Eve of Destruction picks up where the cliffhanger from the first
book left off, with Eve recovering from her encounter with a Dragon
Infernal. Now it's time for training. You would think that after
the first book where she was Marked and sent on a mission with no
training whatsoever, that she would be happy to be finally getting
some. But she isn't. Because of her relationship with Cain and
Abel, and the circumstances of her Marking, the reception she gets
from the rest of her class is less than friendly. Now she is out on
a week long training session at an abandoned military base and
teamwork is not exactly on everyone's agenda. When her fellow
students start turning up dead, it becomes a matter of life or
death to get to find out who is responsible.
This is a good follow-up to the first book. The story has a few
twists and it is interesting to read how things get tied together.
I like Eve. She is a strong character. She accepts her Marking, but
reluctantly. She certainly never planned to be a demon hunter
Marked by God and she would much rather be home working on her
interior design career. But, since she can't she is willing to try
and make the most of things. And things are rather complicated. She
loves Alec (Cain), but she has feelings for Reed (Abel) too. The
messy triangle of emotions as well as the novel idea of heaven's
bureaucracy involved in the fight against evil helps make for an
interesting story.