A review by vasuki
Abandon, by Meg Cabot

2.0

Ok there were soooo many problems I had w this book and the writing and I would write them all except I’m pretty sure everyone else has and also..... I still somehow liked reading it and finished the entire book in half a day and I haven’t really read that way since I was a kid . And despite my myriad of issues w her writing and juvenile stylistic choices in this the actual story itself kept me interested, the pacing was fast enough, and plus it had my favorite device of scattered clues that add up to a reveal in the end. So I might just read the next two books lol even tho otherwise I would give this 0/5 stars bc it’s actually ridiculous how many times she had to drill in the point that his eyes were like diff forms of metal and blades. And also it’s creepy that he was obsessed w her since she was 7 years old . Also I’m all for a broody “dark” boy character but this guy was so poorly written he sounded like an IRL pseudo soft boy who read books w actual brooding love interests and tried desperately to emulate them but failed.
And also a million other problematic things.