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14 out of 14 people found this review helpful.

I give it 4.2 Stars

This book was not amazing but it's pretty good. I have to say first one of the things I didn't like about this book. This book was slow. Like I'm already reading half the book and there still on the same day. It the whole book only 2 days pass. I mean really, if this book was turned into a movie it would probably be rushed since it's only based on two days. I did like the ending and I did like the romance between Jhon and Peirce.Looking forward for the next book called underworld. Although I hope the next book has more romance and adventure. This book was good but lacking in all themes that I like. Romance, Action, and Adventure. I don't highly recommend it but I guess I kinda recommend it. I mean it wasn't the worst and it wasn't bad but then again it was great or amazing. It was just...good.

8 out of 9 people found this review helpful.

I have hope for the next book....

** spoiler alert **

I really wanted to love this book. I adore Meg Cabot. Fantasy is currently one of my favorite genres. Cabot's Mediator series is one of my all-time favorites, and her Twlight (last book in that series) beats the "other" Twilight any day of the week, in my opinion. However, the first book in her new series, Abandon, just didn't quite do it for me.

For the most part, it was the main character, Pierce. I really didn't like her for most of the book. She was quick to judge, never knew when to keep her mouth shut, and just was generally all-around self-absorbed and unlikeable. It is a complete mystery to me how John ever fell in love with her in the first place, let alone stayed that way. And her switch from never wanting to see him again to total blissed-out in love with him? Where did that even come from?

I'm hoping she'll calm down, cut the drama, and be more likeable in the next two books. I'll keep reading the series, but it will be more for Meg and John than for Pierce. Quite frankly, I was almost wishing he'd left her to the furies toward the end there. My favorite part was when he just calmly read his book while she threw her major hissy fit...I was totally with him on that one. Ugh. Get over it, chickie.

5 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

YA Sisterhood Review: Swoon-worthy!

Reviewed at: YA Sisterhood Book Blog
Release Date: April 26th, 2011 (Get your Pre-Order on, kids)
The Sisters say: Spooky, Swoon-worthy, and Scintillating

Abandon all hope ye who enter here?

Try abandon those attempts at sleep and read this book in one sitting!

It's hard to remember the first YA book I read that captured me all those years ago, but I do remember the first YA paranormal romance I ever read, and that was The Mediator series by Meg Cabot. If you have a thing for ghosts, especially swoon-worthy Spanish ones, you should check it out. I feel a little bit as if Meg Cabot has come full circle with her latest book. The Mediator featured ghosts stuck in the world of the living, while Abandon features a young girl, who faces the prospect of being stuck in the Underworld.

Pierce's story is told in pieces throughout the book with the past and present interwoven, but this much you glean early on-Pierce died, and in the Underworld she attracts the attention of John-the keeper of the Underworld. He's not quite Hades, but rather has inherited this job. Pierce was determined to get back to her old life, and she succeeds, but John has to pay the price.

Things I loved about the book:
1. Once again. Greek Mythology. In case you can't tell-we love the Greeks here at YA Sisterhood! When I heard that this book was a re-telling of the Persephone myth, I was a bit reluctant to dive right into it honestly. I'd just read the Goddess Test (See our previous review) and I wasn't sure that I wanted to read two books with the same plot within a two-week period. But they couldn't be more different! I would say Abandon is only loosely inspired by the Persephone myth. This story is entirely it's own.

2. John. I liked scary, keeper of the underworld John. I liked sweet "I talk to children" John. I liked strong, dangerous "I ride a giant horse, don't mess with me" John. And I LOVED "I suffer endlessly because of you, but I don't care" John. I just loved John. John. John. John. (I'm hoping he'll be like Beetlejuice and suddenly appear when I say his name three times). John really made this book for me. Pierce was an interesting narrator, and I enjoyed her story, but John had all my attention. He is at once profoundly human and utterly inhuman. He gets the worst of both worlds. He experiences all the pain and suffering of the human world (more so, in fact), but has the detached, hardened emotions of someone who controls where you go in the afterlife. And he has the immortality of the gods, which only gives him longer to stew in his loneliness. I can't wait for the next book to learn more about him-how he became the keeper of the Underworld and what he had to go through after Pierce left.


3. The setting in the Florida Keys. When I think Florida Keys-I think sunshine and summer and bikinis and fun. This book had all of that, but it also had a layer of darkness and danger. The setting was lush and decadent and fascinating.

