The Dare Book One: The Murder by Mia Carter Book Review!

 

Truth or dare? What begins as a carefree afternoon of celebrating their college graduations for a group of ten friends quickly turns dark when the girls of the group received word that an abusive ex-boyfriend they had each dated in their time has been released early from prison. Handsome, exotic, and dangerous, John Miller has unfinished business with his latest ex-girlfriend, Taylor Johnson. With the help of her friends Kala, May, Judy, and Cristy, she had put him behind bars with her testimony for almost killing her one cold November night. 

After he makes his unwelcomed appearance at their graduation party, and makes it clear he’s still in love with Taylor and wants her back, things begin to take a strange twist through the remainder of the day. After a game of truth or dare, the hostess of the party calls out a name to make the “ultimate dare,” little does she know she will have to take part. Dared to go in the dead of night to an alley with a violent and bloody history, Taylor, Kala, and May witness one of their friend’s brutal murder. They escape from the killer’s grasp, barely making it out of the alley alive. The only problem is that the killer has seen them and knows who they are…

Things are just getting started in part one of this series. Take the dare and follow the group of friends through one hell of a ride.

Mia Carter, a writer, coffee lover, music fan, and avid action/horror movie-watcher. Mia was born in central California and grew up in the Bay Area with her family. Mia relocated to the colorful state of Colorado a few years ago and has loved it ever since. She resides in the heart of Colorado Springs with her two adorable doggie-writing assistants. Her K-9 companions enjoy sitting at her feet while she plots out her next adventure on the pages of her notebook. Mia writes in the young-adult genre, adding a touch of romance and horror to her stories. The Dare is her debut novel, hitting Amazon “shelves” in late 2018. Mia originally wrote The Dare when she was in high school. Twenty years later she returned to the adventure, grew it up a bit, and now readers are enjoying the thriller. Currently, Mia has four other novels she is revising and rebuilding to bring to adventurous readers!

My Thoughts!

A group of 10 friends, an afternoon of partying, it should be an afternoon among friends to celebrate college graduations. This didn't happen, the girls in the group receive a notification that John Miller has been released from prison, it seems that the girls had dated him at one time. He dated and abused Taylor Johnson, putting her in the hospital. Handsome, dangerous, and exotic, John claims he is still in love with Taylor. 

Later in the afternoon, there is a game of Truth or Dare, Taylor is dared to go into a dark alley that has a dark and bloody history.  Taylor, May and  Kala witness one of their friends being murdered, now it is a race for the girls, Taylor especially to not get killed themselves. They get out of the alley alive, just barely.

The reader learns more about each of the girls, their relationships with the guys in the group, giving the reader an insight into the group of ten. The book takes the reader on a thrilling ride and sets up the continuing story.

I enjoyed the story, it is more of a YA genre, but it is thrilling enough to keep an adult engaged. I think the writing was top notch and I look forward to the next in the series!

I give it 5 stars.