You Wouldn't Dare

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You Wouldn't Dare

Samantha Markum

368 pages | Published by Wednesday Books

Publication Date: March 28, 2023

At the end of the summer, Juniper Nash is moving in with her mom’s boyfriend and his evil daughter. In an effort to gain votes for Drama Club president, she recruits as many friends as she can to participate in the community theater program - including Graham. Things with Graham and Juniper haven’t been quite right after their fling last summer that ended dramatically, but Juniper is determined to make this last summer of normalcy perfect.

Long live contemporary YA summer romances! This was right in the same vein as a Sarah Dessen or Morgan Matson book, and I will never get enough of those.

This is the second book by Samantha Markum I’ve read and she REALLY knows how to write that close knit found family group of friends. But what I love is that her groups grow and evolve and always make room for more.

Juniper’s town is Stars Hollow on the beach, you can’t tell me otherwise. The community was fun and caring, but there are A LOT of characters in this book which was tough for a while. I felt like we were never going to stop meeting new people, but they were all so unique that it kept things feeling fresh the entire time.

Overall, You Wouldn’t Dare is a fun, summery book that will give you all of those cute butterfly feelings.

Thanks to Wednesday Books for the advanced ebook!