katherina_lei's review
4.0
By the end, I liked it. Jag and Zenn were not my favorite narrators, but I actually began to like and appreciate Zenn and his internal struggle, and I loved his character by the end of the book. I loved the theme of right versus wrong and the balance of making moral and logical decisions. Yes, this book was sad. Heartbreaking really, but what is to be expected in a book about a war. There were times I was not so enthralled, and there were moments I didn't love Abandon, but at the end if the day I did. I do wish we got to see a bit more of Raine and Gunner, but that's just because I love them too much!
pollyroth's review against another edition
3.0
So, I bought this book with the expectation of the proper reunion of Vi and Jag and the elimination of the threat that was threatening to tear them apart. Because, really even though I absolutely loved the series, the plots were completely romance driven and action always came second to romance. So, if you read the book with that expectation, it failed. However, if you go in with the expectation the first book held, I would give it maybe an 80%. And because of the first two books, I went in with the first expectation and was disappointed.
Jag and Zenn narrate this book. Jag is frustrated with running the resistance and is plagued by nightmares of what happened those eight months he disappeared. Zenn is devastated by Vi's rejection and can't decide between free or functioning. And between these two polar opposites, you'd think the POV would be covered, right? But it's not. It's missing what's been gone since book two...Vi's perspective. Funny, witty, sarcastic, rash, ill-tempered Vi. I missed her and found Jag and Zenn too serious and too.....guyish. I missed the female relation I had with Possession and Surrender. I missed the funny thoughts Vi had. I missed a character feeling soo pissed off the page was just filled with rage. The thing is, I probably could have dealt with all this lacking had she been more present in Jag and Zenn's POV. But she was rarely seen which left me with no choice but to miss her.
This book also lacked the romance I was hoping for. Jag and Vi are rarely together, and when they are they're fighting over something ridiculous. We get maybe one or two passionate makeout scenes and other than that, nothing. And I don't mean to sound improper or anything, but I was hoping for a sex scene between them after the steaminess of their relationship in Possession. Then since neither Gunner or Rain's POV are shown in this book and their interactions with the characters whose POV is is limited, we don't see any of them either. Then the relationship between Zenn and whatshername is just too forced and not needed to be any supplement.
My only other problem with this book is the fact that the final battle was too confusing. The two POVs kept changing so quickly that a lot of the action was lost. Zenn was delirious almost making what happened to him unknown until the final pages of the story. And Jag's POV was switched to frequently to have created a real battle. I will say though; after so few people dying in the first two books, I did find the amount who died in this book much more believable, and it kind of broke my heart.
I think the reason this book only got three stars was that after creating five main characters in the first two books and only representing really two of them in the final, I was left with a lot of unanswered questions and yearned for more. And I seriously would have loved an epilogue Elana Johnson! It's only like three more pages!
Jag and Zenn narrate this book. Jag is frustrated with running the resistance and is plagued by nightmares of what happened those eight months he disappeared. Zenn is devastated by Vi's rejection and can't decide between free or functioning. And between these two polar opposites, you'd think the POV would be covered, right? But it's not. It's missing what's been gone since book two...Vi's perspective. Funny, witty, sarcastic, rash, ill-tempered Vi. I missed her and found Jag and Zenn too serious and too.....guyish. I missed the female relation I had with Possession and Surrender. I missed the funny thoughts Vi had. I missed a character feeling soo pissed off the page was just filled with rage. The thing is, I probably could have dealt with all this lacking had she been more present in Jag and Zenn's POV. But she was rarely seen which left me with no choice but to miss her.
This book also lacked the romance I was hoping for. Jag and Vi are rarely together, and when they are they're fighting over something ridiculous. We get maybe one or two passionate makeout scenes and other than that, nothing. And I don't mean to sound improper or anything, but I was hoping for a sex scene between them after the steaminess of their relationship in Possession. Then since neither Gunner or Rain's POV are shown in this book and their interactions with the characters whose POV is is limited, we don't see any of them either. Then the relationship between Zenn and whatshername is just too forced and not needed to be any supplement.
