All for You

by Dana Marie Bell

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3.5 stars

I received an e-book from Carina Press via Netgalley. Thank you!

At first, I really didn't know what to make of this book. I disliked the way it started, and felt rather confused by a lot of things. But at the end, I ended up enjoying it and even looking forward to reading the next stories in the series, which I assume will be of Abby and Seth's friends (as already you can detect two upcoming couples).

As I stated above, I didn't like the beginning much. It felt rather stuck and awkward there. Maybe we should've started with Abby, or made the entire thing more interesting and exciting, as we did talk about hunting Shem. But something in it was just missing. The farther I went in the story, though, the better it got.

Abby is the main female character. I liked her enough, even though she cried and shattered a lot, because of the past she overcame. She may not have contributed much to the situation--sometimes making it worse by making a move only an extra on a horror movie set would make--but all things considered she took things better than imagined. The way she reacted to Seth's secret proved she is not a weak kind of person, even if sometimes she seemed that way.

Seth is the main male character. He has this cavemen vibe going on with his protectiveness but as Abby was threatened I think that was understandable. Aside for that he was sweet, kind, sexy and... well, angelic. Pun intended.

I thought the romance of the story was well done. I had some issues with it, such as how fast it happened and how quickly a person as mentally (and physically) scarred as Abby trusted and gave Seth everything, but fact was I only stopped to think about it once - which says something with a person like me, who usually grumbles about these things infinitely.

And about the villain... Okay, seriously, they didn't see it coming? Wasn't in obvious from the moment Seth said he felt something odd about that person, but didn't know what? And if not then, then when he gave Abby the offender's physical description it should've been as plain as day. And yet they were all surprised...

Still, I liked the ending. Abby and Seth were really sweet, and I liked the idea of them raising a family. Hopefully, we'll get a sneak of their lives in future books as well.

As for the writing; for the most part it was good.
Sometimes I got the feeling I was missing something - like a sentence that should've been there wasn't, which was a bit confusing. Sometimes it was a bit hard to follow the times--had time passed? Hadn't it?
Also, I felt the entire deal with the Shem and Nephilim could've been more interesting, and less like a history lesson of some sort. I mean, we're slaying evil. It should be very exciting. Then why did I feel bored at these parts?

When it comes to the general plot line, I liked it as it held enough romance, drama and danger to feed an elephant, but I did have some minor complaints;
I thought the repeating pattern they had going on (i.e stalker breaking in -->they run --> just as they feel safe the stalker strikes again --> they run and so on) could've been spiced up a little. They felt very powerless through most of the story.
Also, I rather thought the 'secret' Abby's family hid about the fire was meaningless. It served no purpose other then putting some strain on Abby and Seth's relationship, and I rather felt the story could've done without it--unless we find out there's something more to that in the next books. In which case, consider this complaint invalid.

On a side note, I really do love the cover. It's so pretty!

All in all, this was a good book to read. Fact was, I found myself reading up to the early hours of the morning, realizing how late--or rather early--it was only when it was half past two am. It was hard to make myself stop reading, but I knew I had to.
First thing I did in the morning was finish the book.