4. The twists! Oh, the twists!!! I can't tell you much more except that it's pretty. twisted.

I've seen some people complain that the book takes too long to get going. And it's true, that you don't really get the full story of what exactly happened to Pierce until fairly late in the book, but I actually liked the mystery. It was like puzzle-Meg Cabot gives you these little patchwork pieces, and the intensity only builds as the pieces start to fall into place.

I, for one, am ecstatic with Meg Cabot's return

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

BookWhisperer Review: Abandon

As a young woman I was introduced to a wonderful series that grabbed me, and led me onto this wonderful journey of reading. That wonderful series was the Mediator Series by Meg Cabot. When I heard the Meg Cabot had immersed herself further into the genre with a new series I knew that it was a must read for me. Abandon is proof that this author has done it yet again. Cabot is a born writer with the ability to carry readers on a journey that they will never forget. Most of Cabot works surround the teenage girl romance and drama, but Abandon does not show any reflection of the books that many have come to love from this author.

Abandon was a mixture of romance and fantasy that will satisfy both fan bases without question. Pierce is a bright and innocent character that seems to draw danger. Since her unexpected encounter with John is seems that danger and his mystery seems to lurk around every corner. Pierce senses danger, but finds herself in constant turmoil with her true feelings for this dark and dangerous man. The story seems to jump in right in the middle. While the story continues to progress the readers will learn about the past through various memories of the main character. The intensity of this novel was slightly lacking, but I contribute that to the storyline and feel that the next book has potential to overcome this slight challenge. With John remaining such a mysterious for the larger part of this book; I believe that it was fairly impossible to focus on the relationship between our main characters in the book alone. Upon conclusion is appears that future books will overcome the mysterious and unknown boundaries, and offer some much more the romance lovers. With such an inventive storyline readers can savor the originality of this story in such a rapidly growing genre.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Read.read.READ!!!

If you dont get this book ur an idiot.it is the GREATEST!!!!!!!!

Ok

Ok

Amazing

Couldnt put it down

Abadon

Abadon Good things and not good things i love idea of it thow

The best book ever

I love this book sooooo much i cant wait for the next one which is called Underworld. I highly suggest this book

Next book

Next book comes out in may i think :) cant wait

Take it or leave it

At first this book started off great! it was an interesting idea and I was really interested and engaged with this book. Yet as the book progressed it got really confusing with the flashbacks Pierce has, and her time spent with this mysterious stranger (you find out later who he really is). The flashbacks would have been much better if they actually were related to the present day events but they just seemed to be a rehashing of memories. Even so, it feels it’s all jumbled and it’s makes the reading awkward. I also had a hard time liking Pierce. She was like a wooden doll with hardly any feeling or form and to be blunt, she just seemed so blah. Nothing exciting at all. I didn’t quite understand her relationship with John Hayden. It was like she liked him, but then she steered clear away from him. Although he ends up saving her from several horrible experiences, she just wants to get away from him as if he’s the plague. Ok. I supposed there’s not a problem with that but if they’re supposed to be the romance couple here, the chemistry seems way off and it just feels like it’s not there. Even the rules of ‘Opposites Attract’ does not work here. Pierce just seemed so wishy washy half of the time I ended up not really liking her in the first place. The plot itself was okay. Although it’s supposed to be somewhat similar to the Hades and Persephone myth you don’t see much of it except for some parts here and there. Even so, it’s does not seem well put and just feels like a cut and paste job, with a lot of fluff in between. It does pick up in the end though, and it’s interesting enough for me to wait for the second book, but I am not in a real rush to get it. I’d say take it or leave it with this one. I have not read Meg Cabot’s books before but fans of her might like this book more than I did. Those who want a better rendition of the Hades/Persephone myth, try The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter.

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When is she going to wright the next book?!? Grr....

Meg Cabot!!

She has done iit again!! Luv it......wwhen does underworled come out????

Best eve

When does underworld come out?

HUH??

I absolutley fell in love with this insatiable love story. Every time John kissed Pierce i wished i was in her shoes. I imagine him as a dark prince with a soft side. If you love strong plots, goregeously written romance tales and beautiful tradgedies then this book is deninetely for ya

Sooo good!

This book was really good i loved it all the way through.

It was great - rach-*

I loved what iread

Loved it

Best one yet!

Can not wait until under world comes out!!!! BEST ONE YET!!!!!!