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theawakeningseries · 9 months

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after reading timeless (and profusely crying at the end) i cannot accept that endless will be the end of the series. i just cannot.

#starcrossed by josephine angelini #josephine angelini #timeless #starcrossed #starcrossed series #helen hamilton #lucas delos

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bookaddict24-7 · 2 years

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(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (October 4th, 2022)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

Pretty Dead Queens by Alexa Donne

The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera

A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo

The Second Death of Edie and Violet Bond by Amanda Glaze

Monarch Rising by Harper Glenn

The Restless Dark by Erica Waters

Anne of Greenville by Mariko Tamaki

The Sacrifice by Rin Chupeco

The Wolves Are Watching by Natalie Lund

Flight 171 by Amy Christine Parker

The Christmas Clash by Suzanne Park

After Dark with Roxie Clark by Brooke Lauren Davis

Prince of Song & Sea by linsey miller

By the Time You Read This I'll Be Gone by Stephanie Kuehn

Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers & Jeff Edwards

Tasting Light by Various

Princess of Souls by Alexandra Christo

New Sequels:

Scions (Starcrossed #4) by Josephine Angelini

The Empress of Time (The Keeper of Night #2) by Kylie Lee Baker

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Happy reading!

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badmovieihave · 11 days

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Bad movie I have 100 Girls 2000

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culminationcreation · 10 months

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Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini inspired moodboard for Morpheus

#starcrossed #outcasts #halloween in july #halloween #Angel #costume #josephine angelini #booklover #morpheus

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plantdad-dante · 8 months

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Book #110 - Goddess by Josephine Angelini

(at which point am I allowed to call all of this bullshit insulting)

How is it that I have yet to come upon an Iliad retelling that follows the "Helen actually wants to be there" idea which doesn't just straight up suck? I'd like to think I'm open to that. It shouldn't be a guarantee for failure.

So then why the fuck do all of those retellings/adaptations paint the Greeks as barbaric savages with DV eyes who never heard of compassion or decency, let alone hygiene, and all the Trojans as these kind, charming pretty people who could never do anything wrong, ever? Why do they all lack moral nuance. Why are they afraid of holding their protagonists accountable.

And even among those, I have never before witnessed one that flinched so hard at even the suggestion of narrative accountability. The book keeps making shit up to take as much responsibility from its faves as it is humanly possible, and it should have become comical at some point, but instead it just kept getting worse.

Anyway, some choice quotes and highlights fom my notes:

- So Orion's mum is "insane", "the kind of insane that is dangerous to be around" (yes, those are direct quotes). Such a tactful, nuanced portrail of mental illness. Bravo, truly. Bravo.

- If I understand this book correctly, then all the Starcrossed House of Atreus inherited from the actual House of Atreus (Agamemnon, Menelaus, etc.) is the name. Which is disappointing. Petition to rename it House of Helen or something?

-So... Paris looks like Lancelot who looks like Lucas who looks like Orion's dad who looks like Odysseus, and all of them look like Poseidon. I... I don't think this was thought through, tbh.

- light note: Hector went swimming in jeans. Was very astonished that he managed to keep his cool during the confrontation with Apollo, while his legs were in the grips of a denim boa constrictor. (who goes swimming in jeans????)

- speaking of that scene... "It was a queer-sounding cackle - not human, and a little less than sane." (again, direct quote.) Someone tell grandma that you can't say shit like this anymore, what the fuck. This came out in 2013, ffs. Jesus, you're lucky I read so much 19th/early 20th century lit, or I might have interpreted that sentence in a 100% less charitable light. (also, of course it has to be Apollo who gets described like this... not defending Apollo, just not a fan of biphobia or -erasure. which, yes, of course all his targets/victims here are female. did you expect anything else?).

- Since the presences of neither Demeter or Artemis get even alluded to at the duels/war, I'm choosing to picture them taking one long look at all of this and then saying "nah, we're good. we're just gonna sit this one out." and then they're just chilling on Olympus, maybe taking a nature walk while the rest of the fam go embarass themselves.

- Matt-as-Achilles looks at Hector and thinks "aw, him and his gf are reuinted. They were always such an awesome power couple. Hope it turns out better for them this time." And I ask, again, at what point am I allowed to call this insulting. Like, sorry, but if I suddenly got possessed by a magic dagger that sorta kinda turned me into a reincarnation of Achilles, I would not look at the splitting image of Hector of Troy and think anything other than "Hey. That's the guy who drove me into the deepest grief and the loudest wrath back in the war. I almost went insane because of him. Threw away my life and my principles just to kill him." Be serious.

