Abandon (The Abandon Trilogy, #1)

by Meg Cabot

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Abandon is the first book by Meg Cabot that I’ve read. I know you must be wondering under what rock I’ve been hiding all this time and honestly I don’t know why I didn’t try one before (I love the Princes Diaries movies ) I don’t know what I was expecting, but Abandon was just okay for me.

It wasn’t very easy for me to identify with Pierce; she was a little too whiny for my taste. I do understand why she acted this way, but to be honest (as my 11 year old “B” pointed to me while listening to the book in the car) if I died and were given a second chance I would be thankful and try to make a difference for others. Pierce has a convoluted sense of right and wrong and can’t seem to trust her parents or anyone else for that matter. I loved John, even though he was rarely in the book at all, which was very disappointing. Other characters, such as Pierce’s mom, her grandmother, Alex, and her uncle Chris, take a second place to Pierce and all her angst.

The plot was very thin for me. I know this is the first book in a trilogy, but it felt like nothing really happened. The writing was beautiful and lyrical, but I have an issue with the cryptic ending of the chapters (phrases like “little did I know that it would happen next”) and with all the flashbacks. I was getting dizzy trying to put together the story in my head while listening to the audiobook.

I am not completely disappointed in the book; I do love mythology, especially Greek mythology. I have high hopes that the next book, (Underworld, to on May of next year) will have more “meat” and something significant will happen, especially since it ended so abruptly with so many unresolved issues.

About the cover: The cover is beautiful; I like the flowers and swirls around the cover and the impression of “abandon” of Pierce.