Andy Tyler has been the class daredevil since middle school. Over the years, he’s convinced his best friend, Jake Masterson, to perform some dangerous-looking stunts with him. But the dare they attempt on the night of their college graduation goes sideways. The firecrackers explode too soon and both of them end up with badly burned palms.But hey, nothing gets the “terrible duo” down for long, and … long, and they recuperate in style at Andy¿s family cottage in Nantucket. As the weeks go by, both Andy and Jake grow frustrated over the inability to use their hands for all sorts of daily activities–including getting off. So Andy begins a new series of dares that don’t just cross the friendship line, they obliterate it.
But what might be mere sexual relief to Andy is serious business to Jake, who only recently got over years of secret pining for his straight best friend. Inevitably, the burns heal, summer ends, and hearts are broken. To fix things, Andy will have to face the greatest dare of all.
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Friends to lovers! So cute
Andy and Jake have been bestfriends for forever. Jake’s secretly been in love with Andy but has been able to tamp his feelings down and keep it together. Now one of their crazy stunts has caused both Andy and Jake unable to use their hands. So they’re both recuperating by the sea together for the summer instead of interning or starting a new job. The two of them stuck together without being able to *ahem* self satisfy has caused tension and crankiness in the house. Andy comes up with a creative idea to get them both off but Jake is sure it’s a horrible idea. An idea that can ultimately cause Jake to lose his heart or his friendship with Andy.
I thought the storyline was really good. I liked the characters. It was a very good read.
Five Dares, is, I believe, my first read by this author. God, I love to read from new to me authors!
Five Dares, is a adorable, cute MM story!
“Were we really going to do this? It felt unreal. It wouldn’t have felt any stranger if I were expecting Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny to show up for lunch. With dildos.”
The Andy and Jack Show, aka the “terrible two-o”, have been best friends since they were kids. Inseparable at times! After one stunt going terrifying wrong, they get the summer together. But there isn’t much to do, until…
I really appreciate that the author took the time to write scenes were Andy, when trouble minded, talked it out with his parents. And didn’t just leave it to be a behind the scenes story.
“I’d been with him like that after wanting him for years and giving up hope. And now I had to give up hope all over again.”
I really liked the chemistry and friendship between Andy and Jack!
I have read plenty of books by Eli Easton and I have loved every single one. This one was no exception 😉
Andy and Jake have been best friends for years. They are team Daredevil !! They have both graduated from NYU and Andy feels like they need to do one more “Dare”, before they go there separate ways and start different lives.
Andy is going to Harvard Law, while Jake already has a job lined up in California, as a computer tech.
Andy is having a hard time with the fact that they won’t be as close anymore, and he feels they should go out with a bang… which they do….but not in the right way 😛
When this “dare” leaves both of them injured, their plans for the future also get postponed. Their hands are badly injured and they are wrapped up in bandages from their wrists to the top of their fingers. Since they are not allowed to use their hands in any way for the next couple of weeks, they decide to spend their time healing, in a cottage owned by Andy’s family.
Everything is fine in the beginning, but it doesn’t take too long for Andy to get very very frustrated with the fact, that he can’t get himself off. And believe me, he tried, in many different ways 😛
So what better way to relieve this “tension”, than to propose another “dare”. They could help each other outright. What’s a little blowjob between two best friends.
But things are not that easy for Jake since he sees Andy as way more than just “friend”. He’s been having feelings for Andy, for a very long time and how is he supposed to keep his body and his heart separated….
One “dare” leads to the next and before you know it, these two are going full throttle !!
But summer doesn’t last forever…and they both have lives waiting for them.
This book captured all my attention right from the start. I loved how they went from best friends, to so much more…how each “dare” brought them closer, and not just physically.
This story was hot, funny, light and sweet. There wasn’t too much angst, except for Andy having to figure things out for himself.
I highly recommend
This was a fantastic friends to lovers story – possibly in the top 5 I’ve read. It followed two best friends as they navigated their way through their teen years to early adulthood. Knowing many dare-devil guys like this, I assumed the dares would be silly and juvenile, perhaps making it a fun and lighthearted read – and it was. But, it was so much more than that. It was heavy and poignant in all the right places, romantic and sexy as hell in others. That made Jake and Andy’s increasingly bold dares and the subsequent outcomes that much more satisfying. As the risk level of the dares increased, so did the magnitude of the ultimate reward. The chemistry was off-the-charts. Highly recommend if you love this trope!