121] because even though I agreed with Ryan's assessment of Isaiah as an enabler, I'd really like to see Isaiah get his happy ending. ( )