Predestined and Leif 2.5 by Abbi Glines

*Audiobook


     This is my second audiobook review for the Existence series.  Predestined answers a lot of questions, which should have made me like this book.  Sadly, the likes were over-shadowed by other aspects.

     Predestined is the conclusion of Pagan and Dank's relationship.  The couple should be busy loving on one another while Dank resumes his responsibility of taking souls from their bodies and passing them on to Transporters (the figures who take souls away to their next lives).  Instead, Leif is back and doing his best to claim Pagan as his own.

      The first thing that turned me away from liking this book is the ambiance.  For some reason, the innocence of the first book vanished, swallowed whole by profanity, sexual innuendo and extreme jealousy!  Dank has turned into the boyfriend from hell!  I don't understand why but it seems as though Dank doesn't care for romance and subtly anymore.  Now that Pagan knows what he is and how Leif isn't quite who he claims to be, it's okay to be nasty and possessive.  Well, they both are possessive.  It's funny, both are bad, but one claims evil over the other.  It's a quality in the book that's a turn off.

     Other than that, I enjoyed Predestined, so much more than the first.  The flashbacks of the tale explained much of the "why's" I carried when reading book one, but I have to state that the entire book was slightly clouded by the narrator yet again.  Liz's voices were so awful, I almost didn't want to finish the series.  Thankfully, I ignored myself and her voices and completed the book.  

     Now Leif 2.0 was  an easy read because more than half the book were already known from Existence & Predestined.  What Leif 2.5 gave was a small glimpse into his thoughts on the situation.  How he'd sought assistance and eventually his decision that made the ending of Predestined.  I will not give anything else away.  Because it did some clarifying, I rate Leif 5/5 specs.  With 3 Specs for Predestined, this evens out to a nice 4/5 specs.
Happy reading everyone!