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Pierce Oliviera had a near death experience. More like a death, actually. After drowning in her pool, Pierce woke up in the Underworld where John Hayden, Lord of the Underworld, chose her to be his consort. Frightened, Pierce escaped back into the realm of the living.
Two years later, Pierce and her mother move to her mother's hometown of Isla Huesos. Pierce attempts to move on but feels John's presence everywhere.
There's another presence though, a much more unsettling force. There's the Furies, vengeful spirits who want nothing more than to hurt Pierce and make John suffer.
Pierce Oliviera had a near death experience. More like a death, actually. After drowning in her pool, Pierce woke up in the Underworld where John Hayden, Lord of the Underworld, chose her to be his consort. Frightened, Pierce escaped back into the realm of the living.
Two years later, Pierce and her mother move to her mother's hometown of Isla Huesos. Pierce attempts to move on but feels John's presence everywhere.
There's another presence though, a much more unsettling force. There's the Furies, vengeful spirits who want nothing more than to hurt Pierce and make John suffer.
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A series of YoungAdult novels written by MegCabot. The series is a modern retelling of the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek Myth of Persephone andHades]].
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Pierce Oliviera has had a near death experience.More like a death, actually. Actually, she really did die. After drowning in her pool, Pierce woke up in the Underworld Underworld, where John Hayden, Hayden - the Lord of the Underworld, chose has chosen her to be his consort. Frightened, Frightened as the prospect of being bound for eternity at the tender age of 15, Pierce escaped escapes back into to the realm of the living.
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Two years later, Pierce and her mother move to hermother's hometown of Isla Huesos. Despite Pierce attempts attempting to move on but on, she feels John's presence everywhere.
There'severywhere and cannot shake the idea of him still following her. But there is another presence though, presence, a much more unsettling force. There's the The Furies, vengeful spirits spirits, who want nothing more than to hurt Pierce and make cause John suffer.
anguish and force him to suffer. By using Pierce, if necessary.
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Pierce Oliviera has had a near death experience.
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* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: Pierce after [[spoiler: John breaks Mr. Mueller's hand]]. Even though the police reason that she wasn't strong enough to do such a thing, she gets expelled for it and people try to shame her online. She doesn't care though because [[spoiler: Mr. Mueller is put on indefinite leave.]]
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* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: Pierce faces this problem during her depression following her near death experience. Thus when Mr. Smith [[spoiler: asks her how long have you known John]], she is flabbergasted and relieved to be able to [[spoiler: vent about him]].
* ChewOutFakeOut: Mr. Smith wants to talk to Pierce about finding her necklace at the site of apparently graveyard vandalism, which was due to John kicking the gates off their hinges. She prepares to bribe him, expecting him to accuse her of being responsible for the gate, but instead he asks [[spoiler: [[WhamLine "How long have you known John?"]] ]]
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* AbductionIsLove/ BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: AbductionIsLove: Subverted in that Pierce started falling for John ''before'' he [[spoiler: took her to the Underworld]] the second time, and she's less than happy about the situation. He starts regretting the decision when he realizes that he's causing her parents anguish, and lets her return to Isla de los Huesos in ''Underworld'' to [[spoiler: stop Alex from dying.]]
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* CatchPhrase:Check "Check yourself before you wreck yourselfyourself."
* ChekhovsGun: Pierce's necklace, that John gave her. On one hand, it makes her a target of bad people, but on the other [[spoiler: it's because the necklace's jewel is the only thing that can kill a Fury.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: Pierce's necklace, that John gave her. On one hand, it makes her a target of bad people, but on the other [[spoiler: it's because the necklace's jewel is the only thing that can kill a Fury.]]
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: John tries to do this to [[spoiler: the humans possessed by Furies]], but Pierce stops him each time. When [[spoiler: Mr. Mueller]] shows up in ''Awaken'', Pierce's friends [[spoiler: simply run him over with a car]].
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** Pierce's mom feels this way about her brother [[spoiler: taking the rap for her and the senior Rector playing with ancient skulls]] and ending up in jail. She never revealed the truth though it would exonerate Uncle Chris because said [[spoiler: ex-boyfriend]] threatened to hurtChris.Chris.
