A review by paulinrr
Abandon by Elana Johnson
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!