I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher, via NetGalley. This in no way impacted on my view.

After their dad's separated, Rebel and Justice became enemies. Or, at least, Rebel thought of Justice as her enemy. All she saw was her dad upset, Justice blanking her at school - even after she opened up to him - and wanted revenge, no matter what. When she heads off to summer camp before Senior Year, she's shocked to see Justice is there too, but thinks this may just be the perfect opportunity for her to put her plan into action. For Justice, all he knows is that when his father came out, it made his life hell on the football field, and his growing feelings for Rebel made it all worse. Now that there's no longer a hint of step-cest, he hopes to tell her the truth, and enjoy himself without any ridicule. As they get thrown together more and more at camp, will Rebel get over her anger, and Justice come to terms with his father's sexuality?

I've had this on my NetGalley shelf for years now, and 2021 was the year I want to clear the majority of my backlog. Taming the Rebel was such a quick read, only a couple of hours, and helped to turn a cold and wintry January day into one that I could imagine sunbathing by a lake. Both of the characters were enjoyable to read about, and to hear their points of view. Rebel is somewhat obsessed with death, after losing one of her dad's when she was really young, and is so angry that her dad is suffering so much after his heartbreak. She wants revenge, and Justice is the easy target. He's angry, a lot, and is at risk of losing his spot on the team if he doesn't get his head sorted. He was bullied when he was younger, and the ridicule he's faced recently about his dad isn't helping matters. Both have to get over their hang ups in order to have any hope of being together, and I liked seeing their growth throughout their few weeks at camp. Maybe if I'd read this book a while ago, I might have enjoyed it more, but I found it a little bit too cliched. I mean, I get that Justice and Rebel can be names (never met anyone with them mind), but having the main couple be called Justice and Rebel was a bit much. The angst that was inevitable towards the end and the conclusion was incredibly cheesy, but all in all, it was an enjoyable read.

3.5 stars — This one started off fairly strong, but petered out a teensy bit at the end for me.

Rebel was actually pretty hilarious throughout the story.  She was snarky and sassy, and just fun to be in the head of.  She reminded me a LOT of Isis from the Lovely Vicious series.  She had this slightly skewed view on reality, but she was a good kid in general.  I loved how growing up with gay fathers shaped her to try not to let insults get to her.  She wouldn’t be human if they never did, but in general she was very much okay with who she was and I admired that.  I thought she could have tried a wee bit harder to see things from Justice’s perspective, but overall I got her.

Justice was a conundrum.  He could be so sweet and swoony — I loved that he had this vicious case of impostor syndrome in some ways, where he still felt like the awkward social outcast even as he was the QB now.  And I totally felt for what he went through, and I *know* how that can affect you for a long time.  BUT.  But.  I…just was a bit bummed with how he handled being teased about his father.  Maybe not at the beginning, but I expected him to change faster…or maybe show that he was starting to change in the middle of the book.  I mean, at the end of camp it felt like he still hadn’t learned anything, and then he had a sudden turnaround.  It just wasn’t believable for me.

Now I did enjoy the two of them together.  They had great banter, great chemistry in other ways as well.  There were some sweet kissing scenes as well.

There were quite a few great secondary characters.  Loved Rebel’s Dad, he seemed kind of awesome.  Loved Aubrey, it was awesome to see Rebel have a supportive friend, but one who was straight with her.  And enjoyed the little hints of Eli as well.  Gray I could have done without.

So yeah, it was a solid YA, I just wanted a bit more growth to get to that finale.

Thank you to the publishers for another CRUSH title. I have loved nearly every title. I enjoy sassy characters who are working on their own issues and find a way to come together in the end. THis was a quick summer read that teens will enjoy.

So this is a cute contemporary summer read. Involving sports, summer camp, love, frenemies, and pranks. 
Thanks to netgalley for allowing me to review this amazing story.
I loved Rebel and Justice as the lead couple, I love the pranks she pulled on him. Then there is the love of football for Justice. I love romance stories that involve sports. Those seem to just pull me in. I enjoyed Rebel and Justice as the lead couple they meshed together well. Rebel is super sassy and Justice is super sporty. But they got along well on and off again as a couple. There were some things Justice did not agree with that Rebel just found easy to talk about. So they fought alot. But in the end the love they shared stole my heart. I love that during the pranks they pulled Justice had an open mind and did not mind that Rebel pulled some funny pranks on him. Overall this was a cute sweet sassy story. Another great story published by Entangled Teen. And a great story by the Author.

Here is a book that I have been looking forward to for a long time! Can't wait to read more by this author!

This book was a little bit slow starting, but it was a fun read and kinda quirky. I would be interested in reading more from this author. The characters were easy to get to know and understand. And them falling for each other was destined to happen.

