Abandon

Thanks to Publishers Weekly for sending me an advanced reader's copy of Meg Cabot's new YA novel Abandon. This is the first in the Abandon Trilogy with book 2 tentatively titled Underworld. In Abandon, Cabot conjures a vision of the gateway to the afterlife complete with a handsome gatekeeper.  I liked the way Cabot blended myth and history into the novel's location and traditions bringing a bit of reality to the fantasy. Abandon is a clean fantasy that YA readers will enjoy in a Twilight sort of way while the novel is entertaining enough to be an absorbing, quick read for busy adults who need a literary escape.  Publication date is April 24, 2011 and it can be pre-ordered at Amazon.

  Read the complete synopsis online at PW.