What is, perhaps, more important is the main characters in the form of Helen and Lucas. Clare is just dropped into this secondary story line where it's obvious that her and Jason, Lucas' brother (or cousin, sorry) have mutual 'feelings' for each other. WIth constant reference to her height and how she's so 'tough', it annoyed me. Believe me, that sentence does not give the novel justice. Sometimes it was a bit 'much' but that does reflect life, right? It'd be hard to try and sum the plot in a sentence so I'm just going to offer a little bit - Centuries ago mistakes were made by their ancestors, it is then their destiny to repeat the mistakes made. I know that the book bares little resemblance to authentic Greek myths, it didn't bother me at all, At times, Angelini managed to discombobulate me with everything. I've never read any books that are framed around Greek mythology, shock horror! Sure I've studied at school but an element of fiction doth make it more interesting. They want to be together but it sometimes seems that they are thrown into a cycle where they really have no choice of their own destiny. If that doesn't grip you in, heaven knows what will. If we think she's not weird enough already, she sees the new guy, Lucas Delos, and wants to kill him.

So, we're introduced to Helen that remains quite enigmatic for some time. A premiss that has been thoroughly used was a very brave move but, I'm so happy to say as this book was 514 pages long, it never seemed cliched in anyway. Author Josephine Angelini manages to takes the well beaten track of the subject 'unattainable love' and reinvent it in the genius debut novel, Starcrossed is really a book that should not be missed.

Star crossed by josephine angelini