Dare to Love My Best Friend

By: Ellie Hall

Narrated by: Lorana Hoopes

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?

This is the fifth story in a five-book standalone romantic comedy series.

©2021 Ellie Hall (P)2022 Ellie Hall

Sweet story

The story was enjoyable until the mean girls were redeemed too easily at the end. I also agree that the narrator was one step above AI. Don’t love her mispronunciation or weak voices.

I wanted to like it, but don’t waste your $

I love closed door romance books with sweet stories and realistic yet cheesy stories. This wasn’t that. I wanted to enjoy it, but it was so far fetched. The storyline was way too predictable, and didn’t always make sense. There were so many contradictions. One character would identify all the wonderful things about the person and then completely doubt their love and trust in the next paragraph without any explanation. The storyline was very much a soap opera - especially unbelievable when the sister wakes up from a coma and walks into the Christmas party. Lots of eye rolling moments, and I just wanted it to be good. It’s not believable that everyone wouldn’t have figured out the kid was Quincy’s, or even himself when she revealed that they were married. The inconsistencies with the baby were also developmentally not realistic. She feels pressure to change the elf on the shelf in one chapter and then the baby only babbles and just learns to walk in another paragraph (without a lot of time passing). Quincy’s sister’s possessiveness is weird and unbelievable as well. If I hadn’t spent money on it I wouldn’t have finished the story.
Review on the audio performance: The audio was odd. I could tell the person reading had a stuffy nose during a couple of chapters. Sometimes there were voice changes for different characters, but not always. It was also confusing to have a female narrator read the whole book even though it is from Quincy’s and the Lead girl’s perspective. I had to really think about who was talking in a different way.