My only other problem with this book is the fact that the final battle was too confusing. The two POVs kept changing so quickly that a lot of the action was lost. Zenn was delirious almost making what happened to him unknown until the final pages of the story. And Jag's POV was switched to frequently to have created a real battle. I will say though; after so few people dying in the first two books, I did find the amount who died in this book much more believable, and it kind of broke my heart.
I think the reason this book only got three stars was that after creating five main characters in the first two books and only representing really two of them in the final, I was left with a lot of unanswered questions and yearned for more. And I seriously would have loved an epilogue Elana Johnson! It's only like three more pages!
mer_dont_care's review against another edition
3.0
Alright my second middle school me YA series of the year finished. Definitely better than the one I read around the holidays, but still kinda meh. The characters were more interesting than I remember, but still weird POV changing and a lot of plot lines that didn’t get wrapped up. Also, the ending was so dumb!!!
l1brarygirl's review
2.0
Okay third book. Vi made me angry about her choice and Jag annoyed the heck out of me. I really wish there was a better ending for Zenn and the open-ended ending leaves much to wonder on the idea of a functioning vs. a free society.
mournfulbliss's review against another edition
1.0
Book one was hokey, book 2 focused on two different characters, and book 3 focused on 2 other characters. All in all, this series was interesting, but not interesting enough to keep me reading day after day.
emslovestoread's review
2.0
I think my biggest problem in reading this series was the amount of time from book 1 to book 3. I read the first book clear back in 2011 when it first came out. I didn't read the second book until 2015. Those four years made a huge difference in my reading tastes, and I feel like I was a lot harder to please.
This is basically how Abandon played out for me:
Vi: Let's go save stuff!
Zenn/Jag: waaaaaaaa, I looooooooooovvvvvvvve her.
V: Quit trying to protect me!
Z/J: waaaaaaaa, I looooooooooovvvvvvvve her.
V: Stop mooning over me.
Z/J: waaaaaaaa, I looooooooooovvvvvvvve her.
And so it goes. I felt like this was a huge collection of male angst. Okay, great on you for breaking the stereotypes and having male characters so in touch with their feelings. At the same time, BARF. I got SO TIRED of being part of their whiny angst and feelings all over the place. Let's just get the job done without the whining, mkay?
This is one series that I will not be keeping. It's going on the weed-out list.
This is basically how Abandon played out for me:
Vi: Let's go save stuff!
Zenn/Jag: waaaaaaaa, I looooooooooovvvvvvvve her.
V: Quit trying to protect me!
Z/J: waaaaaaaa, I looooooooooovvvvvvvve her.
V: Stop mooning over me.
Z/J: waaaaaaaa, I looooooooooovvvvvvvve her.
And so it goes. I felt like this was a huge collection of male angst. Okay, great on you for breaking the stereotypes and having male characters so in touch with their feelings. At the same time, BARF. I got SO TIRED of being part of their whiny angst and feelings all over the place. Let's just get the job done without the whining, mkay?
Spoiler
Also, the ending ticked me off. There is no good reason why Zenn had to die. NONE. By that point, he's coming to terms with everything that's happened, his lack of relationship with Vi, and he's even got a new girlfriend (also, what kind of name is Saffediene?!?!? It's not quite up there with Renesmee on the scale of awful, but it's close). It was so clear though, from the beginning of this book, that this was the direction his story was going. That bugs me to no end. He didn't NEED to make a grand gesture like he did. I feel like it was a huge plot device to make absolutely sure that Vi and Jag got their HEA. No fair.This is one series that I will not be keeping. It's going on the weed-out list.
candide_woodard's review against another edition
4.0
This was definitely my favorite out of the Possession series. Although I wish it had an epilogue, I was still impressed.
stinkerbellen's review against another edition
3.0
The ending was a bit too abrupt. I preferred this pov to the middle book but again I felt cheated with the characters of the second book, they didn't get enough 'booktime'. It was a good book and I did like the ending, at least to some extent. But yeah, well.... I've read better.
lpcoolgirl's review against another edition
5.0
Oh, what a great ending! Really enjoyed it, but going to be sad to say goodbye to the characters!
paulinrr's review against another edition
3.0
So, I bought this book with the expectation of the proper reunion of Vi and Jag and the elimination of the threat that was threatening to tear them apart. Because, really even though I absolutely loved the series, the plots were completely romance driven and action always came second to romance. So, if you read the book with that expectation, it failed. However, if you go in with the expectation the first book held, I would give it maybe an 80%. And because of the first two books, I went in with the first expectation and was disappointed.
