Dreamless (Starcrossed, #2)

by Josephine Angelini

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In some ways I really enjoyed Dreamless. It's exciting and a lot happens and I do like these characters a lot. But, on first reading, it's missing the spark that made Starcrossed so irresistible.

And that spark is Helen and Lucas. [spoilers removed] That being said, Helen and Lucas being separated did create a great opportunity to get to know Orion who is a fabulously complicated and compelling character.

I particularly enjoyed the way she handled the plot. Some pieces of the climax were apparent but there were a lot of intricacies and Josephine Angelini used Greek mythology to great affect, really deepening her existing mythology without complicating it. In some ways her strengths in plotting and keeping the story going offset the lack of Helen/Lucas spark that not even Orion, as delicious as he is, could compensate for. Almost. I may not love Dreamless as much as Starcrossed but I'm eagerly awaiting [book:Goddess].

OH, BUT! I was kind of disappointed because I read an interview with Angelini last year and I'm pretty sure she said Hector would be breaking some hearts in this book which I was totally looking for and did not get. Orion tried valiantly to make up for this oversight but it's just not the same.