Name: Only Everything
ISBN: 9781442477186

Kieran Scott

"Eros (aka Cupid) is sent to earth after disobeying the gods and required to match three couples without her powers"--

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Eros has finally found her true love in Orion but her father, Ares, has a bit of a problem with their relationship. You know, what with Orion being a mortal and all. When Ares takes Orion to Zeus, Eros and her mother, Aphrodite, follow and get banished to Earth as punishment. Eros has a limited amount of time to make three true love connections on Earth, all without using her godly powers. Only then will she be allowed to return home to Mount Olympus... and Orion. 

In trying to figure out the best and easiest place to make three quick love connections so she can return home to Orion, Eros, codename True Olympus, decides to enroll in high school. Nothing goes according to plan. She's less than thrilled with life on Earth for a number of reasons. First, and most obviously, is that she misses the love of her life. Secondly, there are so many rules and constricting clothing and strange electronic devices keeping people from making a connection with the people they're with. She's not exactly accepted at school because of her odd behavior and strange sense of fashion, but she does make a couple friends. Without her powers, True is at a loss and has to figure out how to be observant and read people's actions and words. This matchmaking business on Earth is a lot harder without her powers, that's for sure, and her fumbling results in several mismatches.

While I couldn't help but like True and enjoy watching her try to adapt to life on Earth and get back to her own true love, the real standouts for me in this story were Charlie and Katrina. Charlie was one of True's first friends on Earth. He too is new to the school. He's far more interested in music than sports, but finds himself bowing to peer pressure and joining the track team at the urging of his new, popular friends. He has to fit the mold, after all. Katrina is one of the first people True observes at her new school. She seems smart and shy and has a boyfriend who seems like a real creep. She clearly deserves to be treated better than how Ty treats her. I saw Charlie and Katrina as an obvious choice for a pairing, but it takes True a little longer to reach the same conclusion. With the help of Hephaestus (aka Heath), she sets off to right her wrongs and help these two characters find love. 

The beginning of Only Everything grabbed me immediately. I enjoy retellings based in mythology. I thought the book started to drag a little once True was banished, but I couldn't stop reading and I'm glad I didn't. Instead, the book picked up speed and I was hopelessly hooked, reading it from cover to cover in one sitting. The characters were likable and neither they nor the plot were entirely predictable. There were some great funny moments that had me laughing. I enjoyed reading True's flashbacks about her time with Orion. Only Everything wasn't overly romantic, but had some very sweet scenes, particularly in True's flashbacks, that I thoroughly enjoyed. I can't wait for the sequel. Seriously. The cliffhanger at the end? How am I supposed to wait until September to find out what happens? 

I received a copy of this book from the publisher, via Edelweiss, in exchange for an honest review.

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