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Lady Renegades: a Rebel Belle Novel Kindle Edition
Just as Harper Price starts coming to terms with her role as David Stark's battle-ready Paladin, protector, and girlfriend—her world goes crazy all over again.
Overwhelmed by his Oracle powers, David flees Pine Grove and starts turning teenaged girls into Paladins—and these young ladies seem to think that Harper is the enemy David needs protecting from. Ordinarily, Harper would be able to fight off any Paladin who comes her way, but her powers have been dwindling since David left town, which means her life is on the line yet again.
Now, it’s a desperate race for Harper to find and rescue David before she backslides from superhero to your garden-variety type-A belle.
New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins brings the fun once again in the finale of this pitch-perfect romantic paranormal comedy series.
- Reading age12 years and up
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level7 - 9
- Lexile measure930L
- PublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
- Publication dateApril 5, 2016
- ISBN-13978-0399256950
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Hawkins strikes a pleasing balance between humor and drama, giving the ’chosen one’ narrative a welcome dusting of irony and a glowing Southern setting
This series―about an Alabama belle who is suddenly gifted with supernatural powers―has everything you could want from the genre and more: heart, smarts, scares, swoons and best of all, LAUGHS
About the Author
Rachel Hawkins is the author of the New York Times bestselling series Hex Hall. She was born in Virginia and raised in Alabama. Rachel taught high school English for 3 years before becoming a full-time writer.
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- ASIN : B0125VU5U6
- Publisher : G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers (April 5, 2016)
- Publication date : April 5, 2016
- Language : English
- File size : 1573 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Not Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 266 pages
- Page numbers source ISBN : 0147517532
- Best Sellers Rank: #712,116 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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About the author
Rachel Hawkins (www.rachel-hawkins.com) was a high school English teacher before becoming a full-time writer. She lives with her family in Alabama, and is currently at work on the third book in the Hex Hall series. To the best of her knowledge, Rachel is not a witch, though some of her former students may disagree....
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I loved being with Harper on her journey and watching her grow. This final book was really heavy on the friendship elements of her story, and Bee definitely had the chance to redeem herself after the events of Miss Mayhem. Also, I was so hesitant about the addition of Blythe at first, but in the end, I think the direction she went was absolutely perfect.
In Miss Mayhem, there was a small lack of action and I missed it, but this book leveled that all out pretty well. Still not as much action as Rebel Belle, but I am fine with that. These books make me laugh and cry in a way that is just so special to this series.
One thing I did miss in this book was DAVID. I love that boy so much and he (the normal David, not the one that is in so much pain and agony in this book!) just almost didn't even exist! I mean, the main plot here is to find and save him, but we didn't get to spend time with him. Or him and Harper together, for that matter. I love their relationship. So I really missed that.
But that ending - OMG - after crying my eyes out, I was then rewarded with such an adorable ending! I mean it was just so sweet, and I'm so pleased with it. This series is so awesome, and it is such a quick read. With summer heading this way, I highly recommend this as a fun, southern, summery series to marathon through!
This book truly showed me that this trilogy can be compared to the iconic 90's occult show Buffy The Vampire Slayer, which I might add is my favorite show of the 90's, and practically the best show ever. But I digress.
Harper Price is the kind of girl you would love to hate and hate to love in real life. She's perfect. She's deeply invested in school and all social functions: SGA President, head of the debate team, helps run the school Newspaper, Chearleading Captain, etc. Oh, let's not forget that's she's totally beautiful too.
Even with all of that going on, she juggles it with her new found supernatural role in society, that of a Paladin; a super strong and fast fighter that is supposed to protect the Oracle. The Oracle happens to be David, who's also her boyfriend. And to round out the team is Ryan, who's the groups Mage, and Harper's recent ex (before Harper met David), and last but not least, Bee, another Paladin (compliments of David's out of control Oracle powers, since there was only supposed to be one paladin), who is now Ryan's current girlfriend. And oh, she's also best friend's with Harper. Sound like your local soap opera? Not surprised. It gets juicy!
