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| Original Title: | Starcrossed |
| ISBN: | 0062011995 (ISBN13: 9780062011992) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Starcrossed #1 |
| Characters: | Helen Hamilton, Lucas Delos, Jerry Hamilton, Claire Aoki, Kate Rogers, Hector Delos, Jason Delos, Ariadne Delos, Cassandra Delos, Gretchen Clifford, Zach Brant, Matt Millis |
| Setting: | Nantucket, Massachusetts(United States) |
Josephine Angelini
Hardcover | Pages: 487 pages Rating: 4.07 | 60972 Users | 5118 Reviews
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How do you defy DESTINY? Helen Hamilton has spent her entire sixteen years trying to hide how different she is - no easy task on an island as small and sheltered as Nantucket. And it's getting harder. Nightmares of a desperate desert journey have Helen waking parched, only to find her sheets damaged by dirt and dust. At school she's haunted by hallucinations of three women weeping tears of blood... and when Helen first crosses paths with Lucas Delos, she has no way of knowing they're destined to play the leading roles in a tragedy the Fates insist on repeating throughout history. As Helen unlocks the secrets of her ancestry, she realizes that some myths are more than just legend. But even demigod powers might not be enough to defy the forces that are both drawing her and Lucas together - and trying to tear them apart.
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| Title | : | Starcrossed (Starcrossed #1) |
| Author | : | Josephine Angelini |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 487 pages |
| Published | : | May 31st 2011 by HarperTeen |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Mythology. Romance. Paranormal. Greek Mythology. Paranormal Romance |
Rating Appertaining To Books Starcrossed (Starcrossed #1)
Ratings: 4.07 From 60972 Users | 5118 ReviewsColumn Appertaining To Books Starcrossed (Starcrossed #1)
If you like Greek mythology then this book should be right up your alley. Helen is a great heroine and Lucas is pretty amazing as well. ;) The Fates creep me out. I can totally picture them too which doesn't help with the creep factor. I was really liking Castor as the bad guy so now I wonder what Josie has in store for the next book. Can someone be even worse than that? Shudder. My favorite part? The flying. You'll see.WOW!!! I really loved this book. Just finished it a few hours ago, and my mind keeps dragging me back to go over one detail or another. I love characters whose personalities aren't clear-cut black or white - ones who are motivated by both good and evil. And Josie's addition of the Furies makes this possible. I love the fact that she takes ideas from ancient literature and molds them into something that works well in a contemporary story. Placing the story on the island of Nantucket is pure
The first time I read this book, I just threw it down 50 pages in in disgust. I absolutely hated the initial pages of the book. Helen was insipid. Despite there being no clear description of her, I could tell that she was going to be another of those I-am-so-pretty-but-I-just-can't-see-it type of girl. Well, she is, and she is so typically Mary Sue, but upon a rereading, the entire book is so well-written and its portrayal of mythology so well-explained and creative that I am so glad I gave this
Reread #3. 4.25/5 stars So, what can't you take? Decide which of the two options is harder, and do the other. That way, no matter how hard your choice turns out to be, at least you can find comfort in knowing you're avoiding something even worse. It's funny how, every time I reread this trilogy, I'm hit with just how far out of my usual genres of preference it is. Romance heavy, with starcrossed lovers and high school drama. But if you pair that with Greek heroes and reincarnation and
Beware of spoilers!Characters:So this is where I went slightly balistic. I'm going to talk about the two main freaks of the book.Helen Hamilton:Grams is a Mary Sue. She's so damn perfect and untouchable that it's difficult for me to relate to her. Tall, beautiful, graceful, heavenly. Hence, her nickname, "Heaven Hamilton." Really? She's quite pathetic really. She whines a lot and can't stand if someone makes fun of her, which reminds me of mostly ever other YA MC. She is also very selfish.
--->WHAT THE HOLY GRENADE WAS THAT?! <---A damn good book, thats what that was. ;)I am officially a Josephine Angelini fan, thats for sure. Shes one intelligent, story-choreographic, badass woman! She definitely wrote a book that, from the very first page, has it all:Romance.Suspense.Intrigue. Action.Mythology. And it has Lucas Delos.*eyebrow waggle* ____________________________________________♦ Helen ♦ Helen Hamilton has always been different.Shes workin her way up to being 511
On one hand this book is without a doubt a direct rip off of Twilight. So many similarities not just in the setting and the characters but down to whole scenes such as Lucas spending the night in Helen's room with her father in the house and leaving in the morning by jumping out of the window. The only thing different was the characters' names.On the other hand it was still a very entertaining book with many likable characters and a fun, interesting story very loosely based on Greek mythology.
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