Jessica Martin is not a nice girl. Hot, popular, and a former cheerleader, she looks down her nose at everyone – especially Manson Reed, the “freak” she used to bully. When Jessica and Manson end up at the same Halloween party, Manson challenges her to a game of Drink or Dare, and Jessica can’t pass up a challenge. As the dares get increasingly sexual and degrading, Jessica is horrified to find … find herself enjoying Manson’s orders a little too much. When cocky Jessica loses the game, she becomes Manson’s slave for the night, and what ensues is a dark game of pleasure and pain, intense fetishes, hard punishments, and Jessica’s realization that she can’t get enough of Manson’s dark cruelty.
This dark erotic novella is written in First Person POV and is about 30k words in length.
WARNING! This book contains intense fantasy scenes of hard kinks/edgeplay, graphic sex, and harsh language. It is intended only for an adult audience.
These are the kinks within: heavy erotic humiliation, heavy fearplay, heavy painplay, knifeplay, CNC play (with consent shown), boot worship, spanking, crying, blowjobs, clowns, spit, bondage, light public play, light bloodplay.
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Fast, filthy, and fun – also a little dark but staying within the boundaries of consent. Really great chemistry between Manson and Jessica, I enjoyed the buildup just as much as the sexy scenes.
This was a really good read. The author didn’t make any wrong turns and the story read quick, fluently and really kept me engaged. It deals with one night at a party where Jessica, Miss Popular from High School – you know the Prom Queen, Head Cheerleader that dated that quarterback – is home from college and goes to a friend’s house for a mega party. All the ‘in’ crowd are there but she’s surprised to find Manson there who was a misfit in the school and who she used to openly mock and partially bully along with her footballer boyfriend who was always bullying him along with friends. These two have a definite history.
But now it’s life after high school and Manson isn’t the outcast anymore, in fact he seems widely accepted. When Jessica stands up to him in a drinking dare game with her old attitude still in place, she’s in for one big surprise where she keeps losing and the dares get to be bigger and bigger. When Manson wins the final dare with the wager being her to be his slave for the night, the heat is on. Really well done. Deals with submission, humiliation (but not on the nasty side) and discipline. Jessica could safe word anytime but as the night goes on, she starts off being too stubborn to do so and then finds she just doesn’t want to as she learns new things about herself. I’m terrified of clowns but even they didn’t put me off. I actually kind of liked them. Definitely came to love the dynamic between Manson and Jessica and it was fun to watch the outcast become the leader and the bully become the submissive.
Hot little novella that I could find absolutely no wrong in. Definitely a good read!
5***** stars across the board!
I had heard about this book many times on BookTok and I was highly intriqued. After finally getting my hands on my own copy I decided it was time to finally take the plunge. The book is not so big but the content inside is far bigger then the book itself.
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Manson was bullied throughout high school and Jessica knew that. She was popular and he wasn’t. But they did have a moment, they did kiss and after her Ex boyfriend found out a few of them went to jump him in the bathroom and after pulling a knife Manson was expelled. Flash forward they are all in College and driving up to a home of a lot of people she went to high school Jessica was willing to make a point that she was still up for fun and she was still sexy and up for showing what little clothes she was wearing.
But then she sees him and even though she doesn’t know why he would be showing up at a house where the popular kids are gathering she is still thrown off by his height, his freaky look and the fact that he keeps staring at her.
As she walks through the party and takes up a traditional lets get drunk game of beer pong things get very interesting when Manson challenges just Jessica directly. The party enhances the game by making it a Truth or Dare version and very quickly Jess finds that she may be playing for more then just some simply harmless dares.
After her loss Jess is told that he dares her to be his slave for the night and she finds it hard to resist and back down. Her pride won’t let it, and she actually is a bit turned on by the thought.
Things heat up fast between the two and Jess is thrust into a game of following her Master’s orders for the night or face the consequence. I loved loved loved this book and the fact the Manson never did anything without Jess’s permission and always reminded her of her safe word. I need a second book I need to have more of the two together. And need I say I need more clowns? Oof.
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This was a 5 star read I was very happy with this book and ate it up in one night easily. I look forward to reading Harley LaRoux in the future and next up is Her Soul to Take by her.
Well, f*ck.
Yes, Master …I guess.
Also Clowns. I guess my Pennywise fantasies were not in vain. lmao
She’s a good writer and this was actually milder than I expected lol so yeah…
4 degrading stars
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How can this read have such a low review score being so freakin amazing?!
This was such a full on, In-Your-Face, Enemies-to-Lovers, Gritty and Raw as all heck read.
It obscured the lines of Fantasy, to the point of Depravity, in such a tantalizing, stimulating and titillating way.
It was All-Consuming, that I devoured it and am now craving, nay, feening for more!
Yes, read the warnings before you get blindsided, but this read just push all “MY” right buttons and I Highly Recommend it for the Kinky Fetish Dark Romance it is.
A true all time favorite read of mine from this point on!
“You’re not sorry, not yet. But you will be.”
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The Dare is one kinky, dirty, intense and scorching hot story!
It’s a story of discovering and accepting your deepest and darkest desires.
Jess and Manson are both great characters that compliment each other so well. Jessica’s bratty attitude is wonderfully balanced by Manson dominance. I loved them both. And I really liked their backstory and the fact that their past was the main reason for everything that happened at the party.
Yes, there were some parts that were not my kind of jam and slightly made me uncomfortable. But the story was so well written and captivating that I just couldn’t put it down and kept reading till the end. Even the clowns weren’t that bad and were quite likeable and I’d love to read more about them!
