Book 2 in the Existence Trilogy
My Summary:
Pagan lived through the car crash when death was supposed to claim her. He just couldn't do it. Death - Dank is in love with her. But breaking heavens rules may have been the easy part because someone else has a claim on Pagan, someone dark even for death. Dank will have to defy hell this time to keep his girl and hell may put up one hell of a fight.
My Thoughts:
4 stars - a great read
Spoilers if you haven't read book 1, Existence.
This sequel to my favorite Abbi book, Existence, has more action and a faster pace. Predestined picks up right where Existence left off. The trip to break things off with Leif never happens because he's disappeared. But we quickly find out the soul-less Leif proves a bigger threat against Pagan than Dank first thought. That has Dank struggling to catch up with the treat, a place he doesn't like to be.
I loved Dank - Dankmar in this book. We get to read from his POV part of the time and I felt like I got to know him better. Still struggling to deal with the emotions that Pagan brings out in him, he particularly doesn't like jealous. He's so cute when he's jealous. Loved seeing that. He also thinks he's the biggest badest thing out there which is oh so cute. There might be a few things that are about as bad - not that Dank is really bad. Anyway, loved seeing from his POV and love Dank.
Another character I absolutely loved was Gee! She is freaking hilarious! I must share one quote that I really did laugh right our loud about!
"Deep breaths, Peggy Ann. Take deep breaths. Don't get his majesty over here raining down hell on all who get in his path because his girl is scared shitless." Page 21
Gee takes on the role of best friend to Pagan and I just loved it. So much fun to have her watching your back.
Speaking of Pagan, she was fabulous too. She had my all time fav quote from the whole book!
"Now it was after six and I swear my big intestines were eating my little intestines." Page 20
I enjoyed the relationship that Pagan and Dank have in this book. There feelings are controlled only by a small problem of her soul releasing when they get too hot and heavy. Can't have that but they do steal some steamy scenes. Pagan struggles as she learns what claims her and faces her only choice with maturity and grace. I as proud of her.
Leif was a paradox to me. He was still sort of the sweet, kind guy from Existence but there was this other side of him that kept peeking out that Pagan needed to be afraid of. He was an interesting character like I've never seen before.
There was a point where I wished for a little more struggle but I really liked the results so I'm happy.
If you read Existence, you so need to pick this one up SOON. If you haven't seen this series before but love Paranormal romance, then this is a great series to start. Abbi just gets romance right.
Just cause I love you guys, I've decided to give away an eBook copy of Predestined to one of my lovely followers. Just follow StuckInBooks and fill-out the rafflecopter below.
Can't wait to see how it goes. And the cover is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteIt's the cover! I totally love how her eyes looks firy. And how her hair falls in waves in front of her face=D Thx for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteAnd here it is :) But I'm not going to read it because of the spoilers. 4 stars is good though :) I think I'll have to move Existence up my list
ReplyDeleteThe cover is really intriguing and the concept of Pagan's soul releasing when she and Dank get too hot and heavy sounds interesting. I loved the first book and have been looking forward to reading this one!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great giveaway!
Wendy @ Escape Into Fiction
I love the cover. The story sounds really interesting and it has really good reviews so far
ReplyDeleteYAY! Glad you liked it, Val! Gee was one of my favs too! She had me LOLing, especially when she had to interact with other humans. So good!
ReplyDeleteOOhh, I love the cover!! Can't wait to get my hands on this book!! Just my book budget says I gotta wait!! Darn!!
ReplyDeleteIt's the cover that drew me in!! It's very eye catching :)
ReplyDeleteI saw the cover and instant thought was I want to read that. Don't care what's it about since the cover is awesome. :D Then I noticed it's the second book, so I guess I need to go get the first...
ReplyDeletei like the cover (like everyone else), but the story itself looks good to me. Go sequels!!!! I love Abbi Glines :)
ReplyDeleteThank you!!!! :)
Alyssa S.
