However, while in other circumstances this might well work, theres a certain lack of authenticity about it here, and this served to distance me as a reader from Helen. 'But rather than inviting sympathy, this serves more to frustratewere dealing with yet another female main character who underachieves, has been abandoned, and is incapable of seeing her own self-worth. For a good few hundred pages, or so it seems, were given an excruciatingly in-depth account of Helens almost clinically poor levels of self-esteem. Things start off slowly, with the novels beginning little more than a crawl. Despite the authorial earnestness at work here, both the plot and characters feel slightly underdone, and the prose is ordinary at best, evoking, Im afraid, a rather tepid reaction from this reader. Despite the novels appealing setting and the Greek mythos hook that no doubt was the key factor behind its massive advance, the novel is fairly weak overall. I came to Starcrossed'with high hopes, but it took some time for the book to reel me inand even then I was almost the fish that got away. And the fact that someone seems out to harm Helen and everyone close to her doesnt help matters at all. But their being together is a risky undertaking, for their love is starcrossed, the effect of an ages-old series of curses and feuds associated with their demi-god statuses. Theres also the terrifying furies who stalk her, appearing whenever Lucas is present, and the fact that she seems to have taken to walking through Hades in her dreamsor so her bloodied feet and sand-strewn sheets would suggest.įearful that she may be going mad, Helen tries to get to the bottom of these strange eventsand in doing so finds herself falling, completely and utterly, for Lucas Delos. But Helens newfound penchant for attempted homicide isnt all that concerns her. Helen, far from performing her usual trick of fading into the background, finds herself quite literally seizing upon Lucas in an effort to kill him.
But how atypical she truly is she doesnt realise until Lucas Delos arrives on the scene. Oh, you saw that reference to Olympus, did you?ĭespite her focus on grades, sports and the endless battle that is the schoolyard social scene, Helen is not your typical teenage girl. Shes not only strikingly gorgeous, but shes effortlessly bright, and not to mention athletic beyond the hopes of 'all but the finest Olympic athletes.
But this isnt because Helen is lacking in any way: rather, its the opposite. Helen Hamilton is shy and nervous to a fault: even a modicum of attention is enough to see her suffering from stomach cramps and seeking solace away from the rest of the crowd.
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