Review of Abandon by Meg Cabot
Title: Abandon
Author: Meg Cabot
Publisher: Point
Publication Date: April 26,2011
Page Count: 320 Pages
Where I got it: Publisher for review
Where you can get it: Amazon
How much: List Price 17.99 Hardcover,
Format I read it in:
Challenges: ARC August Challenge, 2013 ARC Reading Challenge
Description/Blurb:
New from #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot, a dark, fantastical story about this world . . . and the underworld.
Though she tries returning to the life she knew before the accident, Pierce can’t help but feel at once a part of this world, and apart from it. Yet she’s never alone . . . because someone is always watching her. Escape from the realm of the dead is impossible when someone there wants you back.
But now she’s moved to a new town. Maybe at her new school, she can start fresh. Maybe she can stop feeling so afraid.
Only she can’t. Because even here, he finds her. That’s how desperately he wants her back. She knows he’s no guardian angel, and his dark world isn’t exactly heaven, yet she can’t stay away . . . especially since he always appears when she least expects it, but exactly when she needs him most.
But if she lets herself fall any further, she may just find herself back in the one place she most fears: the Underworld.
My Thoughts: ★★★★★
So, evidently, I find myself very drawn to series related to mythology. Which is kind of funny because I loved mythology in school, but haven’t really even considered it since then. But this is the second series I have begun reading that ties back to mythology.
The story of Hades and Persephone is a fascinating one, and if you are not familiar, go Google it. Take a minute, I will wait. You will love it, trust me. It speaks to pretty much half of the teen romance out there. Good girl, bad boy, sucked into a whirlwind of I don’t know what. But this is not necessarily a bad thing.
The spin on the mythology is just unique enough to create an interesting story and to suck the reader into the world that Meg Cabot has created without it feeling like there was any effort involved at all. I was so enthralled with the story that played out on the pages that I could not put it down. I just had to find out what was in store for Pierce and for John. I got way more than I bargained for, and you will too. If you have not read this book yet, you really should. It is not often that I this emphatically implore people to read certain titles, but this is one of those cases. I really cannot think of a demographic over 15 who will not enjoy this book. Well, maybe guys in camo in the desert. They might not like it. But other than that, yeah.
The book is full of action, fight scenes, a little bit of romance, angsty teen drama, divorced parents. It really has it all.
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