** Pierce feels this way about [[spoiler: her best friend Hannah's suicide.]]
** Pierce's mom feels this way about her brother [[spoiler: taking the rap for her and the senior Rector playing with ancient skulls]] and ending up in jail. She never revealed the truth though it would exonerate Uncle Chris because said [[spoiler: ex-boyfriend]] threatened to hurt
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* AbductionIsLove/ BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: Subverted in that Pierce started falling for John ''after'' ''before'' he [[spoiler: took her to the Underworld]] the second time, and she's less than happy about the situation. He starts regretting the decision when he realizes that he's causing her parents anguish, and lets her return to Isla de los Huesos in ''Underworld'' to [[spoiler: stop Alex from dying.]]
* CoolOldGuy: Mr. Smith reveals himself as one, complete with an unintended ChewOutFakeOut.
* EngineeredPublicConfession: Pierce tries to get one out of [[spoiler: Mr. Mueller]] about Hannah by agreeing to a tutoring session and arming herself with a security camera. Subverted in that it's too dark to film due to [[spoiler: Mr. Mueller]] turning off most of the lights and John interferes . . .
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* ChekhovsSkill: Pierce's dad taught her how to throw a punch. It comes in handy when her [[spoiler: grandmother]] tries to kill her at the end of ''Abandon''.
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* MyGreatestFailure: Pierce's mom feels this way about her brother [[spoiler: taking the rap for her and the senior Rector playing with ancient skulls]] and ending up in jail. She never revealed the truth though it would exonerate Uncle Chris because said [[spoiler: ex-boyfriend]] threatened to hurt Chris.
* NeverMessWithGranny: A [[spoiler: villainous]] example with [[spoiler: Pierce's grandmother]].
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: This happens several times
** Kayla got put in D wing because she stopped her junkie brother from abusing her mother.
** Why did Pierce get expelled from her old school? Because she outed [[spoiler: Mr. Mueller]] as a predator during an evening tutoring session, though [[spoiler: John]] was responsible for the bone shattering.
** Jade, Pierce's guidance counselor, got [[spoiler: killed]] while patrolling a graveyard to watch out for vandals.
** John saving Pierce from her grandmother got him put on a Wanted Poster.
** Pierce saving the jeweler from John [[spoiler: led to the jeweler's daughter, a cop, attempt to Taze Pierce for revenge. Thank goodness she touched the Diamond and got cured.]]
* NeverMessWithGranny: A [[spoiler: villainous]] example with [[spoiler: Pierce's grandmother]].
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: This happens several times
** Kayla got put in D wing because she stopped her junkie brother from abusing her mother.
** Why did Pierce get expelled from her old school? Because she outed [[spoiler: Mr. Mueller]] as a predator during an evening tutoring session, though [[spoiler: John]] was responsible for the bone shattering.
** Jade, Pierce's guidance counselor, got [[spoiler: killed]] while patrolling a graveyard to watch out for vandals.
** John saving Pierce from her grandmother got him put on a Wanted Poster.
** Pierce saving the jeweler from John [[spoiler: led to the jeweler's daughter, a cop, attempt to Taze Pierce for revenge. Thank goodness she touched the Diamond and got cured.]]
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* TooDumbToLive: This is a book about the Underworld, so this trope is [[PlayedWith played with]].
**Pierce thinks this of herself after her near-death experience, and John thought Pierce was like this after he learned she staged her tutoring session with [[spoiler: Mr. Mueller]], to obtain an EngineeredPublicConfession. The truth is actually more complicated, since [[spoiler: Furies were involved in both cases]].
**[[spoiler:Alex]] is more like this, however, given he got a clear warning about [[spoiler: his antics getting him buried alive, as well as running off to bust the Rectors after being driven home]].
**Pierce thinks this of herself after her near-death experience, and John thought Pierce was like this after he learned she staged her tutoring session with [[spoiler: Mr. Mueller]], to obtain an EngineeredPublicConfession. The truth is actually more complicated, since [[spoiler: Furies were involved in both cases]].
**[[spoiler:Alex]] is more like this, however, given he got a clear warning about [[spoiler: his antics getting him buried alive, as well as running off to bust the Rectors after being driven home]].
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** Isla Huesos aka Island of Bones
** Isla Huesos aka Island of Bones
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* PoorCommunicationKills /OneDialogueTwoConversations / YouDidntAsk: A lot of the problems Pierce and John face are the result of Pierce and John misunderstanding one another's the others meaning and then thinking the other knew what they were talking about. (Ex. What the pomegranate means in ''Underworld'').
