This was legitimately painful to read the characters were so immature I just couldn’t get on board. They were horrible to eachother and ended up together?? They should have run screaming away from eachother

Bad Girl Reputation is the second book in the Avalon Bay world. Gen returns to the area and quickly runs into her on and off again ex, Evan. While Gen tries to show her old world she's changed, will her and bad boy Evan be able to make the new versions of themselves work?
I enjoyed the Off Campus series by Elle Kennedy so I was interested in a new group of friends to follow. After reading the first book, Good Girl Complex, Evan was the character I was most interested in reading more about, as most of the remaining characters didn't really click with me. While following Evan's efforts to show Gen they should get back together, I found bits of the story fell flat. Both characters showed growth and potential, but it felt like as a relationship, the growth was minor compared to their personal changes. Another thing I struggled with was the constant need to bring up how horrible their reputations and actions of the past were, as it was mostly telling them how terrible they acted vs showing us in flashbacks. On the other hand, the physical and emotional chemistry between the two characters was solid and I was interested in seeing how they found each other in the end. Overall it was a decent read, and depending on who the next book (if there is one) follows, I may be interested in continuing on.

Thank you to St Martin's Press and NetGalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for honest review.

Imagine my excitement when one of my favourite authors announced a follow up to one of my favourite novels by her (who am i kidding, I love all of her books). Now imagine my excitement when I get approved for an ARC of this book. You bet I did a deep dive into the book within hours and swallowed it up whole.

Bad Girl Reputation is a second chance romance novel between Evan (the other twin) and Genevieve, the resident bad girl turned good. It's angsty, it's push-pull, and it's so so good. I honestly have to say that I loved the dynamic between these two even more than the first couple. They're explosive, intense and the angst pulls at your heartstrings a little.

A good read if you want to feel some emotions in that ice block you call a heart (because I'm pretty sure that's what mine is)

Thanks to Avon and Harper Voyager for the ARC.

Bad Girl Reputation by Elle Kennedy was amazing. There were a few parts where I got a little lost and confused but that’s just me as a person. It was just a nice easy read and It’s hilarious.

I love Genevieve and Evan‘s relationship and how they just bring the worst out of each other in like the best possible way. I wouldn’t even say the worse it’s more like they bring out the most chaotic versions of each other, and I love it. I enjoyed seeing them going through life after she came back from being gone for a year, and just seeing where things picked up and how life changed for both of them.

Thank you to NetGalleyShelf and St. Martin's Griffin for letting me read this early. I truly appreciate it and I can’t wait to see everyone else’s reactions and thoughts towards this book when it comes out.

I really enjoy the direction that Kennedy is taking with the Avalon Bay series, as it is much different than her previous novels. I enjoyed this second novel more than the first novel in the series because I found the characters Evan and Gen to be more relatable and I found both their history and their current relationship to be very interesting. I enjoyed reading both novels, and would recommend them and would be interested in more installments to this series.

3.25 stars, 1.75 spice

Gen returns home to Avalon Bay for her mother's funeral, she doesn't plan to stick around because she left to start fresh without her bad girl reputation. She quickly runs into her on again off again ex, Evan (A bad boy himself). They had tons of passion, jealousy and angst, and were constantly encouraging each other's bad behavior.

In an effort to reestablish herself as a good girl, Gen wants nothing to do with Evan, but their chemistry is hard to fight, and she starts to find reasons to stay at home. Will Evan drag her down? Or will he mature and grow? Can a volatile young love turn to something strong and forever?

I received this book as as E-arc in exchange for an honest review!

Overall an okay read. Triggers for substance abuse and death of a parent. I had trouble relating to the characters. I also struggle a bit with Evan trying to change himself for Gen. Gen made changes for herself. Given the premise of the book I knew the characters were going to be immature, I wish they had had a bit more growth by the end, there was some improvement, but as a reader I didn't feel that enough had changed.
I did like the added complexity that their individual family issues/backgrounds brought to the story.
The main characters definitely had great chemistry and I was pulled into their passion.

