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.

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.

*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.

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.

as the titular rebel in taming the rebel, rebel hart's name might be a bit too on the nose. she's always marched to the beat of her own drummer. growing up with two dads outside of atlanta she kind of had to make her own way. and it's always worked for her. so she just doesn't get justice brody. she's pretty sure he's the reason his dad broke up with hers. and blowing her off seems to be his thing. and now that they've ended up at camp together he can pretty much expect all out prank wars.

and it's true that rebel doesn't understand justice's side of the story. he certainly hopes he's not the reason their dads broke up. but now that they have it's less weird to pursue rebel and his feelings for her. and she's never been subjected to the kind of verbal abuse and teasing he's experienced in the football locker room at school. so when he doesn't want to talk about his dad and his relationship with rebel's dad, it's not a rejection of her, it's more about protecting himself. because he wasn't always the hot football player. he was the skinny undersized kid with the big arm who was kind of a dork.

and as they spend time together at camp, rebel comes to see that justice isn't the jerk she imagines him to be. their connection strengthens the more they have a chance to talk. and while rebel needs to learn to be more empathetic and patient, justice needs to learn to be less insecure and a little more brave. not easy things when you are a teenager. but when they take a moment and stop being ruled by their emotions, they realize that what they share is something actually worth fighting for.

"You can't help anyone if you don't help yourself first."

A classic. . . not so cliche . . .but actually is . . . story.

The survival tips before every other chapter or so in this book is so creative and cute. It's like saying that every teenager needs tips to survive (which is true). The plot is very relatable, and even though the first part was pretty much cliche, towards the end it started to talk more about life topics and it was a good transition. I did not find the writing style boring at all, I actually dig it.

A character named Rebel was something very. . . uh. . . unique. Though I didn't know she was a character in the story for quite some time while reading it.

Essentially, the whole idea of the book is on of those cliche stories that has it's own creativity and uniqueness and somehow keeps it from being too cliche and cheesy all together. I enjoyed this version of the bad boy - good girl trope.

"sometimes love is inconvenient"

This was an easy book to get through and overall I did enjoy it. A light summer read which can easily get you out of a reading slump or become a welcome replacement for a book you DNF much like it did for me.

Rebel and Justice are the cutest and I loved the romance between them.
Although it was a light summery read I think it still had room for improvement. For one I would have loved to see more of the friendship between Rebel and Aubrey as the snippets of times they appear together in the book are fresh and full of humour and a lovely friendship. Maybe more on the Aubrey/Eli pairing as well.

I also loved the relationship between Rebel and her dad. If was so cute and I wish he was more present throughout the book. But of course I can't always get what I want and the story had to follow its natural course. That is, Rebel's and Justice's stories.

It was also nice to see a dual POV in third person and allowed the reader to explore more in depth the characters of Rebel and Justice. Both characters put up a front of being strong on the outside -which we see more with Justice- even though they had many insecurities within. But whereas Rebel would lay her insecurities out forefront, Justice's had to be weaned out of him. There was much miscommunication and misunderstanding between them at times but all ended well.

I feel like the back story between Justice and Rebel would have made a stronger plot. As in the reader getting to explore Rebel's and Justice's families as Rebel's dad starts a new relationship (we aren't even told how many years have gone by since Rebel's other dad died or even how - it would be nice to see how they both coped) and Justice showing us with his own eyes what happens when his family breaks up and how it all falls apart. And then the introducing of the new possible family, Rebel and Justice falling for each other in an impossible situation, and more of Rebel's guy friend Connor and Justice's sister April.

I'd just be interested in the family dynamic of it all. That's just my thoughts though. But I did enjoy the book as it was easy to get through and not boring in the least.

I liked that the book had a girl character that loved to spout facts on death. It was interesting and different from your normal heroine.
I also loved the gay dads.

This one was my favorite of the three. I don't know if it was the enemies-to-more trope that worked so well in this story or the fun camp setting, but I found myself devouring this book while a huge smile graced my face.

Rebel won my heart from page one. She loved her dad so fiercely, she was going to wage war with the boy, who she blamed for the demise of his romantic relationship. How do you not back someone with that type of family loyalty? Rebel was smart and sassy, but it was revealed that she was sort of wounded and actually wore her angst as armor. This girl was not afraid to be herself, and I was team Rebel from the start. Well, until I knew a little more about Justice.

