Dare to Love My Best Friend

by Ellie Hall

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Truth, dare, date. Easy, right? Not if I have to marry him...again.

I have a secret I can’t tell anyone. Not even my best friend. The one I’ve been attracted to since high school. The one I spent a wild summer with that resulted in a ring on my finger, and that’s not all. However, when tragedy struck I retreated. He had enough to deal with.

An accident ripped Quincy Carter’s family apart. With his life on hold, all he could do was hope and pray that his memory would return. Then his sister revealed a secret that made him question everything he thought he knew about his best friend. That would be yours truly. Now, he doesn’t know what to believe.

As for me? It’s time to come clean.

Christmas brings with it holly, jolly, merry, and messy drama. When we reunite along with what seems like half our high school graduating class—including the girl who ruined everything—, questions are asked. Answers involve rocking around the Christmas tree, moldy mistletoe, and five golden rings.

But can Quincy and I get an “I do” redo and have the future we’ve always wanted?

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Book Details

Genre

Romantic Comedy

Subgenre

Billionaire, Military, Small Town, Holiday (Christmas, Valentine’s, etc.)

Series

Dare to Love

Audience

Adult

Bell Peppers

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Profanity

1 None

Violence

1 None

Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco

1 None

Publication Date

March 1, 2023

Language Versions

English

Narration Type

Human

Fiction Form

Novel

Representation

Single-parent or widowed-parent protagonist

Lovely and sweet!

Perfect and sweet ending to the Fab Five series! Daisy was the sweetest character of the Fab Five and shows it when she forgives Maranda and Campbell. Nice to read something funny romantic and clean for the holidays!

Secrets and secrets

This is the best, most exciting ending to this series. I wanted to read Daisy’s story and it’s a good one. I fell in love with these characters and was rooting for them the entire book. I’m so happy it finally worked out for them. If you like characters that come alive and a story that grabs you and pulls you in, you should read Dare to Love My Best Friend.

Daisy’s story

The last of the fab 5 stories. It does not end at the class reunion, but be assured Daisy has her happily ever after ending!You get the mystery of Miranda resolved, and meet a new character, Quinn’s (evil) sister!We get to know Daisy’s secret love Quinn and why she has kept Christopher’s father’s identity under wraps even though it created a hard road for her.It was enjoyable that it is a Christmas romance. Sadly agin, I must say the author needs a nit more research on her characters circumstances, coma’s, postdoctoral, military especially elite services like the Green Berets, also head injuries, survivor syndrome, grief counseling. It would give her books a bit more realism, like you usually don’t wake from a coma and go out 2 days later, with all your memories.Enjoy Daisy & Quinn!

My least favorite of the series, which is disappointing

This was not your typical friends to lovers story, which I was really excited about. I had never read this trope from this angle and it was such a great concept. Which is why I was so disappointed in the execution. There were so many inconsistencies and missed opportunities that I was left disappointed after an enjoyable series.*Why would Quincy think that he could fake coming back to his small hometown where people would know him? Why, when it was made quite clear that Daisy was someone important to him, would he continue that charade? Why wouldn't he want to get as many answers as possible?*Daisy calls her son "Little Man" and, when questioned by Quincy, explains that his father was called "Big Man." At no point does he go "Hey, that's what people keep calling me!" Right before he *finally* tells Daisy about his amnesia she tells him they were married and he left her two days later. But this make zero impact on him. It was was if she hadn't said anything by the way he reacted.*It seemed really strange to me that NO ONE put two and two together to realize that Quincy was the father of Daisy's baby. They have been best friends all their lives, spend every spare second together, went off on a road trip together *right before she finds out she's pregnant*. Suddenly, she's pregnant and no one asks "Was it Quincy?" His mom doesn't notice the resemblance even though the mechanic did (which, also, doesn't faze Quincy at all)?*Campbell has been in a coma for months. Yet, only a few days after waking up, she's out of the hospital and crashing Christmas parties? I'm sorry, after a coma, she would most likely remain in the hospital for weeks, or even months for observation and treatment.*Finally, and this is what really ruined the book for me (and left the entire series feeling like a bit of a let down) , after years of being manipulative, underhanded, and scheming, crashing the Christmas party with the express purpose to ruin everything and tear Quincy and Daisy apart, Campbell and Miranda are just forgiven by everybody. Daisy does the predictable "quiet naive girl shocks everyone by taking a bold stand" trope and the antagonists instantly make a 360* and apologize and everything is honky dory, going so far as making them honorary members of their group. How sweet! No. And Daisy's mom? After essentially turning her back on her daughter (and grandson) for having gotten pregnant, she also makes a simple apology and all is well. Seriously, no. It's perfectly ok to cut toxic people out of your life, even family members.So, I gave this a three stars for the unique spin on the friends to lovers trope, but deducted two stars for the poor execution. I'm super bummed becuz I think this could have been such a good story! Also, there were a lot of editing errors in this book. I actually noticed the grammar and editing getting worse as the series went on.

dare to love my forever

This is a sweet and sad love story. It works for these lifetime sweethearts. A story to bring out truth and wring out the bullies (insecure and jealous). Merry Christmas to miracles in the making.