"we've learned an interesting rule about fame. Those who seem desperate for it are the people that others least want to see." 
 Really considered giving this 2 stars. While the plot(/game) had potential I don't really feel like it lived up to them. What saved it from 2 stars is that it was a fairly easy and quick read. It's not like I put off reading this book after having started it, and that should count for something 
 I really liked the concept of this book. The game NERVE had potential but I found several things odd about it. I get that it's a fairly new game for the characters and so they/ you don't really know much about what the dares might be. Still, I find it odd that the previous games she refers to had very different dares than the one she was put through, most of which sounded like something you could easily find on some of our game showes. Also, without spoling the ending for anyone, I found it a bit... not rushed... but kinda like she got stuck at a certain point and didn't quite know how to end it. What the big climax would be (view spoiler)[ the whole NERVE is so bad and now I suddenly got the idea that they are gonna kill us even though it's been repeatedly pointed out that Nerve wouldn't benefit from their participants dying thing. I felt like if this is really the case it could have been better explained in the book. The author seems to have opted for keeping the scene fast moving and have some 'secrecy' over what Vee and Ian is going to do (hide spoiler)]. 
 Another thing I found kinda weird is the prizes the participants win. Being a person who's not that into fashion or make up I kinda disliked that she would go through so much just for some clothes and shoes. (view spoiler)[ again I have a problem with the ending. It seemed like Ryan needed some bad guys and since it's been established that NERVE operate anonymously she needed to find someone else. Now we've been told that one of the is playing for a Harley Davison (or something), is that really worth killing for? In the 'climax scene' I feel like she just needed some bad guys our protagonist and her friends could escape from. (hide spoiler)] 
 And let's not even talk about the prolog, ending and love interests...