Review: All of You by Dee Tenorio
THE LONNIGANS BOOK 1: ALL OF YOU
Dee Tenorio
ISBN: 978-1-60504-983-0
April 6, 2010
Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Erotica/Contemporary
eBook
Jessica Saunders is not happy with her relationship with Lucas, but just when she decides to end things, Lucas suddenly turns into a man she cannot resist. She soon learns that Lucas is not Lucas, but his twin brother Kyle.
Kyle is a man used to charming woman and getting what he wants and what he wants is Jessica. Unfortunately Jessica doesn’t want him, so Kyle must use all his wiles to convince Jessica that they could have a future together.
I really enjoyed reading ALL OF YOU. I’ve seen Ms. Tenorio around the internet and social networking sites before but this is the first book of hers that I read.
What I loved:
- The humor in ALL OF YOU was wonderful. There were several moments inside the story where I howled with laughter. I appreciated that. ALL OF YOU really took me away, which is what you want when you pick up a romance novel.
- The hero Kyle and this twin brother Lucas were both compelling characters that I’d love to get to know better. I loved the fact that they didn’t have the typical brother relationship, especially as they were twins. They each had distinct personalities, yet I could tell they came from the same family.
- Jessica’s assistant was original and well drawn-out. I really loved her as a character.
The characters of ALL OF YOU were original and really made me keep turning the pages to see what’s happening next.
What I thought could be improved:
- The whole suspense sub-plot involving Daniel seemed contrived to me. I can’t tell you without spoiling the plot (think mistaken impressions and the DEA). I felt it didn’t add to the story or to Jessica and Kyle’s developing relationship and could’ve been lifted from the book without anything being missed.
- Jessica struck me as not as well-drawn out as Kyle or even his twin brother. I think if a little more back-story was woven into her character, even if it was only a sentence or two that would’ve made me feel more empathy for Jessica as a character. You didn’t get an explanation for her actions until half-way through ALL OF YOU and in my humble opinion, that shouldn’t have been the case. When you do understand her back-story, I felt that it was too heavy-handed. I literally felt that violins should have been playing in the background. I wanted to shout “get over it, everyone has crappy lives and people had it worse than you. Besides you’re not a kid anymore, it’s time to think like an adult and not a sullen teenager.” But that could’ve been just me.
Overall: I loved ALL OF YOU but thought the heroine Jessica was too wishy-washy. She reminded me of a heroine in a YA romance instead of a grown woman in an erotic romance novel.
