Read the book before you see 2016's hottest YA film, starring Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, and Juliette Lewis. Are you playing the game, or is the game playing you? A high-stakes online game of dares turns deadly. Vee doesn't know if she has the guts to play Nerve, an online game of high-stakes dares. With Ian on her team, it's easy to agree to another dare. And another. And another. At first, it's thrilling, as the manipulative audience, or 'Watchers', cheer them on to riskier challenges. But things quickly get out of hand. Just how far will Vee go before she loses nerve? "Ryan's story is thought-provoking and unsettling...the ending goes off with a bang and a twist." - Publishers Weekly "Ryan questions the nature of entertainment and explores the concept of privacy in a world of increasingly sophisticated social media. Teens will find themselves drawn in by the story's possibilities.