Review: Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini

This book is part of my 2013 TBR Pile Challenge.

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Starcrossed
Josephine Angelini
Series: Starcrossed #1
Publication date: May 31st 2011 by HarperTeen
Rating: ★★☆☆☆

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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.

I originally rated this as a 3 stars book but upon reviewing and rereading some parts I had to change it to 2.

A funny thing happened when I picked up Starcrossed and sat down to read it for one of my reading challenges. I didn't really notice it at first but some parts felt weirdly familiar to me, like I had read them before, and it wasn't until I was around chapter three that I realized that was really the case. Apparently I tried reading this a couple of months after it came out but gave up halfway through and didn't touch it again.

Until now.

And I'm kind of wishing I had left it alone.

The beginning went by so freaking slowly for me, it was like I was dragging my feet trying to get through this story. I was bored. I didn't get pulled in by the story or its characters, and the only reason why I kept reading it was because I was hoping it would get better.

Not that it did, not really.

The Greek mythology part of the story had its moments, so did Helen's best friend Claire. Both aspects kept me entertained for the most part - and are also the reason why this book is getting 2 stars -, that is until Helen and Lucas' relationship was mentioned. And oh my god what a freaking mess their story was.

I'm getting kind of tired of reading about the whole girl-meets-boy-and-instantly-feels-a-connection-to-him-only-to-find-out-they-can't-be-together story. That's exactly what happened in Starcrossed, with Helen meeting Lucas and not being able to stay away from him even when the gods themselves told her to.

And the twist on their relationship and final reason of why they can't be together was such a communication failure. Like, if both of them just stopped for a second to think about what was said to them as to why their relationship shouldn't happen and then looked back at facts and dates and just thought about it, they'd know people were lying to them. I love misunderstandings in stories, especially the angst that it brings, but this was too much.

In conclusion, I wished I had left this book alone and went on with my life.