Starcrossed

Name: Starcrossed
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Author: Josephine Angelini
ISBN: 9780062012944

Author: Josephine Angelini

Series: Starcrossed Trilogy #1

Narrator: Devon Sorvari

Unabridged: 14 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 05/31/2011

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Romance, Fairy Tales & Legends, Action & Adventure, Social Themes

Synopsis

The passionate romance of Twilight meets Greek mythology in this dazzling debut about star-crossed demigods.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.“OMGods, I can’t wait to read more!” — Lauren Kate, New York Times bestselling author of Fallen

About Josephine Angelini

Josephine Angelini is a Massachusetts native and a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a major in theater and a focus on the classics. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three shelter cats.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kat Kennedy on October 26, 2011

Starcrossed is the story of a teenage school girl, Helen, who meets new boy, Lucas, and tries to murder him with her bare hands for no reason. Lucas, also, wishes to kill Helen in a horrifically violent way because they’re both demigods on the opposite side of a war. I really thought this book was go......more

Goodreads review by "That's All" Ash on June 23, 2013

--->WHAT THE HOLY GRENADE WAS THAT?! <--- A damn good book, that’s what that was. ;) I am officially a Josephine Angelini fan, that’s for sure. She’s one intelligent, story-choreographic, badass woman! She definitely wrote a book that, from the very first page, has it all: Romance. Suspense. Intrigue. Ac......more

Goodreads review by Kristi on October 20, 2021

Starcrossed is not your typical girl meets boy they fall in love and defeat the bad guy together. No, it’s much much MORE. I absolutely adored this book! I was left thinking about it long after I finished this enthralling story that entwines Greek mythology and modern day times so flawlessly and wit......more

Goodreads review by Rachel (The Rest Is Still Unwritten) on May 18, 2011

*This ebook was provided to me at no cost by the publisher* Gah! I just finished this book and I don’t know if I want to scream or cry! I was so frustrated by the ending and revelations of this book. I don’t remember being this upset since the famous Clary-and-Jace-are-siblings revelation of The Mort......more

Goodreads review by Anniebananie on August 25, 2017

3,5 Sterne Puh schwierig schwierig. Also der Anfang war mir viel zu klischeehaft. Sowas a la Twighlight-Teenager-Highschool-Lovestory 🙄 aber ich mochte die Richtung in die die Geschichte ging und obwohl ich dachte, dass es durchaus viele Parallelen zu Percy Jackson - griechische Mythologie halt - ge......more