This was an entertaining fun quick read and a cute fluffy contemporary. This is the first book that I have read by this author and I will be reading more from this author in the future as I loved the writing style. I also loved the connection and chemistry between the two main characters.

Great teen romance. It can move a little slow but overall these characters are worth meeting just to watch them figure love out.

Taming the Rebel by Dawn Klehr is a fun and delightful YA contemporary romance.  This book takes place over the summer at a camp, while our couple works through their feelings.  Aww young love. 

This review is based on the ARC provided by the author and/or the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.

The story really grabs the readers attention from the get-go. Klehr does a great job being descriptive and allowing the reader to feel like they are immersed in the story. 

 I was surprised at how fresh and how many surprises there were in this story once it got going. What a wonderful job of keeping the reader invested in the story and its characters! 

Characterization is key in any novel and I felt like there was a great main character with real problems that the reader can relate to. She was easy to get behind and root for through the novel.I loved the way that she opened up and grew throughout the novel.

*I received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review

This novel was such a light summer romance read. Cute and spunky through and through!

The characters were developed really well. They weren't perfect, both it seemed with underlying anxiety issues, but they knew that and I loved every second of them embracing who they were. 


The only con I have with this book is more of a reading preference than something done wrong. I would have liked to see it written more first person POV instead of third to really understand and get into their heads more, but again that's more of a reading preference I have.

Definitely a cute teen romance read!

** This book was digitally given to me by Netgalley to review and these are my honest opinions**

Release date : 14th August 2017

Rebel is a young, recently heartbroken, girl who has finally accepted that her dad has now come out as gay, he has just broken up with his boyfriend so Rebel feels like she needs to be there for him but he has other ideas and sends her off to camp where she has been going for a few years. Justice is still accepting that his dad is gay and from past trauma is worried to tell anyone about this, however he can not help it when the person who he dates is Rebels dad. When they both get sent to summer camp will they because close friends or closer enemies?

I personal felt at times the writing was a little bit hard to follow (I have read this on my Kindle so unsure if it was the pages on there or not) but I found that whilst the chapters switch main characters, which I love to get different perspectives, It was in the first and third person I.e Rebel - Rebel said this, in the next sentence, I thought this. It was a little confusing to follow who's point of view I was reading. Other than that I found the writing to be very detailed, I also found that the issues Dawn wrote about were very realistic and is happening more than any of us know, it helps people over come what they are feeling and how to embrace themselves for who they are because you don't need to feel ashamed or embarrassed for who you like or love. 

Justice was a great character, he has the issue of when he was younger he was bullied and that is why he doesn't want to admit that his father is gay, along the way he fell in love with Rebel and things started to happen again his feelings got in the way and he was more interested in his image than who he loved. The characteristics that Justice had reminds me of people at our own schools / collages when people rely more on image than them selves. Rebel was the complete opposite and this in its self was an excellent chose in characters to fall in love with, opposites do attracted, I loved how she was the one how was all confident on the outside but we got to see how insecure and in need of help she was and it was beautiful.

Having the plot based at a summer camp was a good idea that you don't see often, mostly the plots are set inside schools or on summer brake and this was just refreshing to read. Furthermore it was different to read about the male being more insecure and a little hold back on everything rather than the female and I enjoyed that.

Overall I would give the book a good 3.5 verging onto a 4** rating partly because of the point of view.

This was sweet, often funny, and though a bit predictable it also didn't follow all the typical tropes of summer camp books.

Rebel Hart (yes that is her name) is an only child. She is already different then many kids at school because she has (had) gay parents. One of her fathers died years back from cancer and now it is only her and her dad Trevor. She has no problem being who she is and saying what she thinks. However she does live with fear. Fear of things she cannot control. She lives life with the aid of Wolf Wilks’s Guide to Surviving (not a real book or if it is I couldn’t find it). She is cautious with everything in her life. She doesn’t take unnecessary risk. Her knowledge of random death statistical facts can be spouted off at the drop of the hat. With all this knowledge she allowed one thing to happen a not to long back. She allowed her heart to get tangled up with a boy. After he dropped her she swore she would not allow her heart to be shattered again. Then Justice Brody enters her life, which made things complicated.

Justice had the perfect family. A mother, a father, and a sister. When his dad came out regarding his sexuality it tour the family apart. What made it worse was his dad began to date one of his classmate’s fathers. He had no problem with Rebel, she was good to look at and everything in-between, but the backlash at home and the problems he began to have with his fellow teammates was making his life a living hell. So now he is known as the son of a gay man and being bullied about it. His football coach is tired of Justice’s fighting with his teammates and tells him to have no drama this summer and work on his anger issues. Now he is stuck at a summer camp, which he didn’t want to real go to.

