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A review by popthebutterfly
10 Truths and a Dare by Ashley Elston
5.0
Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. Thanks! All opinions are my own.
Book: 10 Truths and a Dare
Author: Ashley Elston
Book Series: Companion to 10 Blind Dates
Rating: 5/5
Recommended For...: YA readers, contemporary, romance
Genre: YA Contemporary
Publication Date: May 4, 2021
Publisher: Disney Hyperion
Pages: 304
Recommended Age: 13+ (romance)
Synopsis: It's Senior Week, that magical in-between time after classes have ended but before graduation, chock-full of gimmicky theme parties, last-minute bonding, and family traditions. Olivia couldn't be more ready. Class salutatorian and confident in her future at LSU, she's poised to sail through to the next phase of her life.
But when the tiny hiccup of an unsigned off-campus P.E. form puts Olivia in danger of not graduating at all, she has one week to set things straight without tipping off her very big and very nosy extended family. Volunteering to help at a local golf tournament should do it, but since Olivia's mom equipped her phone with a tracking app, there'll be no hiding the fact that she's at the golf course instead of all the graduation parties happening at the same time. Unless, that is, she can convince the Fab Four--her ride-or-die cousins and best friends Sophie, Charlie, and Wes--to trade phones with her as they go through the motions of playing Olivia for the week.
Sure, certain members of the golf team are none too pleased with Olivia's sudden "passion" for the game. And sure, a very cute, very off-limits boy keeps popping up in Olivia's orbit. But she is focused! She has a schedule and a plan! Nothing can possibly go wrong . . . right?
Review: So, I'm not gonna lie. I'm horrible at actually reading a blurb and just getting books based on authors, if I see it on bookstagram, or if the cover just looks pretty. So when I started this book I thought that there were a lot of things that were very familiar about it, and it took me until about 65 pages in to realize that this is a companion to one of my favorite contemporary books: 10 Blind Dates. So after I realized that it made me love the book so much more LOL. For clarification you do not have to read 10 blind dates before you read 10 truths and a dare, but the contexts helps a lot LOL. I really loved the continued character development and I loved how this character was set up. I also thought that the pacing was very well done and the plot kept me hooked throughout the book. I even thought that the third act climax was very well done because it circled back to the first act climax LOL.
The only thing that I didn't really like about this book is that the World building is very dependent on 10 blind dates. So if you choose to read this book before reading 10 blind dates then there will be a little confusion on that part.
Verdict: I loved it so much.
Book: 10 Truths and a Dare
Author: Ashley Elston
Book Series: Companion to 10 Blind Dates
Rating: 5/5
Recommended For...: YA readers, contemporary, romance
Genre: YA Contemporary
Publication Date: May 4, 2021
Publisher: Disney Hyperion
Pages: 304
Recommended Age: 13+ (romance)
Synopsis: It's Senior Week, that magical in-between time after classes have ended but before graduation, chock-full of gimmicky theme parties, last-minute bonding, and family traditions. Olivia couldn't be more ready. Class salutatorian and confident in her future at LSU, she's poised to sail through to the next phase of her life.
But when the tiny hiccup of an unsigned off-campus P.E. form puts Olivia in danger of not graduating at all, she has one week to set things straight without tipping off her very big and very nosy extended family. Volunteering to help at a local golf tournament should do it, but since Olivia's mom equipped her phone with a tracking app, there'll be no hiding the fact that she's at the golf course instead of all the graduation parties happening at the same time. Unless, that is, she can convince the Fab Four--her ride-or-die cousins and best friends Sophie, Charlie, and Wes--to trade phones with her as they go through the motions of playing Olivia for the week.
Sure, certain members of the golf team are none too pleased with Olivia's sudden "passion" for the game. And sure, a very cute, very off-limits boy keeps popping up in Olivia's orbit. But she is focused! She has a schedule and a plan! Nothing can possibly go wrong . . . right?
Review: So, I'm not gonna lie. I'm horrible at actually reading a blurb and just getting books based on authors, if I see it on bookstagram, or if the cover just looks pretty. So when I started this book I thought that there were a lot of things that were very familiar about it, and it took me until about 65 pages in to realize that this is a companion to one of my favorite contemporary books: 10 Blind Dates. So after I realized that it made me love the book so much more LOL. For clarification you do not have to read 10 blind dates before you read 10 truths and a dare, but the contexts helps a lot LOL. I really loved the continued character development and I loved how this character was set up. I also thought that the pacing was very well done and the plot kept me hooked throughout the book. I even thought that the third act climax was very well done because it circled back to the first act climax LOL.
The only thing that I didn't really like about this book is that the World building is very dependent on 10 blind dates. So if you choose to read this book before reading 10 blind dates then there will be a little confusion on that part.
Verdict: I loved it so much.