Comments on: ABANDON by Meg Cabot

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 00:53:46 +0000

I have this sitting in my TBR stack right now. I started with her non-YA book "Insatiable" and that is pretty good so far. Like you, I've noticed a big influx of myth-inspired stories in the YA market this year. That and mermaids. Perhaps these are the new vampires and werewolves? In any case, if done well, it can work. Have you read Avalon High? That was also Meg Cabot, I think, and I felt about that the same way you feel about this one.

Great review 😀

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:57:48 +0000

I've never really look forward to reading this book, but now I probably will. Well, I'm not sure, but I might give it a try!

By: BURIED IN BOOKS

BURIED IN BOOKS — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:36:01 +0000

Great review of Abandon! I enjoyed this one, but I too was confused in the beginning. That style of telling a story in flashback doesn't work real well in paranormal like this unless you give the whole sequence I think. The hints, they just didn't help. But it also made it more intriguing, because told straightforward, it might have been boring. What 's an author to do?

I like Pierce, too. Though she did some stupid things. And I loved John. He wasn't really much like Hades to me. I'll be waiting for the sequel. I don't know how the secondary characters fit into the myth if at all, they just seemed like the typical users to me.

Loved the review!

Heather