The Dare by Harley Laroux 🥵

Whenever I need a dark, super smutty read, I know that I can always turn to Harley Laroux. I just got done reading her novella {The Dare by Harley Laroux} and now I need to ask myself if I have a boot fetish—HOT DAMN.  

The novella centers on our FMC, Jessica, and her complicated past with four MMCs: Manson, Vincent, Jason, and Lucas. Back in high school, Jessica was the stereotypical mean girl, and she did not make life easy for these guys. In fact, she’s the reason Manson got expelled. But this book opens a couple of years after graduation at a Halloween party where Manson and Jessica play a round of beer pong with veryyyy interesting rules where if your opponent lands a cup, you must complete a dare.  

Now let’s get into why I loved this book: 

1. Degradation & Public Humiliation: Jessica spent four years in high school humiliating Manson and he is taking his revenge at this Halloween party by daring Jessica to KISS HIS BOOTS in front of everyone for a whole minute. At first, Jessica felt embarrassed and horrified, but as she kissed his boots, felt the texture of the leather, and submitted, she found herself getting aroused and even wanted to run her tongue along the boots. But once the 60 seconds were up, she feigned anger and promised Manson would regret it. However, Manson ended up being the winner of this beer pong game and his final dare? Jessica being his slave for the remainder of the night! 

2. Orgasm Denial: Remember, Manson is out for revenge, and he wants to make Jessica hurt. So, he takes her to a private room where things get intense really fast. First, Manson makes her lick his boots clean—every inch of them—before spanking her and then pressing her face to the floor with the same boot she just licked. OH. MY. GOD. And Jessica is absolutely loving it. She’s desperate to orgasm, practically trembling with need, but let’s just say, she doesn’t get any kind of relief anytime soon.  

3. Scary but also Sexy Clowns: Remember those other MMCs (Lucas, Jason, and Vincent) that I mentioned? These are Manson’s best friends, and they show up at the Halloween party dressed as dark, scary clowns. And they want a piece of Jessica, too. So, Manson takes Jessica to his bedroom where our three clowns are itching to get their hands on her. I don’t want to spoil too much, but our 3 clowns love degrading Jessica just as much as Manson does andddd Lucas is PIERCED. 👀 

You will need a nice, cold shower after this story! 🥵  

Are you into degradation? Personally, I didn’t think I’d be into it, but I really enjoyed this novella and all of its kinks! And I think I’m going to need to start incorporating some degradation in my sex life 🤣