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Contemporary, Mythology, Young Adult, Nantucket Helen Hamilton has been trying to hide how different she is for the past sixteen years, her whole life. Which is not easy when she lives on the small and sheltered island of Nantucket. Lately it has been getting harder too. Having nightmares of a desert journey in which she is desperate Helen wakes up parched and to find her sheets covered with dust and dirt. At school she is suddenly having hallucinations of three women weeping tears of blood. When Helen first sees Lucas Delos she has no idea they are destined to play leading roles in a tragedy that has been repeating throughout history courtesy of the Fates. Helen soon unlocks secrets of her ancestry and as she does she also learns that some myths are more than legend. Having demigod powers might not be enough to defy the forces that draw Lucas and her together and as at the same time they try to tear them both apart. This is the beginning of a trilogy that starts out with a story that is sure to stay with readers for a long time after they finish reading it. It weaves myth into a wonderfully different contemporary story that is sure to please any reader that picks this one up. It is very different than most books and stands out very well. From the very beginning the story pulls the reader into it and doesn’t let go until the very end and even then it will have readers hungering for the next story in the trilogy. The characters are very well written and they get the reader emotionally invested in the story from the very beginning. The way that each clue is presented and how the characters go about trying to find the answers they need make for a story that moves along quickly and the action is blended wonderfully with the mystery that is woven throughout the book. This is one trilogy that is worth reading and if the other two books continue like the first this is going to be an excellent trilogy.

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Starcrossed blew me away. It is an amazing book based on Greek mythology, and I had a blast reading it. It's a wild ride that also has lots of emotion. Josephine Angelini is one of my favorite new authors, and I cannot wait for more in this series!

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I couldn’t put this book down, I finished the hole book in one day. It had twist, romance, lovely strong characters, fighting and suspense. I loved this book, I read it when it first came out and am waiting anxiously for the second (dreamless) to be released

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I am a voracious reader and have friends who own bookstores and are always getting their hands on ARCS. When I glimpsed the cover of Starcrossed in a pile of my friends recently received ARCS, I grabbed it and ran. I have no regrets. I was captivated from the very first chapter by the character of Helen, her near hatred of Lucas and his family and the extraordinary abilities that she has been hiding all of her life. Obviously, any book with the title Starcrossed will feature lovers who are destined to be parted in someway, yet Angelini makes this age old story fresh and new,I loved the addition of the Greek Furies and their culture of blood for blood and how the complications between the two lovers is not just that their families hate each other, but that it was physically impossible for them to be together without their overriding hatred forcing them to try and kill each other. Even when that issue is resolved, another complication blocks their way. I have reread this novel 3x and have recommended it to several teachers for a fresh look on its retelling of the Iliad story. I am ravenously looking forward to seeing its next installment in 2012.