Set on the island of Nantucket, Starcrossed tells the tale of Helen Hamilton, a young woman whose destiny is forever altered when she meets Lucas Delos and tries to kill him in front of her entire high school. Which is terribly inconvenient, not only because Lucas is the most beautiful boy on the island, but also because Helen is so achingly shy she suffers physical pain whenever she is given too much attention.
Making matters worse, Helen is beginning to suspect she’s going crazy. Whenever she’s near Lucas or any member of his family she sees the ghostly apparitions of three women weeping bloody tears, and suffers the burden of an intense and irrational hate. She soon learns that she and Lucas are destined to play the leading roles in a Greek tragedy that the Three Fates insist on repeating over and over again throughout history. Like her namesake, Helen of Troy, she’s destined to start a war by falling in love. But even though Lucas and Helen can see their own star-crossed destiny, they’re still powerfully attracted to each other. Will they give up their personal happiness for the greater good, or risk it all to be together? (from Goodreads)
So this was the third of the Dark Days of Supernatural books I read. And I'm disappointed to say that it fell below expectations. Granted, I had high expectations for the book, but this book fell far below them.
Making matters worse, Helen is beginning to suspect she’s going crazy. Whenever she’s near Lucas or any member of his family she sees the ghostly apparitions of three women weeping bloody tears, and suffers the burden of an intense and irrational hate. She soon learns that she and Lucas are destined to play the leading roles in a Greek tragedy that the Three Fates insist on repeating over and over again throughout history. Like her namesake, Helen of Troy, she’s destined to start a war by falling in love. But even though Lucas and Helen can see their own star-crossed destiny, they’re still powerfully attracted to each other. Will they give up their personal happiness for the greater good, or risk it all to be together? (from Goodreads)
So this was the third of the Dark Days of Supernatural books I read. And I'm disappointed to say that it fell below expectations. Granted, I had high expectations for the book, but this book fell far below them.
Helen and Lucas were your stereotypical characters without flaws but with amazing extraordinary powers no one has ever seen before. It was the same old cliche: hot guy and beautiful girl hate each other, but then realize that they're soul mates and can't live without each other. Lucas was your typical black-hair-bright-blue-eyes hot guy that's seen in half of YA books today, and Helen depended on Lucas too much.
I also felt as though Josephine Angelini was trying to fit too much into one book. Helen and Lucas had at least five powers each. It would have been all right if the powers were ordinary, but no. The talents that these two had were rare; they were the only ones of their generation to possess them. I also felt that Helen hadn't really changed by the time the book ended. If possible, she went from bad to worse.
Don't get me wrong: there were things I liked about this book. Cassandra was a strong character, Claire was cute, and the writing style was pretty good, but the major plot and character issues overlooked that.
I give Starcrossed a 6/10. It was a nice break from vampires, but this book just didn't do it for me.
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