Book: Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini

Published by HarperTeen (310 pages)

Purchased for my Nook

Genre: YA/Fantasy- Mythology

Find out more: Goodreads~Barnes And Noble~Amazon~Josephine Angelini

Goodreads Summary: 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.

I really like this Greek mythology re-telling trend going on.  In Starcrossed, you have the Scions, who represent 4 different houses.  And in this generation, you happen to have Paris and Helen Of Troy, in the form of Lucas and Helen.  There’s the whole forbidden romance thing going on, because they’re from rival houses, and I really liked it.

I loved what Angelini did with Greek mythology, especially her explanation for Helen’s cramps (and it’s not what you’d expect AT ALL).  One house to resurrect Atlantis, and a lot of references to the Iliad…now I want to brush up on Greek mythology!

It really felt like Angelini is passionate about Greek mythology and did a lot of research.  Everything felt really plausible, which is interesting considering it’s fantasy.  It’s just a great book and there were times when it felt very haunting.

I loved the characters and thought they all had really interesting relationships and histories.  And the setting of Nantucket made it seem so romantic.  I loved how Nantucket was described and it just worked for me as a setting.  I just can’t picture it taking place anywhere else.

It gets a 4 out of 5.  It was a fun, interesting read and I can’t wait to read Dreamless.