I haven't read Existence yet, but I'm really excited to, and I'm drawn to this series because I find the concept so fascinating! :D I love the idea of Death being so different from what people usually imagine him as. It's so interesting...plus, I've heard fantastic things about this series! :D
ReplyDeleteLove Abbi Glines and I love the idea of Death being in love! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
Leanne
Believe it or not, it's the cover picture. All black and white with that arresting-looking eye, it's GREAT!
ReplyDeleteDefinitelly Gee!! This girl rocks :D I can't wait to start reading this book :) :) I loved the first one! :)
ReplyDeleteI heard good things about the first book. Better get reading so I can fall in love with these characters. Some of the comments were funny! Sounds like a great book.
ReplyDeleteSounds super awesome! I like the cover a lot !:-)
ReplyDeleteIt looks really good and I haven't read any of her books yet but they are on my to-read list.
ReplyDeleteI love the female characters name, Pagan. the cover looks awesome too!
ReplyDeleteI think we may be linked somehow. We post a lot of the same reviews on the same day. LOL! I posted my review today too!
ReplyDeleteEVERYTHING about this book makes me excited for this book! But Dank, especially :)
ReplyDeleteThe story sounds really cool. And the cover is awesome too! :)
ReplyDeleteThe personalization of Death appeals to me..
ReplyDeleteI read The Vincent Boys & I know that whatever Abbi Glines writes is going to be hot. Plus I've read so much good about it from book bloggers.
ReplyDeletei read the 1st book so i can't wait to read the 2nd one. plus the cover looks great
ReplyDeleteFirst of all that's the sequel of Existence and OMG I LOVED that book! Second, the cover*-* and-pssss, have you seen the cover of the third book? ~drops dead~ I cannot.............Oh Cloud *-*
ReplyDeleteThen...there's this little excerpt you shared...about intestines...I'm in!
Love the quote from Gee! Actually giggled a little bit when I read it. Thanks so much for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteHave just found Abbi... need more... please!
ReplyDeleteThanks for opening ebooks internationally!!
The characters make the book sound interesting. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI like the cover but also the summary and exerpt both sound really good also. I cant wait to read it.
ReplyDeleteI like the cover because it looks mysterious. So i really want to read it to find out if it's as good as it looks.
ReplyDeleteThe cover is beautiful and the first book, Existence, was AMAZING!
ReplyDeleteThe premise itself is interesting. I want to find out if Pagan gets to die or what. And I think, Dank is a hot character!
ReplyDeleteeverything- the storyline, the cover,the characters can't wait to read it
ReplyDeleteAmazing cover! I love it :D The plot seems great, I need to read this asap.
ReplyDeleteI love the cover! I mean, I just bought the book of the eyes on it which seem to be able to look through your soul lol :)
ReplyDeletethe cover is awesome! i think it's an interesting read and the plot sounds great too.. i can't wait to read it.
ReplyDeleteThat Pagan and Dank's relationship is moving forward and how Dank is feeling emotions that he hasn't felt before. We saw a little of this in Existence, my favorite being his growl when Pagan and Leif kissed, and I'm definitely looking forward to more of Dank and how he handles his new emotions.
ReplyDeleteI love a good paranormal romance and Abbi Glines is awesome!
ReplyDeleteThat cover is really awesome, and the story line is different then most now a days!
ReplyDeleteAmazing cover can't wait to read it!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to finally read the sequel to Existence. The cover and the plot sound great. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI love the cover and the story sounds awesome.I cant wait to read the book.Thank you
ReplyDeleteAs everyone else said, I love the cover. That usually catches my eye 1st unless I know of the book beforehand.Besides, her eyes are the same color as mine also made me do a double take. The inside sounds unique, death falling in love with his next victim. A different concept of death is always interesting. The fact that I've heard good things about the series always helps too. Thanks for the chance to only have to buy 1 book. ;-)
ReplyDeletethe cover art looks amazing! it soungs like a really good book and i love paranormal romance!
ReplyDeleteI really like this cover. Can't wait to see what happens in this installment!
ReplyDelete