The One and Only

All About Eve #3

by Sophie McKenzie

Eve's dad has sent her to a convent school in Spain to keep her away from Luke. Lonely & miserable back in the UK, Luke finds himself tempted by another girl, Hayley & ends up spending the night with her. Regretting it almost immediately, he hopes Eve will never find out - but then she turns up on his doorstep having run away.

Genres: Romance, Young Adult, Contemporary, Fiction, Childrens

224 pages, Paperback

First published February 2, 2009

About the author

Hey there! Welcome to my Goodreads page where you can keep up with all my stories - both the ones that are already published and the works in progress!!

I write mostly teen thrillers - plus some teen romance, books for younger children and four adult psychological thrillers.

I'm really excited right now because of...

Boy, Missing, my £1 book for World Book Day and Truth or Dare, my new teen thriller. (UK)


For more info on these and my other books, check out my website: www.sophiemckenziebooks.com

Reviews

[kyla ♡ · Rating 1 out of 5]

why was i gifted this trilogy as a 10 year old...

[sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

just finished it and i wouldn't be able to tell you anything that happened

[Megan Birch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing!!! You must read it (if you love romantic books)

I just fall in love with Sophie's books espeically her romance ones!

[bethany · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Katie 🍒 · Rating 2 out of 5]

They so should of broken up

[17hasanc · Rating 4 out of 5]

the book is mostly about eves and luke’s relationship. The book is a series as there’s 3 books to read. I really liked this book as it had me wanting to read more and not stop. The story is happy but also quite sad. The ending of the book wasn’t on a cliff hanger it had an nice ending, in the book eve disappears to spain and luke is one year younger so eve is a bit insecure about it and eve comes back from spain but is trying to hide from her dad. i’d recommend this book to mostly girls at the age around 11-14 as older years might loose interest in it.

[Annie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book after the first series. The story was well connected and the story has taken back some stories from the first series and written in this one. It was enjoyable to read two series that are connected together, especially if you liked it and want to know what happened after the happy ending. The struggles were really exciting and you can't really stop your self when you are reading the climax. In the first series, the girl was mostly was very brave and didn't say much about her. But in this book, it is clearly explained girls feeling and you can see lots of development from her.

[15DaviesE · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good book read the whole series and really enjoyed them all.

[Maisie · Rating 4 out of 5]

easy read

[Adele · Rating 2 out of 5]

Something didn't sit right with this novel for me. I spent the entire read wondering if there was something more; more character development, more plot, more of anything. I felt very let down by the end and I couldn't shake it. Then I worked out via the author's website that it was the third in a series and everything fell into picture perfect clarity.

The character development that I felt was missing...wasn't so much, as it was present in the previous books (I am guessing). Though there were some nice moments, specifically any tense moments between Luke and his mother. And between Luke and Ryan. The storyline I enjoyed the most, it was probably the F-plot, was Luke's issues with his mother's new man in the face of his father's death. Could it be handled better? Maybe, but it was an intriguing idea and I think McKenzie brought some much needed spark to Luke with it's arc. Yet this was undone by the caricature of an angry, overprotective father and the stereotypical gay friend. Sigh.

As for Eve, I didn't see the attraction. I seriously could not see why Luke thought she was perfection incarnate and worth all that bother. I really dislike books that feature romance without sustainable character growth. It's like seeing Barbie and Ken kiss, entertaining for like a second and then you want to remove their heads (or was that just me?) If you aren't going to work the characters more then you need something gruesome, something tragic, something sparkly, something more. I didn't get the more in this novel and it disappointed me because I think McKenzie is capable of it.

I really believe that McKenzie is an author I could like but I think I may have started with the wrong title.

[Eve beinguniquebeingme · Rating 5 out of 5]

As Eve is still in Spain, Luke tries to move on by going out and later losing it to Hayley, a girl who'll turn up again at a lot worse time in the future...



When Eve shockingly runs away from her crazy protective dad, Jonno, the couple are reunited and on the run to Cornwall then London with the help of Alejandro from the previous book.