When Rebel and Justice cross paths at summer camp, she is determined to make his life a living hell, just like he did to her. The problem becomes more apparent when the two of them give in to their underlining attraction for each other. The sparks fly and the chemistry sizzles. Summer camp hasn’t looked so much fun until now.

The sorry premise is intriguing and I enjoyed the dynamic of having a gay parent come out. I think that isn’t address that often in Teen YA. It is common in real life, so we need some more stories like that. Regardless of that I had a difficult time getting through this book. I liked parts of it, and the dialogue was not too bad, but for some reason I felt the story fell a little flat. I’m usually in love with most Entangled because they are just so fun, but this one I couldn’t get through fast enough.

I would give it a two star because I just was whatever about the book, but because of the topics of fear, anger, and gay parents I am giving it 3 hearts.

Parental Advisory: Mild or active swearing (some F* Bombs), discussion about virginity, witnessing two individuals having intercourse in the forest, gay parents, divorced parents, fear and self doubt.

I don't have words. I just know what I like. And I loved this book.

I didn't like Rebel, which really made it difficult for me to enjoy the book.  The whole survival guide thing was supposed to be a cute hook, but for me it made her a little rediculous, and that her dad encouraged the behavior was nuts. She goes on about how tolerance is important, but doesn't have any for Brody. Overall she didn't seem like a high school senior, but much younger. Not a winner for me.

This took me forever to read, simply because I found barely time to read. I was traveling on my own in Europe and Taming the Rebel was my traveling companion. 
In those moments when I found time to read, I savored my time with this cute & fluffy. 
And let me tell you, it's a great travel companion and a fab summer read. It was my companion in the city of love- aka Paris, I felt it was super appropriate to read about their budding romances their little adventures..I wouldn't have wanted to read anything else but something super cute. 
Taming the Rebel is just that. Cute. Lighthearted. Swoony. 

It's well written with a good dose of humor and alot of insight. To be honest, at first I felt a bit like Klehr is doing the let be open-minded kind of thing, when I found out about Rebel's family. I didn't mind but I didn't care for it either. But as the story went on, I actually liked how she handled the situation and how she showed Justice's struggles with it. She managed to show the difficulties he faced without being judgmental or opinionated. It was just stated. And in fact this is what endeared me to the book even more at the end. Because while, this theme is often picked up these days, I think it is seldom dealt with so elegantly and without putting the authors opinion into it. Really well done.

I adored Justice from the get go. His POV is awesome, I could connect with him instantly. Rebel, not so much. I found her extremely opinionated, though she is a stickler for being open minded, which is exactly what annoyed me. I found her hypocritical in many ways and though she claims to be open, she did only see her point of view, in my opinion. 
But as the story went on, she grew on me, alot. I ended up loving them both and was invested in their story.

The story line is probably the usual usual- well except for the family situation- enemies to lovers being one themes, there are a few more popular YA themes in here. But the romance was cute and there were some super cute moments, so I didn't care that it wasn't the most inventive story out there. I might have even sighed a few times.... 

Tested and proved to be a great travel companion and perfect summer romance. A must read for lovers of the genre.

Received an advanced readers copy in exchange for a fair review
Still recovering from a heart break last summer and a difficult family issue, Rebel get’s prepared to go to her yearly summer camp. Wanting nothing more than to stay at home with her father, she agrees to go, determined to forget about the past year and really have some fun. That is until; she finds out that Justice Brody is also attending summer camp. You know, that tall, extremely attractive, eyes like the ocean guy who also left her heartbroken? Him. Rebel convinces herself that she is not going too caught up with boys this summer, but when Justice sweeps her off her feet; quite literally, will she let herself fall for someone again?

I really enjoyed watching Rebel stay true to herself, determined to be independent and express to the world that she makes her own rules. It was also nice to have a character like Justice, who comes off physically as one thing, but emotionally is quite the opposite. Watching him deal with his struggles and his imperfections, while also accepting his family for who they are, was a fresh walk in the park for a YA novel.

Although, I personally would have loved to have more of a back story of Rebel and Justice, a better understanding of what had happened the summer before, and maybe see them rebuild that history slower at camp. I felt that some places in the book was rushed, and if spent a little bit more focus on , would have really brought more sparks and butterflies in the stomach with the couple and the reader.

This book is perfect for any readers of YA, or anyone who loves to be swept away with a hot summer romance!

By KirstieE

The writing was good and compelled me to read more the further I got into the story! The story was amazing and I love them sorts of books!

A quick, easy romantic read full of angst and stereotypical characters. I felt the title was suggestive of a bad boy romance which was false advertising and came across as a ploy only used to attract readers.