Overall, the story is a wonderful dark, crazy and steamy read and I absolutely loved it!
Loved it so much!
If your looking for knife play, humiliation, CNC, spanking, spit, public play and a few other thing thrown in check this book out.
-side note: there is a TW for clowns but they aren’t your normal ones. Picture goth clown with just white/black face paint.
Story: Manson was the last person Jess expected to be at the party. How do you interact with someone you haven’t seen since bullying them in high school? But one night and a game will definitely change how Jess sees Mason Reed. Have you ever thought about what you would do to a bully if you could do anything you wanted to them? Because I’m pretty sure Manson has
I can’t express how much I loved this book! Probably my all time favorite short read( but so happy the author has plans for a full length book for these characters). The author is so great at writing CNC humiliation. Made me want to read even more of her books.
I definitely recommend this for anyone wanting a quick read loaded with kinks
Rating: 5/5
This was my first Harley Laroux read. It’s the short but oh so hot story of Jess, former mean girl, and Manson, one of the boys she bullied in high school. Jess attends a Halloween party where she runs into Manson, who’s now a self-assured hottie. Manson seized the opportunity and challenges Jess to a ‘Drink or Dare’ game where the winner gets the loser as their slave for the night. Albeit predictably, she loses and is subjected to all manner of humiliation and clowns. Yes, clowns.
The Dare was dark and delicious! 4 stars
I am not sure what I just read, but it was a delicious, dark and hypnotic book! I loved Jessica’s journey; I wish I knew more about Manson, because he was the dark and delicious part of this book. I wanted more romance, more from their relationship and more from the ending, so I will just have to imagine it. But those things did not stop me from gobbling up this hypnotic book in one sitting, and I definitely recommend it!
4.5 Stars I’ve seen this book all over the bookish internet and I wanted it. So for my birthday, I bought a copy. Worth it. Now this is just under 150 of kink and takes place over the course of a night so to say this book isn’t going to be for everyone is an understatement, so READER BEWARE. But I enjoyed the ride for sure. Not all the kinks are mine, but I was sucked into the story fast and really wouldn’t say no if the author came out with many many more stories like this. Hint Hint.
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WHEW CHILE This is a very short read but I enjoyed every minute of it. What I loved is that since it is short, you jump right into the story. My only issue is that despite it being very spicy & descriptive, I don’t feel like the scenes were long enough for me. It felt like right when you were getting into it, it ended all too soon. Still, I am super excited to read the 2nd book, Losers, when it comes out
contents:
– Instead of chapters there are 4 parts & an epilogue
– May want to check out the beginning of the book for potential trigger warnings
OMG I’m hyperventilating This book was everything I needed. Full review soon
I saw this book everywhere, literally everywhere and I said well, let’s see what the matter is about, definitely a different book with many tropes and kinks that I had not read before, I must say that I am a fan of the bad girl falling for the strange boy in the room and with this book was not the exception, a super different but addictive novella, once you start it you must finish it and it does not bore you, much less leave you indifferent.
Oh. My. Goddess. This book was FIRE!!! As the night progressed I got more & more excited for what was going to happen next. The degradation, the clowns, the knife play, holy hell, if you love dark romance READ THIS BOOK!!!
How she got this much amazingness in the short amount of pages!!! This book is the spiciest short I’ve ever read and I’m so glad she’s continuing this story!!
Mason was the class freak, everyone including Jennifer tormented him ion high school. Jennifer even got a taste of Mason in a short “fling” until her ex went after him and Mason pulls a knife and get expelled. They cross paths years later at a Halloween party and she finds out how much she truly craves the freaks from high school!
Check out the author’s content warnings, but this book is AMAZING, especially if you are into kinks outside the usual BDSM.
This has to be one of the hottest books I’ve ever picked up! I never realized how into degradation I was until I read The Dare and I am not afraid to wave my freak flag I have to agree with Jess on not realizing boots could be so sexy and such a turn on! IYKYK
Manson Reed was the schools biggest freak and Jess loved to torment him and his friends. But he isn’t a meek little mouse anymore. Oh no. He’s still a freak but not the one she remembered. Manson waited a longtime to put Jess in her place and that time has finally come. All thanks to a not-so-friendly game of ‘drink or dare’. Jess likes to come out on top but this is one game she doesn’t mind losing. Especially when she finds herself at the mercy of four freaks.
I can’t believe I waited so long to finally read this. Now, I dare you to read it too ps…have a fan ready because things are going to get HOT
Such a great novella. @harleylarouxwriter did it just right. Instead of feeling like I was missing things due to the short length, she left me satisfied with a complete story and a desire to know more about the characters.
In short, this book is downright hot!
It’s a quick read with non-stop kink and surprisingly likable characters. I like the seamless way that Jessica and Manson’s back story is woven into the current events so you come away really knowing the characters and their motivations for their actions and decisions now.
The elements of humiliation definitely pushed a boundary for me, but the whole concept of consensual non-consent was done so well that I even enjoyed that. The clowns were super weird, but oddly enough even that scene was intensely erotic.
This story pushes boundaries, no doubt, but I enjoyed every last word.
Good lord this is my new erotica standard! I’m mildly obsessed. This may be the greatest booktok recommendation ever. Hot, taboo, satisfying build-up, kink, simply *chef’s kiss* I think this story is being expanded upon in the future and I can’t wait! In the meantime there are several very sexy shorts in KU. Go on explore your naughtier side via your kindle.