Als großer Fan der Off-Campus und Briar-U Reihen von Elle Kennedy, war ich natürlich sehr gespannt auf ihre neue Reihe: Prep School.
Zunächst habe ich den ersten Band der Reihe „Misfit“ gelesen und das war auch gut so, denn die Bände bauen aufeinander auf und sind definitiv keine „Stand alone“-Geschichten.
So haben wir die beiden Hauptfiguren schon im ersten Band kennengelernt, auch wenn es darin hauptsächlich um zwei andere Protagonisten ging.
Aber diese Vorgeschichte ist nicht unwichtig, um zu verstehen, worum es in diesem Band geht.
Casey wäre letzten Sommer beim Abschlussball ihrer Schule fast tödlich verunglückt. Leider kann sie sich an die Umstände nicht mehr erinnern und weiß dementsprechend auch nicht, wer sie vor dem Ertrinken gerettet hat, als sie bewusstlos mit einem Auto im See des Schulgeländes gelandet ist.
Ihre neu entstandene Freundschaft zu Fenn, einem der coolsten Typen der benachbarten Jungenschule, hilft ihr jedoch mit ihren Ängsten besser umzugehen. Fenn ist für sie da, erst als guter Freund, doch dann wird aus ihrer Freundschaft plötzlich mehr. Und Fenn merkt, dass er Casey sein Geheimnis nicht länger verschweigen darf.
Ein Geheimnis, das das Potential hat, ihre Beziehung zu zerstören.

Elle Kennedys Schreibstil hat es wieder mal geschafft, mich in den Bann der Geschichte zu ziehen. Da ich die Figuren und das Setting schon aus dem ersten Band kannte, war ich sehr schnell in der Story drin.
Dennoch hat mich das Buch nicht ganz so begeistern können, wie die anderen Bücher, die ich bisher von der Autorin gelesen habe. Die Stimmung in dieser Geschichte ist dunkler, nicht so leicht und humorvoll wie ich es von ihr gewohnt bin.
Der Plot ist zwar spannend und die Figuren allesamt interessant, doch konnte ich nicht so mitfiebern, wie ich es von einem Elle Kennedy-Buch erwartet hatte.
Deshalb nur solide 4 Sterne.

I loved reading the second book in the prep series! Elle Kennedy is one of my favorite authors. I loved Casey’s character and watching the story develop, I think if there is more books in the series that would be great!!

I really tried to like this series, but I ended up skimming most of this one. The first book of the series was okay. I struggled through it as well. Very typical teen drama. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more if I was in high school or early college, but it was not relatable or interesting to me at all.

Compelling sequel! I love the focus on a new couple, but still getting an overall combined plot from these books! Love that there is a story going on between them both while getting all the romance!

** spoiler alert **
While I did like Misfit a lot more, Rogue was still very addicting. I thought there would be more romance/angst but the pull for me was the mystery of what happened to Casey. I have to say, I'm 2 books in and STILL don't totally know what happened, so that's kind of frustrating.

Romantically I didn't really see it with Fenn and Casey, and I was oddly rooting for Lawson who came out of left field. Also, Lawson is one of my favorite characters from this series! There was so much push and pull with Fenn and Casey, it just didn't feel like they were destined to be together. Also Fenn being totally ok with what happened with Lawson seemed so out of character for a guy, I just couldn't buy it.

Slone was super annoying in this book. She was alright in book 1, but man I couldn't take her in Rogue!

Overall , I really like this book. It was a solid 4. But I feel like more loose ends could have been tied up, and I'm hoping to see Casey pursue things with Lawson and see where that goes.

OMG ADDICTING.
This is a fun, twisty, and heartpounding series from the ever amazing Elle Kennedy. I really have no idea where the series i going next.

3.5 rounded up

This picks up right where the first one left off. I don’t think this can be read as a stand-alone. You would be pretty confused with all the characters and backstories. I enjoyed all the POVs, but some of them seemed unnecessary. Most of the loose ends were wrapped up, but the end did leave things for a possible third book. This was more YA compared to other books by Elle Kennedy. Definitely not as steamy. I liked the gossip girl type story with the mystery.

second book in the PREP books.....so go ready 1 first.
This was a great novel, picks up and continues with a great story line.
Binged this book and could not put it down
no spoilers, just read it!!!

a great addition to the 'Prep' series.

Thanks to the publisher and netgalley for the review copy.

