Review: Delicious Calder returns for more Wicked Games!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 4, 2013
Oh Calder, I think Lily really earned you in this book because I don't know if I could have handled the whiplash from your mood swings.  I still think you're drool-worthy hot and I want you on my speed dial if I ever drink too much...  But man, you are a lot of work!In TRUTH OR DARE, Ember and Calder have left the security of the Cunningham estate.  Calder is dealing with the financial disaster his dad left after his death and dreading the day the press discovers his family is no longer financially secure.  Lily is back at work at the Center--busy trying to promote the new direction the Center is going while also maintaining their regular art classes.  More importantly, Lily and Calder are finally going to try and take their relationship into the real world.  But Calder still has secrets he's keeping and Lily isn't quite ready to tell her dad about how she met Calder, much less that she's now dating him.  When Lily starts to worry that Calder is losing hope, she decides to go back to what they're good at.  She suggests they play a game of Truth or Dare--hoping the game will be both a distraction as well as a reminder of how good they are together.But games can't go on forever and at some point, Calder and Lily have to figure out if there is more to their relationship than just games.  I thought TRUTH OR DARE was equal parts exhilarating and hair-pulling--I gave the exhilarating parts 5 stars but ended up taking off half a star for the hair-pulling (I think I might have a bald spot now)--so 4.5 stars.  In HIS WICKED GAMES, I loved Calder's approach to the games and couldn't get enough of his wicked side.  But in TRUTH OR DARE, sometimes I just wanted to throttle him and say--hey, just play it fair!  No bending the rules, no twisting words, just do it!  Between that and me constantly stressing that he was going to give up on Lily before they had a chance, I'm not sure who had it worse--me or Lily.  I mean, I was really and truly stressed!  I know he said lots of amazing things to her that made me think she meant the world to him, and sometimes just his reaction to things she said had me in full out swoon, but his evasiveness and pulling away had me seriously worried he was on the verge of calling it quits!  What are you doing to me, Ember Casey?  All in all, I thought TRUTH OR DARE was a great addition to Lily and Calder's journey and I hope there's a lot more where that came from!  I'm just hoping Calder won't have me in such a panic in the next one!**Complimentary copy provided by author/publisher for an honest review.