Note - I did not read the first book in this series, so I found Cooper big brothering his identical twin a bit strange.

So I recently read Good Girl Complex and started this ARC. Might I just say that this is way better than the first book! I still enjoyed Good Girl Complex, but this book I just couldn’t put down.

I really loved the chemistry between Genevieve and Evan. I don’t think their relationship was toxic like Mackenzie and Coopers. I really liked the story and I love how Elle Kennedy has written Avalon So I recently read Good Girl Complex and started this ARC. Might I just say that this is way better than the first book! I still enjoyed Good Girl Complex, but this book I just couldn’t put down.

I really loved Genevieve and Evans story. I don’t think their relationship was toxic like Mackenzie and Coopers. I love how Elle Kennedy has written Avalon Bay.

This is a great summer read, and if you are like me and didn’t love the first one… I think you’ll like this one better.

Huge thanks to St Martins Press for providing the ARC to me!

I really enjoyed this second chance romance by Ellie Kennedy. I was eager to find out more about Genevieve and Evan’s story after reading Good Girl Complex. As much as they were always there for each other, they also were a bad influence on each other. Gen wants to change her ways but knows she can’t say no to Evan so she leaves town. She ends up coming back for her moms funeral and ends ups sticking around to help with her family‘s business. We see Gen struggling to move forward and Evan trying to figure out how he can be a part of Gen’s life again. I loved seeing how they both worked on themselves and came to terms with what their relationship was. Hoping we will get to hear more from this group from Avalon Bay!!

This book was great, it had the second chance romance and childhood/friends to lovers trope with lots of spice! I gave this book 4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Bad Girl Reputation details the story of Gen and Evan - they’ve known each other since they were young and developed a very intense and passion filled relationship, however, it was also a bit toxic and definitely reckless. Although they loved each other greatly, they didn’t bring out the best parts of on another. After something happens to Gen, she leaves town for over a year and doesn’t return until the passing of her mom - that’s where the story begins.

I loved the growth that was shown in Evan and I LOVED the big brother/little brother storyline. I feel like throughout the story we got to see all the steps that Evan took to become a better version of himself so that he could win back Gen. I wish that I got to see more of Gen’s growth. Yes, they briefly discussed that she was doing well helping her dad run his business but I would have to loved to dive a bit deeper into that and get a bit more of an insight to how she, too, was becoming a better person. I feel like the book gave glimpses but never fully got there.

Overall, I did enjoy the book very much!

I looked forward to reading this after the 1st book in the series. There was angst, drama, chemistry, and heat in it and I loved it! Can't wait to see what comes next.

READ THROUGH NETGALLEY. I was pretty excited about this book because I enjoyed Good Girl Summer and I genuinely wanted Evan to get a happy ending. I just had a hard time liking both Evan and Genevieve. In the wake of her mother’s death, Genevieve returns to Avalon Bay. She ends up staying longer than planned to help her dad out, and then realizes she does not want to leave. She never planned on coming back to the place where she was constantly making bad decisions, but she realizes that she can continue to not make bad decisions here. Like I said, I did enjoy this book and I did want them to get a happy ending, even if at first I did not like the two main characters.

This was a fun read with a great main character. I loved how Gen had to confront her past and make decisions for her future. Steamy and a great book for the beach!

I’ve never read an Elle Kennedy novel until now and I’m glad I did! The storyline was great and some of the scenes had me laughing out loud.

The story is about Evan and Genevieve who have known each other since childhood. After an incident back home scares her, Genevieve decided that it was time for a fresh start & in an attempt to leave some of her old toxic habits behind, she up and leaves for Charleston. The thing is she left so abruptly and cuts ties with her old life, which left hurt in her wake, particularly Evan. She returns home after year away for her mothers funeral at which her dad begs her to stay and help get the family business tidied up. So she’s back at home in her old room, old town with her ex, but she’s trying to stay on “track”. Evan’s always been her kryptonite. Gen’s hard press to think that Evan can make the changes that she needs and still be the man she wants, so she decides to try dating again. Evan’s determined to prove her otherwise.

Great story about having a bad rap and history, but being able to start again with one better choice at a time.

