Rebellious

by Gillian Archer

• ISBN10: 039959471X
• ISBN13: 9780399594717
• Publish Date: 2016
• Publish Status: Unknown
• Format: eBook
• Pages: 224
• Language: English

Reviews

[Linda]

This review was originally posted on (un)Conventional Bookviews
Rebellious is filled with danger, desire, dirty talk and enough sexy times to make anyone dizzy!



Rebellious is the second of the True Brothers MC series, and I actually have an ARC of Ruthless as well, but somehow, I read this first. I enjoyed myself, so I don't think there will be any trouble for me by not reading these in order. It's funny to me that in my books, I don't mind a man who takes charge, and maybe even acts a little bit controlling, because in real life, that just wouldn't fly. Reb is the president of the MC club, and Emily is the sweet, innocent school librarian who works at B&N during the school holiday. Emily's next-door-neighbour is Reb's ex and their 8-year-old son, Tucker. Who is very often left to his own devices, with our without a key.

The story in Rebellious is very fast-paced, and there is more going on than the incredibly steamy scenes between Reb and Emily. Tucker needed saving, and Emily was the one to bring him to his dad's place, which just so happened to be the Club, where her best friend's fiancé was a member. Now, I have no idea if real MC clubs treat their 'old ladies' or the female groupies the way they are treated in books, but the True Brothers MC guys seemed to be on par if I compare with other MC stories I have read. Quite sexist, and always in control, with a sliver of tenderness to keep the ladies wanting more - it's simply irresistible in a romantic suspense.

Between someone stalking Emily, and a rival club vandalizing Reb's house, there is more than enough suspense in Rebellious. And there is also enough substance to the story, with character development that made sense, and some real problems that had to be dealt with for Reb and Emily to truly trust each other and try to make the future a brighter place both for themselves and for Tucker. Written in first person past tense in Emily's chapters, and third person past tense from Reb's perspective, I loved both the narration and the spicy dialogues.



Reb's gorgeous blue eyes were impossible to ignore this close to my face. "We're gonna have a little talk later tonight about those roving hands."
I winced and could feel the flush spreading over my face. "Or we could skip it and just say we did."
Reb slowly shook his head.
"Okay." I bit my lip and stood despite his hands trying to pin me down.

But still I continued down the hall toward the happy noises coming from the kitchen. Where I found REb leaning against the cabinets on the far side of the room. He straightened up slightly when he saw me, his eyes flaring with something hot.

[chymerra]

Before I start my review, I would like to thank Random House Publishing Group – Loveswept and NetGalley for allowing me to review Rebellious by Gillian Archer.

**All opinions stated in this review are mine and mine alone. I received Rebellious from Random House Publishing Group – Loveswept through NetGalley for free for my honest review.”

Now onto my review:

I devoured this book!!! Seriously, I went to bed early last night (I was exhausted) and decided to read Rebellious. I finished it in under 2 hours….lol. I was that engrossed by it. Put it this way, I didn’t even notice when BK came to bed, that’s how into the book I was.

I was a little “eh” on Emily’s character. It think it was her obsession with Reb’s penis and its piercing. Now granted, having a piercing at the top of the penis is pretty awesome and I am glad that the author highlighted it, but to have Emily almost obsess over it really got on my nerves. And then she spills it to all the MC biker ladies at Jessica’s bridal shower. WTH….lol.

Still on the subject of Emily, the storyline of her stalker absolutely sucked. I don’t even know why it was in there except to show how vulnerable/innocent/unworldly she was and how protective/crazy Reb is. Put it this way, I figured out who was doing the damage to her car and who vandalized Reb’s house about halfway through the book. Not that it took away from the book but I do think that it could have been left out.

Reb’s character I actually liked. He was the kind of guy that every girl dreams of having. Hot, tattooed, a devoted father and extremely protective of his family. He just happens to dabble in criminal activity on the side and the author didn’t attempt to make it sweet or that they were just a bunch of guys getting together and riding motorcycles. Plus, as Emily pointed out on many occasion, he was hung and fantastic in bed.

I do like that there is absolutely zero Instalove in this book. Zero. Zilch. Nada. I mean, there was lust but no Instalove. I mean, about a month into their relationship (another thing I liked, the book had months/dates at the beginning of each chapter), “I love you” was said but that was it. No immediate plans for marriage or kids. Just two people enjoying each other’s company and bodies.

The ending was what I expected but still was good. Everyone got what was coming to them.

How many stars will I give Rebellious? 4

Why? A great MC romance with characters that you come to like/love. I do think that the stalker element could have been cut out but hey, I didn’t write the book.

Will I reread? Yes

Will I recommend to family and friends? Yes

Age range: Adult

Why: Lots of explicit sex and tons of violence

[thebookdisciple]

Link to full review below! Good read if you are okay with the over the top insta-lust. See full review on The Book Disciple

[Eve1972]

All Emily Clark wants to do when she gets home from work is pop a couple pills to help with her headache and relax in front of the TV. Unfortunately life has other plans for her when she finds a neighbor's son sitting on the front steps of their building with a bag of junk food. Knowing Tucker doesn't have the best mother and wanting to avoid calling the cops and having Tucker go into foster care, they set out to find Tucker's dad. This leads Emily to the True Brothers MC clubhouse and REB, Tucker's dad and Prez of the club. One look at the big bad biker has Emily feeling ALL sorts of things she shouldn't. Will the innocent librarian be be able to stay away from the big bad wolf of a biker, and will the said big bad biker let her run?



When I requested this I wasn't aware this was book two of a series. In anycase, I wasn't lost in the least and can safely say that this could be read as a standalone. I really enjoyed this one. It sort of falls in between "gritty" and "MC fluff" These guys are not really nice guys, They do bad shit and they don't make excuses for it. Club business is none of their old ladies business and they straight up let them know that. If you are looking for a fluffy bunny biker, then this book isn't for you. That said, these guys are loyal and love HARD.



I found both characters to be really likable. Emily comes with a lot of baggage, and because of that I forgave her some of the back and forth behavior she had going on. There wasn't really any pushing away per se. More her taking a break to figure things out. For most of the book Reb is actually married, but had kicked his bitch of a wife out a year previously. She is just using custody of Tucker to drag things out. At some points I would get a sore neck at the whiplash inner feelings Reb had. This is a very insta-lust book and Reb is all "mine" from word go most of the book. At times though his inner thoughts were not exactly running along the same lines. At points he would say "he's never letting her go" and then in his thoughts he would say "he'll protect her as long as this lasts" It wasn't over the top annoying, but distracting enough that I noticed it.

I was also confused about their first meeting. It reads like these are two people who JUST meet each other for the first time. Later in the book though you find out that they ALREADY know each other having had some interaction a year previously when the Emily's BFF (heroine from book one) was in the hospital. This confused me to be honest. I would think that we would have gotten some indication during their meeting at the beginning that they at least knew OF each other. In anycase, that was just a small issue in an otherwise really entertaining read.

Overall I really enjoyed this one. It had a few minor problems, and I wished it had a better epilogue, but I assume we'll hear more from this couple in upcoming books. Two thubs up from yours truly...