
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Reviewed by: Michelle
ARC provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review

Daring The Bad Boy by Monica Murphy is your very sweet, innocent, standard trope of young teen love. Ms. Murphy charms her readers with a cute summer romance brewing between an innocent naive young teen girl and of course the reformed bad boy.

Summer, the time to let loose and have fun. And for Annie McFarland, the time away at summer camp will be an excellent chance for her to make friends and live a little. As a sheltered young teen, Annie mostly lives in her literary world of books and so when she goes off to summer camp, Annie never expected that a little game of truth or dare would have her falling in love with the camp’s bad boy counselor.

After getting in troubles, Jacob Fazio’s father decides that it would be best if Jake does volunteer work at a his uncle’s summer camp. There Jake would be one of the camp counselors. He is well aware of the bad boy stigma that is associated with him but in all honesty, he is a kindhearted soul that is dealing with issues from his past. And so when he meets Annie, he is intrigued by her and also that she has kind of blackmailed him into teaching her how to swim. As Jake and Annie begin to get close, sparks of attraction and friendship begins to deepen. Will Annie and Jake find themselves sinking or swimming when it comes to summer romance?

Daring The Bad Boy is your quintessential sweet and innocent summer teen romance. With a few little angst and drama thrown into the mix, Monica Murphy serves a cute and lovely teen romance of a young girl discovering her first teen love with the reformed bad boy. They say opposites attract and so if you are looking for a lovely and sweet read, then this book is for you.

Monica Murphy
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