All My Life by Prescott Lane Release Date: October 10, 2018
All My Life, an all-new standalone contemporary romance by Prescott Lane.
The beginning of any love story starts with the meet.
I’ve known Garrett Hollis since before I can remember, and I’ve loved him just as long. I loved him while he loved someone else. I loved him when he had a baby with her. I loved him when she left him.
The greatest of love stories is that between a dad and his daughter. I should know. I’ve had a front row seat. First steps, first words, all the big moments.
Garrett was just a teenager when Mia was born. I’ve watched him braid his daughter’s hair, hold her hand crossing the street, seen her asleep on his chest. I’m the best friend, the one they can count on for everything from dance lessons to motherly advice, anything they need. I’m their go-to girl.
The best part of any love story is the happily ever after.
But what if the happily ever after doesn’t include you?
All my life, that’s how long I’ve loved him.
Of course, he’s clueless.
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Review:
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
All my life is a so-so book for me and leans towards the bad side. First I wanna begin saying that Mia, Garrett's daughter has just graduated from high school and she is not a little girl like the cover suggests. That was strike one. I love the idea of the cover, but it doesn't represent what's inside. Devlyn spends a lot of time been a doormat. I wouldn't have waited 20 years for Garrett especially after finding out that he has a regular hook-up date with another woman. She was pinning for a family and I felt like they didn't deserve her. She was like a mother to Mia and I got the feeling that Mia never thought of her as her mother, but more like an aunt who is not that important. I would have loved to see the two women spend more time together and letting the reader see first hand the relationship they had, instead of just telling us. For 96% of the book, I felt like Devlyn was unappreciated and deserved more. I wanted to see her go through her plan and making the others work hard to get her back. Garrett hasn't felt something more than platonic for her and then one day suddenly he gets a hard-on for her and that's it. I wanted and expected more from him. He could at least have given it a thought in the past years.
And then came the final nail to the coffin. A big unwanted return of a character. From the moment she arrived one word was on my mind and on the pages. Drama. Drama, drama and more drama were my only thoughts then and that was the reason I ended up disliking the book more than liking it. It felt out of place and for me, it stole precious pages from a possible development in Devlyn's relationships with the people in her life. Did we really need all that drama? The answer is no. For one, things could have gone a lot better if all parties were sensible. I can only guess some of the motives a couple of characters had and that bugs me.
The first 40-50% of the book was good and it saved the book from being a disaster for me and hence the 3 stars instead of 2.I was expecting a different story from the one we got. Like one where the heroine is appreciated for her work and presence, but that didn't happen...
Excerpt:
As far as dates go, this one has been good. I like her. She’s attractive, funny, smart, seems to have her head on straight. All the boxes are checked. This should be the point where I kiss her, ask her out again. I should be devising ways to get in this woman’s panties, but instead I’m thinking more about yanking down the tutu of one very sexy Biscuit Girl. I should be thinking about how to get this woman to fall for me, but it’s me that’s fallen. I should have one thing on my mind, and I do — Devlyn.
There’s just one big ass problem. She’s my friend. I can’t go there. There are so many reasons why I can’t go there. The town would have a field day. We’d have no privacy. Everyone would have an opinion. If we broke up, where would I get a decent cup of coffee? How would Mia react to this? Then there’s Scott, who’s actually the least of my concerns. Devlyn seemed pretty sure it was over, and if it’s not, I plan on convincing her.
I don’t want to lose Devlyn.
Staying friends guarantees her in my life. Dating her doesn’t.
Love doesn’t come with a guarantee.
Love is a risk. I used to be a risk taker, but teenage fatherhood buried that part of me. Stability became the name of the game. It had to. I look towards her diner, wondering if she’s back.
About Prescott Lane: Prescott Lane is the Amazon best-selling author of Stripped Raw. She's got seven other books under her belt including: First Position, Perfectly Broken, Quiet Angel, Wrapped in Lace, Layers of Her, The Reason for Me, and The Sex Bucket List. She is originally from Little Rock, Arkansas, and holds a degree in sociology and a MSW from Tulane University. She married her college sweetheart, and they currently live in New Orleans with their two children and two crazy dogs. Prescott started writing at the age of five, and sold her first story about a talking turtle to her father for a quarter. She later turned to writing romance novels because there aren't enough happily ever afters in real life.
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