#indigoemployee

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Bad Girl Reputation is my first Elle Kennedy book after seeing her all over BookTok. I have to be honest, I don’t get the appeal. The story was okay, but not especially memorable. Genevieve and Evan were toxic at the start, being childhood sweethearts/hellions. There wasn’t a lot of character growth, aside from her leaving town for a year to restart her her life with a clean break. Then, there’s a slimy cop that won’t leave Gen alone. The whole story was just meh for me.

I used to realy enjoy Elle Kennedy´s books. But with this one I had some trouble. The characters were really flat, the plot was nothing special and I didnt see much developement and growth from either Gen nor Evan. The idea of the book was great but in my eyes not very well done. 2.5 stars

"water and sunlight works wonders on plants, so why not us?"

thank you netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this ahead of its release!
i read Good Girl Complex earlier this year and really enjoyed it, and was stoked to see there was another story coming about Evan and Gen!! we got sprinkles of them during Mac & Cooper's story and i was so excited because I loooooove second-chance romances and just knew they were going to be good - and they totally were!

about a third of the way through, however, i was getting kind of annoyed with the back and forth between the two. i understood by the end, i guess, why but was waiting for a final decision to come much sooner than it did. but it dealt with grief, family dynamics and overcoming past reputations/childhoods so well - Gen's growth was absolutely amazing and her journey from Avalon Bay's resident party girl to who she became while navigating her family was my favorite part.

am i crazy to hope there's another book and it's about Alana, Tate & Wyatt???? 👀 miss Elle Kennedy i'm looking at you sis

From the first paragraph, I knew this book would be a good one. I immersed myself into the book from the first chapter and I cannot say enough good things about this book! Honestly amazing! The writing is incredible and the plot is just one to die for. I am absolutely obsessed with this book. My favorite part would have to be the character development throughout the book. Character development is something I look forward to and this book did not disappoint.

Thank you to NetGalley, Elle Kennedy, and St. Martin’s Press for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I absolutely adored this book! I found Good Girl Complex to be a solid read and enjoyed it for the most part, but I didn’t love it. However, I knew I wanted to read the sequel regardless because I was intrigued by Evan and Gen’s story. Elle Kennedy did not disappoint! This was not only a romance, but a story of second chances, self-discovery, forgiveness, and family. I loved Gen because she felt so relatable. At times I was so frustrated with her, but I also could completely understand where she was coming from. At the end of the day, Gen was a girl who just wanted to do better for herself, but couldn’t quite figure out the right steps until she made a drastic change. One of my favorite scenes is the car scene with her dad when he acknowledges just how much progress she has made, because at the end of the day that is really all Gen needs: for her hard work to be noticed. Evan Hartley is my favorite of the Hartley twins. He is the rough and jagged bad boy on the outside with the heart of gold and gooey center. His love for Gen is boundless. Watching him better himself, because he couldn’t stay the same and be good for her was top tier book boyfriend. Also, I loved his relationship with Riley. I also loved that we got the beginning of a resolution with Coop and Evan’s mom. Overall, this book surpassed Good Girl Complex as the best in the Avalon Bay Series and I wouldn’t be upset if Elle Kennedy wanted to return to the Bay with another novel in the future (I mean, who doesn’t want a book diving into the Alana/Wyatt/Tate drama?! Lol)

Elle Kennedy can do no wrong. I absolutely loved this one especially because its pretty much the complete opposite of what happened in the previous book. I loved the idea of a former toxic couple coming together and working past that toxicity.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Thank you to St. Martins Press for providing me this arc via Netgalley!
So, it was so exciting to see I was accepted to review this book, as "The Deal", by the same author, was a book I absolutely devoured.
Unfortunately, the same didn't happen with this one. It took me over a month to get through it and it wasn't an enjoyable experience.
I realize that the author intended to give depth to the characters, but I just didn't feel their dimension and didn't feel for them. Also, the plot was just too sex-driven, which isn't always a bad thing, but to me, in this case, it was.
Don't waste your time with this one and go read her off-campus series instead.