Whiskey Rebellion by Toni AleoMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Whiskey Rebellion is the 3rd book in Toni Aleo's Taking Risks series. Lena O'Callaghan was raised to be prim and proper, to be a lady yet recently, all she's wanted is to feel alive and to figure out who she really is. She is the “Princess of Mayo” and all the pressure has come to bear on her. Recently some life changing events have had her rethinking things , actually everything she was ever taught or learned from birth. She realizes she wants to be free where she can make choices without it hurting people that she loves. When her past catches up with her, she is spinning out of control by drowning everything in alcohol, drugs and sex. Then right before she gets the summons home to go back to her O’Callahan duties, she meets Jackson. Now Jackson Tremblay is traveling the world and every city he is staying, he finds a job and work until he decides to move to the next city. On his last shift as a bartender in London, he meets with Lena. The connection between them is instant and immediate. After their one-night stand, which ends badly, they both go different directions with regrets and knowing that they won’t be seeing each other again. These two are tortured souls who have had a lot of pain in their pasts. I did like the sweet romance that developed from this contemporary romance. The only issue I had is with Lena. At times she came off as brisk and one dimensional. There was some passion that carried within the story and that was good but I felt the connection between Jackson and Lena didn’t stay the course thru the whole book. I did like the plot and the scenery but Lena and Jackson were not my favorite couple of the series. Even with that, this was still a good story. I was engrossed in if they would make their relationship work when they ended up meeting again after their 1 night stand. I don’t want to go into everything that happens but I will say Jackson is special man who has a complex and sensitive background. He deserved finding that never-ending rainbow. Lena grew on me and by the end of this story, I felt her character had grown enough from when she first started in this story.
My Rating: 4.2 stars *****
“I received an advanced copy of this book from the author at no cost to me."
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