The plot was pretty simple and kind of slow, but something about Pierce's voice resonated with me. I wanted to know what dying was like for her, who had her spooked, and where she'd end up at the end of all of this. Her voice was a good mix of humorous, sarcastic, and serious. I also want to give Cabot props for switching back and forth between past and present in a manner that felt seamless. I was never pulled out of the story and I felt like the method really made the story more enjoyable. 
 The romance was nice enough. I want to see how thing work out between John and Pierce, but I feel a little cheated. I think there needed to be more John in this book simply to make the romance feel more natural. There was so little interactions between John and Pierce (and two of them happened in the past), that I was let down by the circumstances under which they come to the conclusion they do about their feelings. 
 All in all, Abandon isn't ground breaking, but I was in the mood for something not on my list.