Review: This world has it all; intriguing characters you want more of, good plot, and sex that sizzles. I'm hooked.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 23, 2013
What do you get when a too-hot-for-his-own-good, country-boy turned stuntman and a former supermodel turned tech-genius with abandonment issues collide? Hotness. You get an insane amount of hotness. *fans self*I was a huge fan of Reckless, the first book in Skye Jordan's insanely smexy Renegades series, and thoroughly enjoyed Rebel. Rubi and Wes burned up the pages and I, for one, couldn't get enough of them.Rubi is a very complex character and I loved how she grew over the course of Rebel. Usually in romance you get a man with commitment issues and the woman chasing after him but that's soooooo not Rubi. Rubi may have daddy issues out the wazoo (rightly so as her dad is a grade A, number 1 d*ckbag) and her fair share of commitment problems but she knows what she wants and she goes out and gets it. She's fiercely-independent, wealthy, strong, determined, and though she has difficulty allowing herself to feel, when she does it's full of passion and worth the wait. I wanted so much for the girl who's never known love in her life to be so consumed with love that she couldn't think straight and it's exactly what I got.Wes is a former county-boy who found that working as a stuntman in Los Angeles is more his speed than doing what was expected of him since birth. That being said, even in the world of the rich and famous he's always been drawn to sweet, loving women; women his family would approve of. That is until he meets Rubi and she turned his world on its axis. He finds himself consumed with nothing but thoughts of her and quickly learned that he'll take complicated, commitment phobic, Rubi over a sweet, docile woman any day.The chemistry between Rubi and Wes was off the frakkin charts hot and I loved them together. Rubi had so many emotional challenges to overcome throughout Rebel and though Wes was a little too pushy for my taste (at times) he loved her with every fiber of his being. He was perfect for her.As much as I loved Rubi and Wes together, I did have a couple of issues with Rebel. I felt the ending was forced and there was absolutely no buildup for the next book in the series, Ricochet. I hope it's about Rachel since she's in dire need of some smexiness in her life but Ms. Jordan didn't give up any insight into where the series is going. *pouts* I found that a bit disappointing but it certainly doesn't mean I'm not chomping at the bit to read the next book in the Renegades series because I am. This world has it all; intriguing characters you want more of, good plot, and sex that sizzles. I'm hooked.*eARC PROVIDED BY CYGNET BOOKS VIA NETGALLEY*