In this book, David's Oracle powers are out of control after the events of book two. Blythe, the last member of the team, played for the other side in book's one and two. She helped Alexander and the Ephors turn David into a super-powered Oracle. You see, David is the second male ever to be an Oracle. The last one that went by the name Alaric, killed all the Paladins in his time, (after he created so many), and he even blew up his hometown.
Blythe wants to right the wrongs she has made, and teams up with Harper, Ryan, and Bee in order to bring David back from his journey to destroy everything. Our trio at first doesn't want her help, with good reason. She did kidnap Bee and tried to kill Harper--- I'll say, oh, 2.5 seconds ago, so I definitely don't blame their hesitancy.
Throughout the book, David inadvertently creates Paladins and his evil Oracle side begins sending them after Harper to kill her. You see, David isn't all bad. Somewhere deep inside him is still the same, geeky, fashion road-kill boy, the one who calls Harper "Pres", (short for President, a play on her title as SGA President), who Harper still knows and loves. Harper battles with the images of the two David's in her mind and we see that inner turmoil throughout the book.
Harper, Bee, and Blythe go out in search for a spell that Blythe thinks she can use on David to get his Oracle powers under control. They run into many road bumps, and there is one particular reveal about David's parentage that definitely had my mouth drop open. There's plenty of action and I felt the story was very fast paced. There was never a dull moment.
Hawkins has a way of writing that just flows well. There are never any awkward, long, or super dry moments. The dialogue is witty, the action puts you on the edge of your seat, and the plot twists are exciting.
I love the characters in this trilogy, particularly in Lady Renegades. It was beautiful to see Harper and Blythe team up together despite their past. They are both fierce women, and it was nice to see some vulnerability in Blythe at the end.
The end. What can I say about it? It's really bittersweet. It was predictable which made me give this book 4 stars instead of 5. While I'm happy with the choice Hawkins made, I wish she could have thrown in some kind of a curveball at the end to end on a spicy note. Or at least she could have written an epilogue, like a one year later kind of thing. Nevertheless, this book and trilogy has everything a young adult would love to read about. It's relatable because it takes place in the real world. School elements will resonate with young adults, and it adds the splash of the supernatural. It really is a lot like Buffy.
Lady Renegades and the Rebel Belle trilogy exude southern culture, and it's full of humor, light romance, action-packed fight scenes, and is a fast-paced read. Now that all three books are out I suggest you go out and buy them. You can easily finish each one in a day or less. If you love Buffy, love when real life clashes with the supernatural, you will love this trilogy.
I was really excited to finish up this trilogy – it is just so much fun! I’d pre-ordered a copy of ‘Lady Renegades,’ so the moment I had spare time, I pretty much devoured this book in a weekend.
With a darker, more depressing tone for the conclusion, our protagonist, Harper wrestles with her inner demons. Which was a nice break from all the action, and to revel in some character development. Because of this, we never lose Harper in fight scenes, her presence is strong, and you get a real sense of her growth by the conclusion.
Blythe was a nice touch to the story, an antagonist you’re never quite sure is an antagonist. Her presence really added another dimension to ‘Lady Renegades.’
There didn’t seem to be as much comradery between the cast as in the previous books; or the comedic moments, or witty banter for that matter. It’s still there, just lightly sprinkled over the story. And so it didn’t quite have the same feel as I got from ‘Rebel Belle’ and ‘Miss Mayhem.’
It didn’t really feel like much happened in this book. It’s only 264 pages long, and I flew through it. A light-hearted after-school special feel to the narrative and fun dialogue. The pacing pics up towards the end, though I did feel there was a lot of repetition of the situation Harper faced near the finale that was unnecessary. The story felt very predictable, but sweet and I never stopped rooting for what I wanted to happen.
A satisfying end to a fun trilogy. Though lacked the punch of the debut. I felt like I wanted Harper’s journey to be harder and be more complex… maybe because I was left with the impression that the story came to an end way too quickly. But it’s still something I’d recommend to all my friends.