Dare You To Katie McGarry Harlequin Enterprises Australia Harlequin TEEN 'Dare You To' is a truly excellent and very gutsy young adult romance. It's in a similar style to 'Beautiful Disaster' in that the prose is rich and the characters lives are messed up with drugs and violence, but it has everything that book didn't have, and should have.  These characters learn from their mistakes and their relationship helps each other grow. If you think of romances as being light and soppy, this will prove you wrong. There is great drama and depth of psychological insight into the characters in 'Dare You To,' and the love in it is the kind that is hard won and profoundly healing. Beth is one messed up girl, trying to survive emotionally the only way she knows how by running from any form of intimacy.  Ryan is a baseball jock, and from where Beth is standing, he and his life look perfect. It isn't, of course. His father rules his life and kicked his brother out after he told them he was … [Read more...]