Existence (Existence, #1)

by Abbi Glines

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Not too long ago I read Breath by Ms. Blines and absolutely loved it, therefore I quickly became a fan and purchased her latest book. Existence is a paranormal read and it was fascinating.


I am a little ambivalent about Pagan (strange name, right?), on one hand she had to deal with seeing souls all her life and learned to cope and overcome this (I probably would be crazy in no time!). On the other hand she is a “normal” teenager full of insecurities and in the middle of a love triangle. The other two points of said triangle are Dank and Leif (even stranger names, right?). Although at first Pagan thinks that Dank is a soul, he ends up being something different altogether, I really liked Dank, his self-sacrifice and protectiveness of Pagan were very touching. Leif was too perfect for me, he is in the football team, and he’s handsome, smart, as I said, too perfect. Pagan had a very caring, if somewhat absent, mother that took care of her.


The plot is original. I have two observations to make about the novel: (1) It was too mysterious; by this I mean that we were left with hardly any information to go by to understand what was going on; and (2) I did not like the part where Pagan needs treatment. I understand why it happened, but I didn’t like it much. Also, what on earth was up with the ending! This is a cliffhanger of the cruelest nature; the wait to know what come next is, as I said, cruel! Predestined, the next book in the series, will be published next April.


About the cover: It is a lovely cover. Those eyes are something else, the embrace, the “fog” at the bottom, it all works perfectly.