{"id":66256,"date":"2022-09-08T08:29:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T12:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=66256"},"modified":"2022-09-08T08:29:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T12:29:58","slug":"release-arc-review-rebel-the-boys-of-welles-2-by-ginger-scott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=66256","title":{"rendered":"Release ARC Review: Rebel (The Boys of Welles, #2) by Ginger Scott"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rebel by Ginger Scott is now live!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

An emotional, YA, friends-to-lovers, forbidden romance. With wonderful characters, an engaging, heartfelt story and lots of feels, I loved it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Blurb<\/b><\/h4>\n

On the surface, Cameron Hass always seems a bit risky. First to take the dare, last to leave the tracks in the face of an oncoming train, the Boston rebel has always liked to flirt with danger. But underneath, he\u2019s terrified. Not about breaking an arm or getting pulled over for driving twice the speed limit, but about the man he\u2019s going to become when he graduates from Welles Academy. His role models have never really been much to look up to.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Bennett, on the other hand, always appears to have it together. Every button is done, every hair in the perfect place, every grade not just an A, but an A+. Beautiful, smart, and from political royalty, Brooklyn set her future goals at the age of five, and she\u2019s never strayed from the path of following in her parents\u2019 diplomatic footsteps.<\/p>\n

Until now.<\/p>\n

Surviving a terrifying car crash her junior year left Brooklyn questioning a lot of things. Losing her best friend left her feeling alone. But Cameron\u2019s always been a good listener. And messy or not, his heart has always been in the right place. And when Brooklyn needed someone, he was right there. Maybe . . . he\u2019s been there all along.<\/p>\n

But how do chaos and rules go together? And what happens if the rest of the world wants to keep them apart?<\/p>\n

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Review<\/b><\/h4>\n

4.5 stars<\/b><\/p>\n

The second book in The Boys of Welles<\/i> series, this is an emotional, YA, friends-to-lovers, forbidden romance. With wonderful characters, an engaging, heartfelt story and lots of feels, I loved it.<\/p>\n

Cam was introduced in the last book in the series as the friend and roommate of Theo. He is the fun-loving, pot-smoking daredevil who didn\u2019t seem to take school, or life, seriously. But, of course, there\u2019s much more to him than we knew. His family history is sad and twisted, and he\u2019s doing his best to get through school while dealing with his complicated personal life. And seeing who he truly is and what he has had to deal with, I felt so much for him.<\/p>\n

His complete opposite, Brooklyn is a studious and driven perfectionist. Her father is running for senate, and she\u2019s always been the picture-perfect political daughter, with plans to one day follow in his footsteps. But a devastating car accident changed all of that. Brooklyn survived the crash that killed one of her best friends a year earlier, but she\u2019s been left physically scarred, and questioning everything. Now, she\u2019s trying to finish up senior year, and she\u2019s feeling a bit lost and alone, and Cam is there for her.<\/p>\n

The relationship between Cam and Brooklyn is gorgeous. They\u2019ve been friends for years, and for all of that time, he has secretly loved her. We get to see the moment where Brooklyn\u2019s feelings begin to change, when Cam offers to help her in her continuing recovery, and she starts to see something new in her old friend. It\u2019s sweet, flirtatious, full of chemistry and all of the excitement and tingles of that first big attraction, and I loved watching everything change for them.<\/p>\n

The falling sensational no longer pulls my body down; I\u2019ve landed at the bottom. This is as far as I go. I\u2019ve fallen completely. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But what is a happy time for the two of them quickly becomes dramatic with others in their life clearly unsupportive of a kid with Cam\u2019s reputation being with the school\u2019s golden girl. His whole life he\u2019s never felt good enough, and now he\u2019s getting it right up in his face. And the most vocal of all is Brooklyn\u2019s father, who openly disapproves and doesn\u2019t want Cam anywhere near his daughter.<\/p>\n

So we get this \u2018us against the world\u2019 dynamic, which makes everything about their relationship more intense, and I loved watching Cam and Brooklyn love and support each other through all of the challenges that they are facing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t care what my dad says, Cameron \u2026 I need you. And I\u2019m so fucking afraid of never feeling any of those things again.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ginger Scott writes the most beautifully emotional YA romance. I felt so much for these characters. I cared for them, I loved them together, and I was desperate for them to find their happy ending. Their story is written with so much heart, with scenes that I could see playing out like a movie, and that had my heart pounding, bringing so much emotion.<\/p>\n

He marches toward me. I drop my shoes to the ground just as his hands push into my hair and his lips cover mine. I cling to his wrists and stand on the tips of my toes to meet his kiss, and when we break, he leaves his head against mine.
\n\u201cThank you for not being ashamed of me,\u201d he says.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

*clutches heart*<\/p>\n

There are deeper themes that come up throughout the book that bring additional depth to the story, and I thought they were addressed really well. It\u2019s dramatic, but sweetly romantic with moments that had me laughing and smiling, and it finishes in a great place, and I was left happy and satisfied.<\/p>\n

There are hints of something going on between the two remaining characters in the friend group, James and Morgan, and I\u2019m really excited for their book coming out next.<\/p>\n

I loved this one.<\/p>\n

4.5 stars.<\/p>\n

An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n

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The Boys of Welles<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Loner (#1)
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Rebel (#2)<\/strong>
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\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Habit (#3)
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\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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About the Author<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"\"Ginger Scott is an Amazon-bestselling and Goodreads Choice Award-nominated author of several young and new adult romances, including Waiting on the Sidelines, Going Long, Blindness, How We Deal With Gravity,\u00a0This Is Falling<\/a>, You and Everything After, The Girl I Was Before,\u00a0Wild Reckless<\/a>, Wicked Restless, In Your Dreams,\u00a0The Hard Count<\/a>,\u00a0Hold My Breath,<\/a>\u00a0A Boy Like You<\/a>,\u00a0A Girl Like Me<\/a>, Memphis and Cry Baby.<\/p>\n

A sucker for a good romance, Ginger\u2019s other passion is sports, and she often blends the two in her stories. (She\u2019s also a sucker for a hot quarterback, catcher, pitcher, point guard\u2026the list goes on.) Ginger has been writing and editing for newspapers, magazines and blogs for more than 15 years. She has told the stories of Olympians, politicians, actors, scientists, cowboys, criminals and towns. For more on her and her work, visit her website at\u00a0http:\/\/www.littlemisswrite.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When she\u2019s not writing, the odds are high that she\u2019s somewhere near a baseball diamond, either watching her son field pop flies like Bryce Harper or cheering on her favorite baseball team, the Arizona Diamondbacks. Ginger lives in Arizona and is married to her college sweetheart whom she met at ASU (fork \u2019em, Devils).<\/p>\n

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