Blog Tour- ABANDON by Meg Cabot

By Meg Cabot

Published by Scholastic

Released on April 26th, 2011

Source- ARC/Book from publisher for review

4 stars- I enjoyed it

Seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera knows what happens to us when we die. That’s how she met John Hayden, the mysterious stranger who’s made returning to normal life—or at least life as Pierce knew it before the accident—next to impossible. Though she thought she escaped him—starting a new school in a whole new place—it turns out she was wrong. He finds her. What does John want from her? Pierce thinks she knows…just like she knows he’s no guardian angel, and his dark world isn’t exactly heaven. But she can’t stay away from him, either, especially since he’s always there when she least expects it, but exactly when she needs him most. But if she let’s herself fall any further, she might find herself back in the place she fears most. And when Pierce discovers the shocking truth, that’s exactly where John sweeps her: The Underworld.

ABANDON is a unique telling of the Persephone and Hades myth with a very unique spin. I loved how Meg combined history and mythology and set her story in modern day. The strong character chemistry, the suspense and mystery and the intriguing John Hayden kept me glued to the pages. Though I struggled with getting into the story for the first part of the book and I fell in love with the second half of the book, so much so that I can't wait for the sequel. Why the change? In the beginning I felt there was a lot of telling and not enough showing. I found it a bit confusing, and sometimes annoying at how often Pierce talked about her experiences and than spent a few pages doing so. It made it hard for me to connect with her character and frustrating since I wanted to get right into the story. I understand that was to build up the plot and the rest of the series.

Pierce isn't a stranger to wealth and privilege, she's grown up in it, and though she's had a great life, everything changes after she dies and comes back. Escapes death is more like. John, the keeper of the Underworld takes Pierce with him, but only being 15 at the time, Pierce does what many teenage girls do, she runs, from death, from John and from the underworld. Her escape has consequences she knows little about. No matter how hard she tries, she can't seem to escape John, or danger for that matter. When ever something bad starts to happen, John is there to save her. Thinking that fresh start will be good for, Pierce's mom moves them back to where she grew up on a remote island in the Florida Keys. It's the last place Pierce thought she'd once again find herself with John and in The Underworld.

John was an intriguing character and someone I wanted to read more about. The only compliant I have with him is I felt he was mentioned more than he appeared in the book. I wanted to get to know his character more. I loved that he became Pierce's keeper and revealed little bits about his role in this unique mythological retelling of Hades. I think Meg has only revealed a tiny little bit about what's to come in her series and I'm really looking forward to reading Underworld. This is my first Meg Cabot book and I'm looking forward to reading more of her books.

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