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Book Review: Dreamless by Josephine Angelini

Title:  Dreamless  Author:  Josephine Angelini Series: Starcrossed, #2 Pages:   503 Publisher:  Macmillan Children's Books Date of Publication:  5th July 2012 Source:  Publisher Synopsis from Goodreads: Can true love be forgotten? As the only Scion who can descend into the Underworld, Helen Hamilton has been given a nearly impossible task. By night she wanders through Hades, trying to stop the endless cycle of revenge that has cursed her family. By day she struggles to overcome the fatigue that is rapidly eroding her sanity. Without Lucas by her side, Helen is not sure she has the strength to go on. Just as Helen is pushed to her breaking point, a mysterious new Scion comes to her rescue. Funny and brave, Orion shields her from the dangers of the Underworld. But time is running out—a ruthless foe plots against them, and the Furies’ cry for blood is growing louder. As the ancient Greek world collides with the mortal one, Helen’s s...

Book Review: Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini

Title: Starcrossed Author: Josephine Angelini Series: Starcrossed #1 Pages: 514 Publisher: HarperCollins (US)/MacMillan Children's (UK) Date of UK Publications: 3rd June 2011 Source: Publisher Synopsis from Goodreads: 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...