Elle Kennedy is one of my favorite authors and I absolutely love the start to this new series and happy she's back with New Adult books.

Rogue is a highly entertaining, delectable treat that is one fantastic addition to what is ultimately turning out to be an absolutely binge-worthy, scandalous Prep series by Kennedy. The romance in this, was everything I could have hoped for!!

I expected this to be just one sex scene after the other but I was actually hooked on the storyline. I really liked the different characters, and the author handed me a cliffhanger that’s got me waiting for the next book.

This book has it all: two guys who don’t know each other at all become stepbrothers and wind up going to boarding school together. RJ meets Sloane and is immediately attracted to her. But she’s the headmasters daughter and there’s no way that’s going to fly.

There is a little bit of a mystery in the book: what happened to Casey, Sloane’s sister? She’s quite obviously going to be the heroine of a future book, and I must say I’m looking forward to it.

There were a couple of gratuitous sex scenes that IMHO didn’t need to be there although I’m sure they are the basis for a future story. I still enjoyed the story, and I will definitely read a few more of the Prep series.

Thanks to Sourcebooks for the ARC. All opinions on my own.

Elle Kennedy can really do no wrong as I have said time and time again and this book was no different. I do have to admit that it took me a while to get into this book, I wasn't totally in love with the first 20% of the book but it definitely got so much better! I love it when I get to see characters that I have loved in the first book and get to see their relationships grow, just like how we got to see Casey and Fenn's relationship take a lot of twists and turns in this book!

Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for providing a Advanced Copy of Rogue by Elle Kennedy. This is a great book for fans of the Off Campus Series!

𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚!

4/5 ⭐️ ＯＶＥＲＡＬＬ
2.5/5 🌶 ＳＴＥＡＭ

I really love the multi POV in this series. I like getting everyone’s thoughts other than the MCs and I think its truly unique and a breath of fresh air.

The main characters in Rogue are Casey and Fenn and their story, in my opinion, didn’t disappoint. I was excited to get to the bottom of the drama surrounding Casey’s accident. I enjoyed how Elle Kennedy delivered the story and she executed it well.

Casey and Fenn’s love story is a bit angsty considering everything that is thrown in their direction. But, love always prevails even in the hardest of times. And that’s exactly the definition of their love story.

I’m really hoping for a third book and I’m honestly dying for a MM romance novel for Lawson and Silas. Anyone else with me??

I’m definitely recommending this series to all my friends needing some DRAMA, ANGST, and ROMANCE in their life.

Great follow up to Misfit! Loved Casey and Fenn's story with the other POV's mixed in. It was easy to follow.
Loved the character development throughout the novel. Both characters grew so much.
The development of the mystery of what happened on prom night was amazing.
Story is very enjoyable. Lots of angst and drama, similar to the first novel in the series.
All in all, would highly recommend!

3.75 stars
I'm a definite fan of Elle Kennedy's books but I didn't realise that this was the second in a new series of books from her.
While you can read this without having read the first in the series, I wish I had read them in order to get the most from them.
I liked the prep school setting, which was nice departure from her sports based romances. There's also that trademark Elle Kennedy steam, which I always enjoy.
It definitely gave me Gossip Girl vibes, in a very good way. However, I wasn't the biggest fan of Casey. Having her be the lead definitely detracted from my enjoyment a bit, which was unfortunate.
There were also possibly too many POVs for me.
But I will certainly be going back and reading the first in the series and looking forward to a third.
Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I loved being back in the Sandover prep universe. This is book 2 in the series and it picks up right where book 1 leaves off (so definitely read the books in order). I really enjoyed how this book centered around solving the mystery that was briefly touched on in the first book. It was also nice to go deeper and learn more of the back stories of so many of the characters. Can’t wait for book 3!

This was a departure for me a Elle Kennedy book because I’ve mostly read her sports romances. Saying that I all I loved this book so much. It’s a prep school romance, which has politics and intrigue, and is steamy as well. There are also family dynamics out, play being that, the main characters, mother married a rich man, which is why he now goes to this prep academy with his step brother. Of course, he falls for the principles daughter, which just makes everything more exciting and interesting throughout the book. I cannot wait until the next book in the series

If you liked the drama of gossip girl then this is the book for you. The book features multiple point of views. Although it can be read as a stand alone I highly recommend you read Misfit first as a lot of elements from that book carry over to Rouge. This books main focus is Fenn and Casey.

Thank you to publisher for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.