Review: All I Want by Jill Shalvis

In All I Want, we return the Sunshine, ID for the seventh installment of the Animal Magnetism series. This time we are spending time with Zoe, the sister of Wyatt and Darcy, whom we have met and seen glimpses of in previous books. We meet a new character, Parker, who is a college friend of Wyatt’s and needs a temporary place to stay while he is in town for work and a sabbatical.

The glimpses we have seen of Zoe previously really haven’t told us too much about her, so reading All I Want was really like reading a completely stand-alone novel about two brand new characters, a fact I enjoyed.

Ms. Shalvis delivers exactly what her fans have come to expect from her in terms of characters. Zoe is a smart, somewhat snarky heroine who is slightly wounded by life, but is determined to make her way. Parker is a sexy, alpha male in law enforcement who ends up being blindsided by love. The cast of secondary characters isn’t huge and honestly, they mainly add color and a little more detail about our hero and heroine. Watching Parker’s interactions with his sister and the kittens told us a lot about who he is as a person. I loved the little things he did for Zoe from the moment he met her, you just knew he was a great guy.

Zoe and Parker are a fun couple to spend time with and you really root for them as the story moves along. There is more of an action/suspense element to this story and it was a fun addition. There are no surprises in All I Want, but for me, it is one of the stronger entries into the Animal Magnetism series.