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.
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Sexual Content - 2/5
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Violence - 2/5
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Language - 1/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - /5
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Summary
So when I was a tweenager, I was obsessed with the Percy Jackson series. I owned all the books, had the t-shirt, the movie on DVD, and a poster of Logan Lerman in my closet. I was into Greek mythology and my friends and I read illustrated kid's copies of The Odyssey for fun. Why am I on this tangent? Because this book Starcrossed gave me some serious Deja Vu. Imagine Percy as a big, gorgeous heartthrob who never got into trouble, played football, never said anything funny, and could fly instead of breathe underwater. There you hhave this book's main love interest, Lucas. Then take Annabeth and make her super-beautiful, totally awkward, chock-full of superpowers, and as intelligent as- okay, I'm not going to finish that sentence. Now you've got Helen, our *cough Mary Sue cough* protagonist. Throw in some Greek myths all twisted up but still totally predictable, and you have Starcrossed on a silver platter. Percy Jackson with a simpering love plot, for a teenage girl. Maybe that was a little mean. Maybe I'm just a little bitter about ending. Which is where my real problem was. This book was going along just fine- Helen was getting less annoying, the romance was heating up, people were getting into fights and throwing down some cool moves, the plot was coming to a head- then BOOM. The author throws in something that kills ALL THE FEELS. Not to spoil anything, but- think of the infamous bombshell that made \"City Of Bones\" famous. Along those lines. There was some stuff I liked- it was cool how Helen's physical appearance was revealed though the course of the story, and there were some great secondary characters. I'd recommend Starcrossed to anyone who is REALLY into Greek mythology and is in the mood for a seriously simpering romance.
Violence-It would have been pretty violent but the author was not descriptive during the violent scenes.
Language-Some but not excessive
Sexual-Some making out
Drug & Alcohol-None