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Overview

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 ...

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Overview

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 sheltered life on Nantucket descends into chaos. But the hardest task of all will be forgetting Lucas Delos.

Josephine Angelini's compelling saga becomes ever more intricate and spellbinding as an unforgettable love triangle emerges and the eternal cycle of revenge intensifies. Eagerly awaited, this sequel to the internationally bestselling Starcrossed delivers a gritty, action-packed love story that exceeds all expectations.

Editorial Reviews

VOYA
In this sequel to Starcrossed (HarperTeen, 2011/VOYA June 2011), Scion Helen continues the odyssey begun in her earlier dreams of the Furies. Now, however, her dreamless nights are filled with journeys to the Underworld. She hopes to find a way to disarm the Furies and end the three-thousand-year legacy of bloodletting among the four classical Houses. She and Lucas/Paris are still attracted to each other, in spite of now knowing they are first cousins. A mysterious new attraction has entered the picture—Orion, a Rogue Scion like Helen. There are extra helpings of romance as Helen's mortal friend, Claire, pairs up with Scion Jason and Matt becomes enamored with Jason's twin, Ariadne. The romance alternates with fast-paced action from above and below, as those who benefit from the Furies's role are determined to thwart Helen's quest. The mythological framework and minor characters are more fully-realized in this sequel. Helen's trips to the Underworld are conveyed with gut-wrenching detail. Mortal friends Claire, Matt, and Zach do more than giggle, grin, and worry, though there is still enough of that to annoy sophisticated readers. There is a healthy dose of classical deus ex machina and tantalizing hints of a third book in which all-out war erupts between gods and Scions. Since copies of Starcrossed are currently missing from both my school and public libraries, it seems likely that Dreamless and its sequel will be well-liked by fans of contemporary renderings of classical mythology. Reviewer: Donna L. Phillips
Kirkus Reviews
Real sexual tension apparently requires all the divine forces in the universe be arrayed against you, if this book is any guide. Demigods and erstwhile lovers Helen and Lucas can never be together, because they're secretly first cousins. Just in case the couple realizes that relationships between cousins aren't considered incest in their home state of Massachusetts (or 24 other states in the union), Lucas's father explains that the future of the demigod species, nay, of the entire planet depends on the couple staying apart. Because! Of history! And magical things! And could Lucas just stop being so selfish? Lucas responds by pretending to hate Helen, following the standard tortured-angsty-boy recipe for staying away from his girlfriend. Poor Helen, meanwhile, is spending all her sleeping hours traveling the Underworld. She hopes to defeat the Furies and end the senseless feuding that has tormented the semi-divine Scions since the Trojan War, but she can't seem to make any headway in the blasted hellscape of the Underworld. Not to mention, her magical journeys are keeping her from REM sleep, thus probably killing her. At least she's met a hot new Scion in the Underworld to fill the vacancy Lucas left by being such a meanie. Interesting plot twists almost carry endless pages of Forbidden Love. (Paranormal romance. 13-15)

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780062012012
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication date: 5/29/2012
  • Pages: 496
  • Sales rank: 602
  • Age range: 13 - 17 Years
  • Product dimensions: 5.70 (w) x 8.30 (h) x 1.80 (d)

Meet the Author

Josephine Angelini is a Massachusetts native and the youngest of eight siblings. A real-live farmer's daughter, Josie graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in theater, with a focus on the classics. She now lives in Los Angeles with her screenwriter husband.

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