Review: Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins

Book- Rebel Belle

Author- Rachel Hawkins

Genre- Fantasy, romance

My rating- 5 stars

I am sure alot of you have heard of this book as it is an extremely new release and is getting alot of hype! Just going to put this out there- it is worth the hype.

I found Rebel Belle engaging, exciting, funny and just really awesome! When I first saw the cover I was not completely eager to read it, as it looked extremely girly! But that has taught me not to judge a book by its cover, ofcourse there are girly aspects to the book, however the action is fantastic. 

You may have read or heard of Rachel Hawkins' Hex Hall series, which personally I have not yet read but definitely will after loving this one! 

A little about Rebel Belle-

Southern belle Harper Price thinks that everything is perfect, she is soon going to be the homecoming queen, she has a great boyfriend and her biggest worry is the shade of her lip gloss. And that is what started it all off, being at homecoming having forgotten to apply lip gloss. Quickly heading to the bathroom the fix this, she has no idea what is waiting for her there.

Because everything started to go wrong that night and she finds herself with crazy abilities. She is now a paladin, a protector. And the person she has to protect, just happens to be the person she hates most. David Stark.

I absolutely loved this book, there was never a dull moment, the characters were all amazing, the plot was well built... I cannot wait for the next book in this series to come out.

If you are wondering whether to read this, I would definitely recommend you check it out, you won't regret it. The way the story flows is brilliant, along with a great voice. Harper tells the story in an extremely engaging way, I loved the use of language and how it feels like Harper is telling YOU the story.

I am going to start talking spoilers, so if you haven't read Rebel Belle yet, I would recommend you stop reading here! 

So, if you haven't already gathered, I really liked this book, it was so action packed and ENGAGING- I feel like that is the word that describes this book really well. I love David Stark. He genuinely is such an awesome character and you can tell he really likes Harper. However, I am scared for his future now that he has these super-crazy-oracle powers, it feels like it is going to end badly for himself and Harper. 

One thing that I seriously did not see coming, was Blythe taking Bee! I absolutely adored Bee's character and how she was such a good friend to Harper. Another thing, was THE PUNCH. I don't understand why I didn't realise that was going to happen. I would absolutely hate to be in Harper's position at that point- having to defend yourself against your own Aunt...  The punch was really clever, but I found it hard to believe that all those people would have drank the punch... I don't know why but I find that unconvincing.

The lotion. You may or may not know what I'm talking about, but when Harper is trying to test out her abilities she chucks a pen at a girl... The teacher catches her and Harper explains that she was just writing so fast and she had lotion on her hands, so the pen flew out of her hand! Welldone Harper, for possibly THE worst excuse anyone on this planet has ever come up with! I was laughing so much. I am going to use this perfect gif of Tom Hiddleston to explain... I love you Tom Hiddleston.

Now, can we talk about Saylor? I was more sad than I care to admit when she died, I felt so sorry for David, apart from Harper she was all he had. I was so disappointed that Ryan was the new Mage, his character just wasn't the most interesting for me, I honestly would have loved Bee to be (haha, Bee to be) the new Mage... But maybe I will prefer Ryan as Mage in future books. It was funny how awkward it was between David, Harper and Ryan though.

That will be the end of this post. The next book is definitely one of my most anticipated books from now, I hope it is as awesome as Rebel Belle. Let me know what you thought of this book down in the comments as I am really interested in what others are making of it! Thankyou for reading,

-Darcy