Christina and the Rebel Affair Blog Tour Plus Review

I have been following this series ever since Bailey and the Bad Boy was released, and I have loved every single installment. If you have kept up with the series, you would have known why I never expected Christina to be the main character in any of the books in the series. To my surprise, she might be one of my favorite characters in the whole series after this book.

Christina had started having a relationship with a man she had met at a bar named Bennett, and she was happy for the first time in a long time. As she approached her new job, she was shocked to see that one of her new students was Bennett. Making matters worse, he is the boss’s son. If the principal found out what Christina had been doing with his son, she would be fired on the spot and face legal repercussions. But she just can’t seem to stop falling for him, and can’t bring herself to break up with him. Bennett doesn’t want to break up either, so they will just have to be sure to be really careful.

Christina has truly matured from the bratty teenage girl that she used to be at the start of the story. But in that way, all the old characters have matured. Most are married or getting married, and Bailey is pregnant with her first child. She never got into a positive relationship, so now she is in her twenties without a fiancee or husband. To be honest, she doesn’t really sound like she minded being lone before. She was just happy to have Bennett in her corner and was looking forward to being with him for a long time. Then, of course, he turns out to be one of her high school seniors, and things get a little complicated.

Bennett had spent a lot of time with Audrey, protecting her from the judgemental people at school. It got to the point where people thought that they were just dating, and he was happy with that. At least they would leave her alone then. When the woman he’d been seeing outside the school shows up as his teacher. he feels a mixture of emotions. For starters, he still thinks she’s hot. But then he worries about how their relationship will be affected. He can’t bear to lose her.

This book definitely has one of the more interesting relationship dynamics in the series. Even though they aren’t that far apart in age, Christina is older than Bennet by a few years. This series usually worked with boys being older than their girlfriends. I like that Linda makes clear to her audience that all different kinds of relationships can be healthy and positive. Christina never pressured Bennett into anything, and they were pretty good about handling their feelings at school, besides a few slipups.

The plot of this story moved at a steady pace, and I didn’t notice any grammar or formatting errors as I read the advanced version of this book. The one thing I really love about Linda is how she does POV switches so smoothly! There was never a moment where I was thinking “well who is speaking now” and getting frustrated with the storytelling.

I was definitely expecting this to be the last book in the series, but to my surprise, it wasn’t! I can’t wait to read the next installment. Keep up the great work R. Linda!

I received an advanced copy of this book and this is my voluntary review.