Starcrossed (Starcrossed, #1)

by Josephine Angelini

[Chelsea]

Reread October 2015
Quick Thoughts:
1. This wasn't your typical Greek mythology. The gods are not all mighty and perfect and it's based around the Trojan War.
2. Love the Delos family. They all have their own personalities but fit together well as a family. I liked how important family is in this book.
3. I was frustrated at the start when I knew what was happening with Helen but it took her forever to find out.
4. The houses aren't very well detailed so I got a little lost when they were mentioned. Also there are a lot of weird character names and I got a little confused.
5. I found the plot and characters were both very well done and I'm looking forward to the next book.

Read July 2013
This book is mostly based on Greek mythology which is why I love it so much. I think it’s great when authors try to incorporate the Greek gods and whatnot. I loved all the characters in this book, from the main characters Helene and Lucas to the whole Delos family. Everyone was great and very likable! Even the humans like Matt and Claire who weren’t there as much were still fantastic!

I really liked the plot of this book too. Helene doesn’t know what she is let alone how powerful she is and you follow her while she’s trying to figure all of that out. It’s fun to learn all this stuff with her. One thing I didn’t like however, was that the book started off a little slow. While reading you know that Helene isn’t human but you don’t find out anything until about halfway through the book. It just kept dragging on which was a little annoying. Besides that I would recommend this book to any fantasy lovers!