Abandon is an amazing book by Meg Cabot. She retells the Persephone myth in a modern teenage version. This book is a fun mixture of fiction and non-fiction. Bringing facts from mythology into the book. This book is young-adult, so there are a few kisses.
The story of Persephone is a story in Greek mythology. This book is mainly about love, obsession, death. Hades fell in love with the Goddess of Springtime's teenage daughter, Persephone. Hades then kidnapped her and took her to the Underworld. He thought that if he did this, she would love him forever. Persephone's mom went and made an offer with Hades to let her go.
How would you feel if you died, then came back to life? In Abandon, Pierce Oliviera knows exactly what it's like. She dies and finds herself in between heaven and hell. This is the place where her fate will be decided. In this place she meets a handsome god of the Underworld and his name is John. When her body is finally revived, she can only think about him.
Pierce moves to a new town and finds herself having problems fitting in. The really weird thing about this new place is that she keep seeing John all over the place. Things are bound to get interesting.
This book is very interesting. The in-between world sounds really interesting. This book really gives me a different look at what could happen when you die. Coming back to life once you are dead might make me a little crazy, just like Pierce. I liked the character. She seemed to keep her feelings to herself, just like me.
Even though this book changes the way most people have been taught about death, I couldn't put this book down. I give this book an A+. I have always been a fan of Meg Cabot and after reading this book, I have to say this was her best!
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This book sounds really cool, i totally am going to read it.
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