Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Death, Drowning, Grief, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Stalking, Captivity, Coercive control, Dubious consent, Toxic relationships
Abandon
by Meg Cabot
Book 1 in Abandon
A loose Persephone retelling where the death god has already claimed her once and refuses to lose her again - moody, modern, and made for readers who like their YA romance haunted.
goodreads 3.68/5 40,763 ratings
storykind_community 2.5/5 2 ratings
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Length304 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice1/5
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Forbidden love
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Insta-love
- Low
- The swoon
- God/deity
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- Obsessive love interest
- Book boyfriend/girlfriend acquired
- Possessive love interest
- Escape
- Protective love interest
- Star-crossed
- Power imbalance
Fantasy promise
- Ya fantasy
- Fairytale retelling
- Small town / village
- Contemporary
- Gods/deities
- Immortal/mortal romance
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- Underworld / death realm
- Kidnapped by the hero
- Mythological
- The one that got away
- First love
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Dark
- Conversational
- Moderate
- Survivor
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- BIPOC MC
- Mysterious
- Brooding
- Atmospheric
- Romantic
- Introspective
- Hades and Persephone retelling
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Book details
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- Language
- English
- Format
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