Book Review: Predestined - Abbi Glines

 Title: Predestined (Existence Trilogy #2) - Abbi Glines

Release Date: The edition I have was first published March 30th 2012

Publisher: Self-published

Pages: 300 (ebook)

Goodreads 

You would think after helping save her boyfriend from an eternity in Hell that things would go back to normal. Well, as normal as life can be when you can see souls and your boyfriend is Death. But for Pagan Moore, things are just getting weirder.

The high school quarterback and reigning heartthrob, Leif Montgomery, is missing. While the town is in a frenzy of worry, Pagan is a nervous wreck for other reasons. Apparently good ‘ol Leif isn’t your average teenage boy. He isn’t even human. According to Death, Leif doesn’t have a soul. The quarterback may have skipped town but he’s still showing up in Pagan’s dreams... uninvited.

Dank has known from the beginning Leif wasn’t human. But he hadn’t worried about a simple soulless creature. Now, he realizes he made a grave mistake. Pagan’s soul has been marked since birth as a restitution, to a spirit so dark not even Death walks near it. Dank knows saving Pagan’s soul won’t be easy but Pagan is his. And he’s already proven he’ll defy Heaven to keep her. If Hell wants a piece of him too, then bring it on.

THE COVER  

I have mixed feelings for this one. I love the picture of the girl with those fiery eyes of hers, but the font's not doing it for me.

THE STORY

Let me get it out: I liked Predestined more than Existence. The story flow was way better, and the other characters were expounded. Glines explained the reason why Pagan could see souls, and also Dank's last words in the first book. 

One thing I didn't get was the voodoo world. Was it supposed to be hell, or just an evil dimension?

THE CHARACTERS

Pagan showed some attitudinal improvements; she's tougher and more determined. Unfortunately, she still had to be saved. Why can't Glines make her more able?

As for Dank, he was quite the disappointment in this. He did either of these two things: take souls or save Pagan. Yes, that was it. But he's still swoon-worthy.

And Leif is back! Honestly, if I were Pagan, I would've gone with Leif just to get everything over with.

MY FAVORITE PART was Pagan in the voodoo world. I loved the idea of that place.

RATING: 3/5

(photo and summary from Goodreads.com)