PIERCE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO DIE.
BECAUSE SHE'D DONE IT BEFORE.
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 some 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.
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==After seeing Meg Cabot books showing up in my usual book haunts, I thought about giving her a try. But it was another series entirely. I was unsure still to start a new author just for the sake of moving on in my reading. But when I saw Abandon, it was book love at first sight. I knew...this was the one for me.
I was excited to start this book. I do have to say that it isn't an easy transition into the book reality. I took me quite a few chapters before things started to make sense. It did get frustrating when the author kept certain past details still a secret. It's was like we were halfway through the book already, just spill it!
I liked John very much. From the first encounter, to the Underworld. Pierce seemed a little ditzy, but it was ok because she was so young (15) and probably a tree hugger. The story was going well until the scene in the cemetary in the beginning of the book. She would flash back so much that you forgot about the moment you were in. A very intense and angry passionate moment. By the time you got back to real time, it dimenished the emotion that was there. The part of him kicking in the gate and throwing her out was weak because of lost intensity of the moment.
I didn't care for the subplot. The popular kids and her cousin's beef with them. It seemed like an afterthought to tie in a second book. I was actually really disappointed with the ending of this book. I thought the story in Book 1 could of been so much more. The author doesn't need to quote Ice Cube in her book just to connect with the audience she is trying to reach out to. That only makes her seem like she is trying too hard and she shouldn't want to channel the "House of Night" series. Blah..
Overall, I like the story. I want to read more. I just hope the author gives it the passion it deserves. Don't dumb it down. Give us the pain and the love. It's death...afterall.==
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