"And, this time, when the storm comes, instead of running from it, I'm going to face it head-on." (Pierce Oliviera)
THE GOOD FATES
⛴ Awaken is the only book in the Abandon series that resembles something that Meg Cabot would write. There's drama, over-the-top unrealistic and awkward moments, fun characters and hilarity.
⛴ Things happen! And yes, I'm going to ignore that the plot starts after 50 or so pages of pointlessness.
⛴ Kayla, who is way more interesting than Pierce.
THE EVIL FURIES
⛴ The Abandon series span over 6-7 days and could have easily been a standalone.
⛴ The insta-lovey relationship between John and Pierce.
⛴ There's a bunch of plot points in Awaken that spring up out of the blue and aren't even mentioned in Abandon and Underworld
⛴ Pierce is supposedly the Queen of the Underworld, but her knowledge of Greek Mythology is extremely limited. After she had a NDE and found out that the Underworld existed, I expected her to read up and find out more about it.
⛴ Pierce doesn't check her necklace, that's supposed to protect her, until she's in the midst of danger and it's too late.
⛴ The final battle against the Furies is anti-climatic.
⛴ Pierce and John making-out while they are in the middle of danger.
⛴ Also, who has conversations in the middle of a life and death battle?!?!? It destroys any feelings of impending doom.
"Time heals all wounds, you know, Miss Oliviera, even in this place." (Mr Graves)