Rebel described Justice as your a self-centered jock, but as I got to know Justice better, I learned that there was a lot more to him then met the eye. He was dealing with tons of unresolved issues. Some issues were relating to his dad's, his anger mis-management, and from his not so happy past. Justice was dealing with so many complex emotions, and he often made poor choices to protect himself from these feelings. But he had such a sweet side, and he melted my heart when he let it show.

I adored the dynamic between Rebel and Justice. I knew right away that I wanted this ship to succeed. They had so many delightful bouts of verbal sparring, but then they would have these really swoony. They also had some really honest talks, and bared their souls to each other. There were hijinks and many comedic moments. I couldn't help but enjoy myself.

The setting for the bulk of this book is a mountain summer camp. I never went to summer camp, but have always been fascinated by it. I loved all the traditional camp elements that Klehr built into this story. It absolutely added to the fun. The dances, the activities, and the lake all played a little role in the story, but my favorite were the pranks. I loved waiting to see what Rebel or Justice would do next.

I also have to talk about the survival guide. In order to alleviate some of her anxiety during her first year of sleep-away camp, Rebel's dad gave her Wolf Wilk's Guide to Surviving Any Disaster. This was not only her handbook for surviving life out in the woods, but it became her guide to life. It also served as Rebel's security blanket, odd but true. I thought it was a lot of fun getting peeks into this book, and the random facts were amusing as well.

This was an adorable story, filled with lots of fun moments, but also a lot of tender and sweet moments. There were some really strong friendships as well as touching family ties.

Please note: I received a copy of TAMING THE REBEL via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to the publisher and author.

Dawn Khler rocked this book! Five stars and here’s why:

TAMING THE REBEL is a fast-paced, summer read that has the right amount of humor sprinkled with issues teens face today. I love a great enemies to lovers or frenemies story because there is so much fodder there to work with and this book knocks it out of the park. I work with teens, particularly LBGTQIA, and they need to see real people like they are in books – even if they are secondary or peripheral characters.

What’s particularly wonderful about this story is that the heroine, Rebel, is full of sass and spunk, but there’s a vulnerability to her as well. She obsesses about safety after the death of one of her dads and it borders on an obsessive-compulsive, anxiety disorder where everything she does is weighed against a survival guide that’s become her bible. Justice is the all-American, hella-hot football star with a heart of gold, but you can’t judge a book by its cover because what’s simmering below the surface of his quarterback persona is a guy battling not only the typical teenage insecurity of navigating relationships and all that high school drama entails, but also someone coming to grips with his father’s recently coming out. Justice’s dad ripped his family to shreds with the news he’s gay when he falls in love with Rebel’s dad. Whereas Rebel embraces the idea of two dads, Justice is shamed by it for a host of valid reasons.

While sequestered away at summer camp, these two characters engage in a love vs. hate war against each other as they get to know each other better and hilarity ensues as they fall in love. Highly recommend.

Rebel loves her dad more than anything. When he breaks up with his boyfriend, she holds a grudge against Justice (her dad's ex-boyfriend's son). He sends her off to camp for the summer where she comes face to face with Justice. She is happy to take action, and engage in a little juvenile revenge.

Justice is having a hard time coming to terms with his families change in outlook. He isn't ready to tell the world his Dad is gay. He needs clarity, and to come to terms with his situation before he loses everything.

This is a sweet teen romance read about accepting what you can't control. It has some pranks, hot kisses, and forgiveness.

I really liked Justice's character he is complex. He is an athletic type but has the usual teen hang ups. He comes across as confident, but actually, he is just trying to find his way.

I wasn't too sure about Rebel when I started reading this book. She has a negative outlook and is afraid to live life. Her dad means everything to her, and she was willing to give up everything to make him happy. Luckily he sent her to camp where she manages to start working through her issues. She grew on me by the end of the book, but I didn't love her.

I would recommend this book for the prankster's lovers. It's an easy bedtime read.

3 stars out of 5. *I received an ARC in exchange for a fair review*