jamietherebelliousreader 's review for:

Rebel by Beverly Jenkins

4.0

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4 stars. I love Beverly Jenkins with my entire being. I can’t shout it from the rooftops enough. I thought this book was wonderful (shocking, I know) but I think what really worked for me is that where as the norm is for the hero to be emotionally constipated and have some weird thing about falling in love, it was the heroine here. Kind of. Valinda is more naive in love so she has trouble expressing her feelings and our hero, Drake, wears his heart on his sleeve. It was such a wonderful dynamic. They’re both really great characters and I loved their chemistry. The romance is swoon worthy and I loved how much Drake cared for her.

Spoiler

Him getting the building for her to teach was everything. It made me love him even more.

I also loved that this book takes place in the Le Veq Family series and characters from those books are in this. Drake is the brother of Raimond from Through the Storm and it was wonderful getting to catch up with everyone.

I will say that the story is a bit slow going in the beginning but it definitely picks up and finds its stride by like page 75 or so.

I blew through this in a few hours. Once I picked it up I couldn’t put it down. I was so drawn in. Also, I want to frame this cover and hang it up on my wall. It’s absolutely stunning. All of her book covers are beautiful, but this one is one of my favorites.



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