Series Review: Rush by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward

Series Review: Is this series worth your time? Does it get better as the novels progress? Or does it get worse? Find out below:

Synopsis for Rebel Heir (from Goodreads):

How to kick off a great summer in the Hamptons:

Snag a gorgeous rental on the beach. Check.

Get a job at a trendy summer haunt. Check.

How to screw up a great summer in the Hamptons:

Fall for the one guy with a dark leather jacket, scruff on his face, and intense eyes that doesn’t fit in with the rest of the tony looking crowd. A guy you can’t have when you’ll be leaving at the end of the season.

Check. Check. Check.

I should add—especially when the guy is your sexy, tattooed God of a boss.

Especially when he not only owns your place of employment but inherited half of the town.

Especially when he’s mean to you.

Or so I thought.

Until one night when he demanded I get in his car so he could drive me home because he didn’t want me walking in the dark.

That was sort of how it all started with Rush.

And then little by little, some of the walls of this hardass man started to come down.

I never expected that the two of us, seemingly opposites from the outside, would grow so close.

I wasn’t supposed to fall for the rebel heir, especially when he made it clear he didn’t want to cross the line with me.

As the temperature turned cooler, the nights became hotter. My summer became a lot more interesting—and complicated.

All good things must come to an end, right?

Except our ending was one I didn’t see coming.

Series: Rush Duet
Author: Vi Keeland and Penelope Douglas
# of Books: 2 (Full Reading Order Here)
Book Order: Chronological
Complete?: Yes
Genre: New Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Heat Rating: Hot
Point of View: First Person, Alternating
Publication Dates: April 2018 – May 2018
Source & Format: Scribd–Audiobook (#1); Kindle Unlimited–eBook (#2)

Why I Picked it Up / My Expectations:

I’ve had Rebel Heir on my various wishlists for a long time. And I was super excited to listen to it as an audiobook when I saw it was on Scribd. However, I only got to the first book before my trial ended and had to read the finale as an eBook.

I just knew that there was going to be more to this story than broke girl falls in love with her badass boss…and boy was I right!

The Plot:

I’m so glad that this series is a duet because the drama just peaks so well and isn’t dragged out as much as it could have been.

Rebel Heir has a great meet-cute, some great banter scenes and then shit hits the fan. I can usually predict things a mile away but this one got even me!

I found Rebel Heart–because of said “shit”–isn’t as light-hearted and that’s fine. I just found that we rehashed the same sentiments and went in circles a bit (particularly for Rush), which drew everything out.

The Characters:

I liked Gia and Rush as characters. Gia can stand on her own and doesn’t need a man to complete her which is great. And Rush is a big softie beneath that hard exterior.

The Romance:

I loved the banter these two had. Their romance had a slow burn to it where they tow the line, building up the anticipation. But I liked that their relationship wasn’t perfect and that they had to work out their wants and needs instead of falling deliriously in love with it each and everything is right in the world.