Pierce refuses to believe this, and somehow manages to escape. The mysterious guy named John, explains to her that because of this, she is stuck here forever. Phaa) She gets his attention, and he takes her to a beach which means that she misses her boat. And of course, he is extremely good looking and exactly the right age for her. (Someone who collects or looks after the dead. While waiting she see’s a man that she recognizes from a mysterious memory from her childhood. While dead she finds herself in a mysterious place, she is asked for her name and then assigned to one of the two lines to wait for a boat that will take her to her final destination. One day when leaving the house Pierce see’s a bird struggling, she attempts to save it but instead bangs her head and falls into their pool where she stays, until she is discovered by her mother. The reason for their move was Pierce’s near death experience. Pierce’s mum works with animals and her father is part of a well known company that is often responsible for oil spills. This story begins when the main character Pierce, moves to Isla Huesos with her mother and they throw a party in her honour.

John wants to take her back to the place she fears the most: the Underworld. Every time she sees him Pierce finds herself in terrible danger. Now that boy, John Hayden, has turned up at school. Last year she flatlined following an accident.ĭuring that time Pierce saw a dark world and met a mysterious, irresistible boy. (Apr.Overall Impression: Completely underwhelmed, this book failed to capture my imagination. However, Cabot's avid fans%E2%80%94including devotees of her earlier forays into paranormal romance, as in the Mediator series%E2%80%94are likely to forgive the bumpy start to this planned trilogy. Cabot loosely hangs her story on the myth of Hades and Persephone, but the plot is hampered by confusing digressions and frequent jumps in time that make it difficult to pinpoint what's in the present and what's in the past. While the fun premise and Pierce's irreverent voice are trademark Cabot, this novel has trouble getting off the ground. Two years after Pierce's near-death experience, the 17-year-old has been expelled from her posh Connecticut girls' school her mother has moved them to the South Florida island of Isla Huesos and Pierce must cope both with being the new girl and with a dark, handsome guy, who she met while she was dead and who won't leave her alone. The wildly rich and beautiful Pierce Oliviera died and came back to life%E2%80%94'I was flatline for over an hour.' Ever since, her life has been exceedingly complicated.

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