Rebellious

A Best Friends-to-Lovers Romance

De: Kristy Marie

Narrado por: Heather Firth, Stephen Dexter

From best-selling author Kristy Marie comes Rebellious, the highly anticipated love story of star-crossed lovers, Aspen and Bennett - characters from the international best-selling novel IOU.

A love controlled by guilt, contained by rules....

One summer will change everything.

No kissing. No cuddling. No blah, blah, blah. He wrote the rules onto our skin - every ink stroke tragically smeared by the lines we’d crossed. He claimed it was the only way we could be together - the only way we wouldn’t destroy our families.

But there was an exception to his rules - one he never saw coming.

All I needed was opportunity and a sunburn. The girl who played by his rules is gone. This girl...is not his “friend”.

©2021 Kristy Marie (P)2021 Kristy Marie

Absolutely Perfect!

Edit after second reread was with audiobook-
I thought reading the book was amazing, the audiobook just took this the next level up!
Most narrators talk to slow and I have to speed up their speech, these two are perfect just the way they are. Great pace, their voices sucked me in.

I stick to my original book review:
10 Stars! No joke!
OMG! This was epic!
Warning: Compulsive read! Plan wisely.
This book almost threatened my job as I couldn’t put it down. Time passed so quickly while I was sucked into this vortex and I couldn’t escape. I didn’t want to escape.

Immediately in the Prelude, I’m smiling, laughing, and missing these characters horribly. This is a clear sign it is time for a reread of CiB.

The book started off strong and stayed consistently strong throughout. No low points. To me, it was absolute perfection!
Trying hard to find one little thing I didn’t like and can’t find a single flaw.
Gah, so many emotions! I just can’t get over how amazing this book was. I want to start it over again because it was epic!
This is a MUST Read! Recommend reading the prior books, however it can be a stand alone.

Top read of 2021

When I read this book way back when it was my top read of 2021. That statement still holds true with the audio. Heather and Stephen did an amazing job bringing Aspen and Bennett to life!!

Absolutely amazing I strongly recommend this book

I didn't think I could love this book, these characters anymore until I listened to it! This is by far one of my favorite audiobooks. Stephen and Heather did a great job bringing Aspen and Bennett to life. Great story and great narration!

Love it!

Loved it when I read it, even more better listening to this story. I enjoyed listening to Bennett and Aspen's story. My favorite character from Kristy's books was Cade who is Bennett's dad and he is so like his father it's no wonder Bennett is my new favorite. The love he has for his family and the sacrifices he makes it's hard not to fall for him. Aspen who has loved Bennett since she has been two and has never stopped and was willing to go along with Bennett's rules just to be with him, but love how she pushes his buttons. This was beautiful, emotional, steamy and funny. I'm a sucker for banter and this one delivers. Also love Theo and Cade make appearances in this story. I did like the narrators tell the story but now this is just my preference I like when there are two narrators that the male takes on the male characters and the female take on the female characters just so the characters have the same voice throughout the book. Here the narrators alternated chapters, so characters voices changed. It isn't a big deal and it doesn't take anything from the story. Now if it could be made into a movie I'd be one happy lady.

These narrators made a FIVE STAR book SIX STARS!!!

What do you do when you've finished one of your most anticipated reads and your emotions are all over the place? K Marie has done it once again and made me laugh and cry, and want to move right in with this family who found each other by life's circumstances. This "family" is made up of several families chosen by friendship and camaraderie, not by blood. Their bond is one that remains to be rivaled by any other book world I have read, and the added younger generation has added even more passion, fun, laughs and love between them all and has started the Legacies series with a bang.

From the first scene that Aspen Von Bremen and Bennett Jameson hit the pages of IOU I was doing a standing ovation for these children of the beloved Theo & Anniston Von Bremen and Cade & Breck Jameson. Bennett & Aspen hold so many traits of their parents, yet each have their own unique qualities that make them their own. Bennett is the younger version of his broody dad, Cade; while Aspen is both competitive like her father and sassy like her mom. But what makes them so different is that both Bennett & Aspen wear their emotions on their sleeve. Whereas the older generation had walls and hard ridges to break down, this younger crew has been softened by witnessing their parents and family's love and compassion.

I LOVED every connection between Bennett & Aspen from the flashbacks to their childhood to teen years to every interaction in which Aspen loved pushing all of Bennett's buttons. Their love is one that is rare - it started from when they were too young to even understand it, and was fated from the start. Even though they are surrounded by loving and supportive parents, siblings and friends, these two navigate a rough road to each other because of Bennett's compulsive need to protect his father and their families' friendships. He is absolutely loyal to a fault, selfless, and OH SO swoony with his "yes sir" and southern boy charm. When he lets his guard down with Aspen, you will sigh and fan yourself over this possessive and passionate man. I loved every moment that they joked, ribbed each other, ganged up on their siblings, bonded with the other's parents - but especially when they let themselves just love the other without any "rules".

Aspen's determination combined with her feisty spirit, passionate heart, and unwavering love for Bennett all surge her forward to never give up hope for the man she loves. Every move she made, every joke she played on him and every rule of his that she followed (or broke) led her further down the path to a love that could break her heart. But she never gave up - she gave him her all, and I admired her for putting her heart on the line over and over again. I could FEEL her love for him through the pages and I shed many tears not only for her, but for Bennett as well.

K Marie combines her witty humor with an emotional storyline and beloved characters from CiB to create an unforgettable love story. Theo Von Bremen is a scene stealer more than once and I loved every second of him and Cade; and both Fenn VB and Drew Jameson have stories to tell that I am more than ready for!! I'm SO thankful that this author decided to write a 2nd generation for this CiB crew and cannot wait for what's to come! Well done once again K Marie!!