Jag and Zenn narrate this book. Jag is frustrated with running the resistance and is plagued by nightmares of what happened those eight months he disappeared. Zenn is devastated by Vi's rejection and can't decide between free or functioning. And between these two polar opposites, you'd think the POV would be covered, right? But it's not. It's missing what's been gone since book two...Vi's perspective. Funny, witty, sarcastic, rash, ill-tempered Vi. I missed her and found Jag and Zenn too serious and too.....guyish. I missed the female relation I had with Possession and Surrender. I missed the funny thoughts Vi had. I missed a character feeling soo pissed off the page was just filled with rage. The thing is, I probably could have dealt with all this lacking had she been more present in Jag and Zenn's POV. But she was rarely seen which left me with no choice but to miss her.
This book also lacked the romance I was hoping for. Jag and Vi are rarely together, and when they are they're fighting over something ridiculous. We get maybe one or two passionate makeout scenes and other than that, nothing. And I don't mean to sound improper or anything, but I was hoping for a sex scene between them after the steaminess of their relationship in Possession. Then since neither Gunner or Rain's POV are shown in this book and their interactions with the characters whose POV is is limited, we don't see any of them either. Then the relationship between Zenn and whatshername is just too forced and not needed to be any supplement.
My only other problem with this book is the fact that the final battle was too confusing. The two POVs kept changing so quickly that a lot of the action was lost. Zenn was delirious almost making what happened to him unknown until the final pages of the story. And Jag's POV was switched to frequently to have created a real battle. I will say though; after so few people dying in the first two books, I did find the amount who died in this book much more believable, and it kind of broke my heart.
I think the reason this book only got three stars was that after creating five main characters in the first two books and only representing really two of them in the final, I was left with a lot of unanswered questions and yearned for more. And I seriously would have loved an epilogue Elana Johnson! It's only like three more pages!
Jag and Zenn narrate this book. Jag is frustrated with running the resistance and is plagued by nightmares of what happened those eight months he disappeared. Zenn is devastated by Vi's rejection and can't decide between free or functioning. And between these two polar opposites, you'd think the POV would be covered, right? But it's not. It's missing what's been gone since book two...Vi's perspective. Funny, witty, sarcastic, rash, ill-tempered Vi. I missed her and found Jag and Zenn too serious and too.....guyish. I missed the female relation I had with Possession and Surrender. I missed the funny thoughts Vi had. I missed a character feeling soo pissed off the page was just filled with rage. The thing is, I probably could have dealt with all this lacking had she been more present in Jag and Zenn's POV. But she was rarely seen which left me with no choice but to miss her.
This book also lacked the romance I was hoping for. Jag and Vi are rarely together, and when they are they're fighting over something ridiculous. We get maybe one or two passionate makeout scenes and other than that, nothing. And I don't mean to sound improper or anything, but I was hoping for a sex scene between them after the steaminess of their relationship in Possession. Then since neither Gunner or Rain's POV are shown in this book and their interactions with the characters whose POV is is limited, we don't see any of them either. Then the relationship between Zenn and whatshername is just too forced and not needed to be any supplement.
My only other problem with this book is the fact that the final battle was too confusing. The two POVs kept changing so quickly that a lot of the action was lost. Zenn was delirious almost making what happened to him unknown until the final pages of the story. And Jag's POV was switched to frequently to have created a real battle. I will say though; after so few people dying in the first two books, I did find the amount who died in this book much more believable, and it kind of broke my heart.
I think the reason this book only got three stars was that after creating five main characters in the first two books and only representing really two of them in the final, I was left with a lot of unanswered questions and yearned for more. And I seriously would have loved an epilogue Elana Johnson! It's only like three more pages!