As Luke tries to hide what he did whilst Eve was away even though he knows it's wrong to, he struggles to stay calm and level headed as his mum sinks into a deep depression, his sister moves out into a flat and leaves school and Ryan for a job and his dad's best friend Matt the Pratt abandons his mum and new responsibility.



A lot of drama sews the seams of this novel together culminating in a full circle of events since the series started. We've seen Luke get the girl, lose the girl and now try to win her back. Eve does seem a lot more grown up compared to in the past book and the run away story theme was fun but a bit too much as they rely on relative strangers to help them out. Overall, the series is a sweet look at how attraction can be super intense and I loved the idea of such a strong intense romance beginning just by one look.



Sweet, intense and unforgettable...

[Geeta Sharma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eve's gone. Luke can't get her out of his mind- he needs a distraction, ASAP, in form of a slinky tight dress and major cleavage.
In a hasty decision, Luke does something he immediately regrets. But to make it worst? Eve's back. And she's ready- to go the next step in their relationship. She thought Luke would wait for her and be her one and only- but apparently not. In a race against Eve's crazy protective father and wanting to stop Eve from finding out about Luke's previous impromptu hook up- how will the two stay together?

[Sabriyah · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't really enjoy this book. And the fact that it came free in a magazine, put me off a little bit. Even though it was the last in a triology, I didn't have any confusion about the characters or plot. It was a pretty simple plot and so I didn't feel much excitement. Also, I didn't like the characters much- I didn't feel any chemistry between the two lovers. I'm quite glad I didn't pay for it to be honest.

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

.....................and justice has been served, love it, it's really sweet, and love the unusual idea of having a guy narrate this kind of book.

I think Eve was getting a little bit annoying by the end of the book but I didn't mind too much.

Luke definitely went through a lot of growth and I couldn't help but feel proud of him as he finally decided to step up and stand up for his mother.

[Hannah · Rating 1 out of 5]

No, sorry, just couldn't get into it. Seems like adult themes written in by a small child. I felt it was just another book trying to convince girls (and boys) that they need to lose their virginity or have sex, just because everyone else is doing it and its what the guy wants. Characters with zero dimensions, they need to grow up and stop trying to make us relate to their ridiculous dilemmas.

[St Stephen's C C]

Eve has been sent away to school in Spain to keep her out of Luke's arms. Lonely without her, Luke turns to someone else...But then Eve turns up, wanting to take their relationship to the next stage. She wants Luke to be her 'first'. She thought she was Luke's one and only - he just wishes she was..

[Leila Alexandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book series! The first chapter I couldn't get into it but the rest of the book I read so quickly and I would read for a few hours and come up and realise the time was 2 hours later instead of 5 minutes. Love the whole series!!!!

[Jo Kitchen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another book I found on my shelf, read in a day to get rid of it! I couldn't have noticed that it was a children's book when I bought it, more like a girly teen romance. It was a good paced story, just not my cup of tea.

[Arnoldis · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved the All About Eve Series! They were awesome, I needed a little girly book and this fed all my cravings. Luke and Eve were amde for each toher! Hilarity ensured!!

[Sam (FallingBooks) · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great conclusion to all of the books! Recommend to all who loves reading!
Romance, jealousy and most importantly love <3 this book has it all!!!!

[Aman · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lot better than the sencond book I must say!!
I wasnt looking forward to reading the last book but after the first few pages I was back to thinking the series was pretty good!!

[Syeda · Rating 4 out of 5]

it was nice :)

[Abbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Final book of the trilogy, and I enjoyed them all! I recommend them and the rest of her books

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simply THE best teenage aimed series I have ever read.

[Charmin · Rating 4 out of 5]

like this book but 1 problem its the 3rd book!!!
really need to read 1 an 2.... :L

[Sophie · Rating 3 out of 5]

read this ages ago, it wasn't bad

[Angell]

I really want to read this because people say it's interesting

[Genevieve · Rating 3 out of 5]

interesting but concerning

[Tjala · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short and Sweet again and a brilliant conclusion!

[June Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely teenage romance, with its ups and downs