Abandon

Abandon

Meg Cabot

★★★★☆

            “Everyone wants to believe that there’s something else – something great – waiting for them on the other side. Paradise. Valhalla. Heaven. Their next – hopefully less horrible – life.”

             After the accident that changed her life, Pierce tried to start over. She moved to a new town and started at a new high school, where she made new friends. But as hard as she tried, she couldn’t avoid him. Every time she was in trouble, he showed up and helped her out- then promptly disappeared. As a underworld deity, he could come and go undetected as he pleased, and that’s what got her into trouble the first time, right after she died. The only proof of his existence was a rare diamond necklace he gave her- and the hole he left in her heart. If Pierce falls any further, she might end up spending the rest of eternity in the place she fought to leave and swore to never return….. . his world: The Underworld.

            Abandon is a romance/mythology novel similar to Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini. I enjoyed the adventure of it, but I’m not really much of a romance person so that was the only thing that brought my rating down. To tell the truth, though, the book wouldn’t have been as original without the romance. The storyline sort of follows that of the myth where Hades traps Persephone down in the Underworld, except the plot is way more complicated and interesting, and involves many twists and turns. I really liked how the author complicated the story with the addition of the Furies possessing people and how when you least expect it, something drastic happens.  This book also has really awesome foreshadowing- if you read it more than once you’ll be able to find where Meg Cabot has set the stage for events to come. If you like mythology and romance, you can give this book a try J