BOOK REVIEW for "All I Wanna Do Is You" by Dylann Crush

 All I Wanna Do Is You

by Dylann Crush

Published: May 14, 2020

Can he keep his hands off her cupcakes? 

Reagan Campbell's flight just got grounded. She's planned her brother's perfect wedding weekend down to the minute, but her checklist didn't include running into the one guy she's never been able to get over. Only two things stand between her and the Florida Keys: fifteen-hundred miles and the man who broke her heart.

Zach Anderson has a score to settle with Senator Campbell. And running into his daughter, Reagan, gives him just the opportunity he needs. But it'll take more than planes, trains, and automobiles to get her all the way to Florida in one piece. He might not be able to keep his hands off her cupcakes, but will he be able to keep his heart out of the way 

long enough to exact his revenge?

~ BOOK REVIEW for All I Wanna Do Is You ~

****(4) out of 5 Stars

I really enjoyed this relatively light, contemporary, second-chance romance.  Watching the relationship that slowly forms between Zach and Reagan is delightful!  

She is pretty much a by-the-book, planner-in-hand, rule-follower, (who remind me much of myself in that way); but she is also something of a pretentious, ice queen, who hides behind her social status and decorum whenever she feels threatened.  Which is pretty much all the time around Zach!  He makes her feel alive and happy, but also unmoored and vulnerable.  She knows that she's never gotten over him, and is scared to spend too much time in his presence, least she succumb to those feelings again, and get hurt when he once again moves on.

Zach, for his part, doesn't fully realize, at least not right away, how much for a special place Reagan always has and still does occupy in his heart.  Only as they get close to one another again, and start to fall into good, familiar habits, does he finally begin to admit to himself how special she is to him.  When he is finally able to break through the walls she has erected to truly let him in, while helping her to relax and have some genuine fun, that is when he decides that she's worth trying to keep this time.

Unfortunately, there are other players who do not want to see these two get together.  Things get rather ugly for awhile there.  The near end was extremely upsetting to me; just too much angst, drama, and pain for my taste.  Zach and Reagan do finally achieve their happily-ever-after, but it takes them quite some time to get there.  

I was disappointed at how little they discussed the things that drove them apart, both in the past and the present.  I felt like after all the emotional expense of the novel, they needed all of that to be more resolved and settled so that they could truly put it behind them.  And also that Reagan's hurdle that she crosses to go to Zach should have at least been mentioned to him, so that he'd know how much effort she put into being with him.

The writing style was pretty straight-forward and easy, with a good flow of characters and activity.  There were, however,  just a couple of times when the dialogue and actions seemed a bit stilted and slightly off.  The big fight between the major players was one time when this was particularly in evidence.  

This was the first book I've read by this author; and, despite the aforementioned drawbacks, I think I would definitely be willing to try other works of hers in the future.  

I won a free eBook copy of this title from the author in an online contest,

and have willingly provided an honest review.

About the Author:

Dylann Crush writes contemporary romance with sizzle and sass. A romantic at heart, she loves her heroines spunky and her heroes super sexy. When she’s not dreaming up steamy storylines, she can be found sipping a margarita and searching for the best Tex-Mex food in Minnesota.

Although she grew up in Texas, she currently lives in a suburb of Minneapolis/St. Paul with her unflappable husband, three energetic kids, a clumsy Great Dane, a rescue mutt and a very chill cat. She loves to connect with readers, other authors and fans of tequila. You can find her at www.dylanncrush.com.

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