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** TheHero: John and Pierce
** TheLancer: Mr. Liu and [[spoiler: Alex]]
** TheSmartGuy: Mr. Graves and Mr. Smith
** TheBigGuy: Frank and [[spoiler: Reed]]
** TheChick: Initially Pierce, later [[spoiler: Chloe and Mrs. Engle]]
** TagalongKid: Henry
** TeamPet: Typhon, Alastor, Hope
** MuggleBestFriend: Kayla
** TeamBenefactor: Mr. Smith and [[spoiler: Mr. Oliviera]]
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** TheHero: John and Pierce
** TheLancer: Mr. Liu and [[spoiler: Alex]]
** TheSmartGuy: Mr. Graves and Mr. Smith
** TheBigGuy: Frank and [[spoiler: Reed]]
** TheChick: Initially Pierce, later [[spoiler: Chloe and Mrs. Engle]]
** TagalongKid: Henry
** TeamPet: Typhon, Alastor, Hope
** MuggleBestFriend: Kayla
** TeamBenefactor: Mr. Smith and [[spoiler: Mr. Oliviera]]
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A series of YoungAdult novels written by MegCabot. The series is a modern retelling of the [[ClassicalMythology Greek Myth of Persephone and Hades]].
Pierce Oliviera had a near death experience. More like a death, actually. After drowning in her pool, Pierce woke up in the Underworld where John Hayden, Lord of the Underworld, chose her to be his consort. Frightened, Pierce escaped back into the realm of the living.
Two years later, Pierce and her mother move to her mother's hometown of Isla Huesos. Pierce attempts to move on but feels John's presence everywhere.
There's another presence though, a much more unsettling force. There's the Furies, vengeful spirits who want nothing more than to hurt Pierce and make John suffer.
Pierce begins to learn more about the history and secrets of Isla Huesos, the Underworld, her family, and John himself and begins to fall in love with the man she once feared.
Books in the Series:
* ''Abandon'' (2011)
* ''Underworld'' (2012)
* ''Awaken'' (To be released in 2013)
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!!Tropes Appearing in the Abandon Series:
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Pierce and John, though John tends to calm down under Pierce's influence.
* ArcSymbol: Tassels
* BigBreastsBigDeal: Kayla is a Type 2. She plans on getting reduction surgery.
* BigManOnCampus: Seth Rector, leaning towards JerkJock.
* BookDumb: Pierce, following her accident, just can't perform well in school. Almost all of the kids in New Pathways and D-Wing count.
* CatchPhrase: Check yourself before you wreck yourself
* ConvenientColourChange: The Persephone Diamond helpfully alerts Pierce whenever Furies are near by turning black.
* DemonicPossession: How the Furies operate. They are able to take over a WeakWilled person and control them. Apart from the Persephone Diamond, there's no way of detecting them apart from normal humans.
* DoubleStandard: Pierce is so disgusted by the DoubleStandard others have towards the relationship between Mr. Mueller and Hannah that she takes matters into her own hands.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Hannah]]
* EvilMatriarch: [[spoiler: Pierce's grandmother]]
* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: John
** TheLancer: Frank
** TheSmartGuy: Mr. Graves
** The BigGuy: Mr. Liu
** TheChick: Pierce
** TagalongKid: Henry
** SixthRanger: Pierce, [[spoiler: Alex and Kayla]]
** TeamPet: Hope, Typhon
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Pierce and her mother.
* GratuitousSpanish: Most of Isla Huesos. Justified as they are near Cuba.
* GrayEyes: John
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Uncle Chris
* MayflyDecemberRomance: John is over a hundred years old and still appears to be 19. He's old enough that the person originally meant to be his consort was Pierce's mother.
* MeaningfulName: Pierce (Persephone), John Hayden (Hades), Zachary and Deborah (Zeus and Demeter)
** The pet's names: Alastor, Typhon, and Hope.
* NobodyOver50IsGay: Averted with Mr. Smith and his partner.
* OneHeadTaller: John and Pierce
* ParanormalRomance
* [[spoiler: {{Patricide}}]]: Eventually revealed to be John's big crime.
* PoorCommunicationKills /OneDialogueTwoConversations / YouDidntAsk: A lot of the problems Pierce and John face are the result of Pierce and John misunderstanding one another's meaning and then thinking the other knew what they were talking about. (Ex. What the pomegranate means in ''Underworld'').
