Blog Tour ~ Nerve by Jeanne Ryan Review + Giveaway!

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Nerve by Jeanne Ryan

Release Date: September 13, 2012
Publisher: Dial Books (Penguin)  
Pages: 304
Genre: YA
Source: eARC from Netgalley for tour review
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A high-stakes online game of dares turns deadly. When Vee is picked to be a player in NERVE, an anonymous game of dares broadcast live online, she discovers that the game knows her. They tempt her with prizes taken from her ThisIsMe page and team her up with the perfect boy, sizzling-hot Ian. At first it's exhilarating--Vee and Ian's fans cheer them on to riskier dares with higher stakes. But the game takes a twisted turn when they're directed to a secret location with five other players for the Grand Prize round. Suddenly they're playing all or nothing, with their lives on the line. Just how far will Vee go before she loses NERVE? Debut author Jeanne Ryan delivers an un-putdownable suspense thriller.

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NERVE was awesome. Both the book and the game. At first I really wanted to play! Sounds like so much fun! I'm a bit of a dare devil. Vee feels constantly upstaged by her beautiful best friend who stars in the school play. When her crush mentions that little Vee would never do something like a dare to enter into NERVE, Vee decides to go for it. A simple dare that I would honestly do for like five bucks. lol Her friend Tommy records it and Vee is a bit shy but goes through with it. After it going a bit disastrous she has hundreds of comments on her video and is invited to continue to play.

People will do anything for money and I fully admit I mean me as well! The prizes dangled in front of Vee to continue were just too good to quit. I know I wouldn't have. NERVE knew exactly what to dangle in front of you to get you to play along. Not to mention she is paired up with a hot partner. And it really was some funny dares at first like asking for condoms from a purity promises group or singing in public. With shows like Fear Factor we know people go to extremes for money and fame. Vee enjoyed the ride until things got more and more personal. I will gladly make a fool of myself in front of strangers but pulling family and friends into a dare would be more difficult. The adrenalin continued to carry Vee. She just kept thinking just one more but then a new prize was offered and it was hard to know when to stop.

Vee loved spending time with her partner, Ian, and they seemed to help each other out but I wondered if it was all part of the dare. Vee seemed to trust him too easily. I didn't feel like I got to know him enough. The book was more about the action plot than the characters or romance. As the game continued some of the dares seemed really dangerous but I was thinking this is a TV show right? And it is all set up? Or is it not? You would think there are rules how far a show could go with minors? But it starts to feel like a psychology experiment gone wrong. A group of kids all thrown together forcing each other to continue on with dangerous dares. No one can quit or they all lose. It leads to peer pressure and makes people do things they wouldn't normally do. So was it all a game or something more sinister?! It was a fun, exciting, ride that held my attention. I felt nervous, pumped, and greedy right alongside Vee!


"Maybe the game is altering my risk-taking DNA somehow."

"Thanks nerdboy, but the game is called NERVE, not CANDY ASS."

"The panel across from me blinks quickly PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO WIN WILL ALWAYS PLAY. A dark corner of my brain knows this is true, no matter how badly I want it not to be. Look what I've done tonight in the hopes of winning fashion school tuition."

Rating: 4/5

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