* PowerCrystal: The Persephone Diamond
* Really700YearsOld: John and his crew are well over 100-years-old.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: John
* TeacherStudentRomance: Mr. Mueller and Hannah
* TheUnderworld: Plays it straight by making it a waiting room before the final destination. Changes it to being a cavern with a lake in it. Also, there are multiple Underworlds, John just controls the one under Isla Huesos.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler: Pierce's Grandmother, The Rector family]]
* WifeHusbandry: Implied. [[spoiler: Pierce is made sure to meet John when she's little so she will meet him again when she dies at an older age. The plan initially involved Pierce's mother.]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler: Kayla overhears Pierce, John and Frank's supernatural discussion and assumes they are vampires]]
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Pierce Oliviera had a near death experience. More like a death, actually. After drowning in her pool, Pierce woke up in the Underworld where John Hayden, Lord of the Underworld, chose her to be his consort. Frightened, Pierce escaped back into the realm of the living.
Two years later, Pierce and her mother move to her mother's hometown of Isla Huesos. Pierce attempts to move on but feels John's presence everywhere.
There's another presence though, a much more unsettling force. There's the Furies, vengeful spirits who want nothing more than to hurt Pierce and make John suffer.
Pierce begins to learn more about the history and secrets of Isla Huesos, the Underworld, her family, and John himself and begins to fall in love with the man she once feared.
Books in the Series:
* ''Abandon'' (2011)
* ''Underworld'' (2012)
* ''Awaken'' (To be released in 2013)
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!!Tropes Appearing in the Abandon Series:
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Pierce and John, though John tends to calm down under Pierce's influence.
* ArcSymbol: Tassels
* BigBreastsBigDeal: Kayla is a Type 2. She plans on getting reduction surgery.
* BigManOnCampus: Seth Rector, leaning towards JerkJock.
* BookDumb: Pierce, following her accident, just can't perform well in school. Almost all of the kids in New Pathways and D-Wing count.
* CatchPhrase: Check yourself before you wreck yourself
* ConvenientColourChange: The Persephone Diamond helpfully alerts Pierce whenever Furies are near by turning black.
* DemonicPossession: How the Furies operate. They are able to take over a WeakWilled person and control them. Apart from the Persephone Diamond, there's no way of detecting them apart from normal humans.
* DoubleStandard: Pierce is so disgusted by the DoubleStandard others have towards the relationship between Mr. Mueller and Hannah that she takes matters into her own hands.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Hannah]]
* EvilMatriarch: [[spoiler: Pierce's grandmother]]
* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: John
** TheLancer: Frank
** TheSmartGuy: Mr. Graves
** The BigGuy: Mr. Liu
** TheChick: Pierce
** TagalongKid: Henry
** SixthRanger: Pierce, [[spoiler: Alex and Kayla]]
** TeamPet: Hope, Typhon
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Pierce and her mother.
* GratuitousSpanish: Most of Isla Huesos. Justified as they are near Cuba.
* GrayEyes: John
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Uncle Chris
* MayflyDecemberRomance: John is over a hundred years old and still appears to be 19. He's old enough that the person originally meant to be his consort was Pierce's mother.
* MeaningfulName: Pierce (Persephone), John Hayden (Hades), Zachary and Deborah (Zeus and Demeter)
** The pet's names: Alastor, Typhon, and Hope.
* NobodyOver50IsGay: Averted with Mr. Smith and his partner.
* OneHeadTaller: John and Pierce
* ParanormalRomance
* [[spoiler: {{Patricide}}]]: Eventually revealed to be John's big crime.
* PoorCommunicationKills /OneDialogueTwoConversations / YouDidntAsk: A lot of the problems Pierce and John face are the result of Pierce and John misunderstanding one another's meaning and then thinking the other knew what they were talking about. (Ex. What the pomegranate means in ''Underworld'').
* PowerCrystal: The Persephone Diamond
* Really700YearsOld: John and his crew are well over 100-years-old.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: John
* TeacherStudentRomance: Mr. Mueller and Hannah
* TheUnderworld: Plays it straight by making it a waiting room before the final destination. Changes it to being a cavern with a lake in it. Also, there are multiple Underworlds, John just controls the one under Isla Huesos.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler: Pierce's Grandmother, The Rector family]]
* WifeHusbandry: Implied. [[spoiler: Pierce is made sure to meet John when she's little so she will meet him again when she dies at an older age. The plan initially involved Pierce's mother.]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler: Kayla overhears Pierce, John and Frank's supernatural discussion and assumes they are vampires]]
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