- Why invoke shit you're never gonna follow up on. Why tease me with Arthuriana like this when you're not gonna do anything with it? Why promise me Nemesis when you don't even seem to be aware who she is??

- Why am I supposed to sympathize with God!Helen? Or any of her immortal posse? Also, why did this book end up punishing Ariadne so hard? She didn't do anything, did she?? She didn't even make a moral decision, she just sided with her bf. And everyone else got forgiven for that! Also, she deserved more than being a stand-in for the bland non-character that is Briseis. She only got that face so this version of Achilles would have a girlfriend (which hurts to type) and that's honestly just... yeah, it's insulting. To everyone involved.

- OH. Btw, Patroclus gets, like, name-dropped, once, when Helen remembers Achilles challenging OG Hector, "half-insane with grief", but nothing comes of that comment, it's a single sentence, and then the whole ordeal doesn't even get alluded to anymore. Matt fights Hector on moral grounds alone, on an issue that gets side-stepped later anyway, and- ugh.

- Every single relationship in this book is either a bad idea, rushed, toxic, or any combination of these. The Hector/Andromache speedrun especially was done in some very speaky clownshoes, and... ugh, did we have to make Orion a nonce? Did we? Did we really? You don't have to pair up everyone at the end, you can leave the fourteen-year-old prophet alone, Jesus. It's not that hard.

I wanted to do a contemplatative post for this last one. Look back on the series as a whole, reflect a bit... But no. No, I needed to yell, again. Because sometimes you just need to write a comprehensive list of why nobody should spend money on something. And I'm so very glad I didnt.

Reading this trilogy felt like chugging poison. Like I was doing a keg-stand, but the keg was full of poison. Well, folks, the keg is empty. And I'm gonna read some really fluffy shit now. Teeth-rotting queer fluff extravaganza. Fuck you.

#goddess #josephine angelini #starcrossed trilogy #i'm sorry that my rants run so long #and i know that no one really likes them #i don't either really i just need them out of my system #it is what it is i guess #dante's discard pile

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dartumbles · 1 year

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Review: Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini

Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini My rating: 3 of 5 stars So, not my kind of book. But you’ll love this book if you like romance, especially paranormal romance with Greek mythology built in. I must admit Devon Sorvari (Narrator) did a fantastic job telling the story. Look, I realize I am not the target audience. So I don’t want to be mean or disparaging. I did finish reading, so it kept me…

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#Devon Sorvari #fantasy #goddess #greek-mythology #Josephine Angelini #mythology #Paranormal #paranormal-romance #young-adult

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starcrossedsource · 2 years

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We are BACK!

Josephine Angelini is back with more stories in the Starcrossed universe! Scions, a prequel following Helen’s mother Daphne is set to be published October 4th. In the interim make sure to keep your eyes, ears, and hearts on @starcrossedsource for all the information.

Make sure to read along as we read/re-read the Starcrossed trilogy leading up to the release of Scions.

#starcrossedsource #starcrossedreadalong #josephine angelini #starcrossed #dreamless #goddess #newrelease

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difunttichronicles · 17 days

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Goddess

Starcrossed, tome 3,Josephine Angelini tome 1 tome 2 PrésentationAfter accidentally unleashing the gods from their captivity on Olympus, Helen must find a way to re-imprison them without starting a devastating war. But the gods are angry, and their thirst for blood already has a body count.To make matters worse, the Oracle reveals that a diabolical Tyrant is lurking among them, which drives a…

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#Adolescent #Aventure #Destin #Dieux #Famille #Fantastique #Guerre #Héroïne #Inceste #Josephine Angelini #Liquidation de la liste d&039;envies qui date de 10 ans #Mythologie #OuaisList #Starcrossed #Triangle amoureux

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bookcoversonly · 2 months

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Title: Starcrossed | Author: Josephine Angelini | Publisher: Macmillan (2020)

#books #Starcrossed #Josephine Angelini

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fuzzysparrow · 11 months

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A Reader Lives a Thousand Lives

The Last Days of Rabbit HayesAuthor: Anna McPartlinPublished: 8th May 2014Goodreads Rating: 4.26 out of 5Reviewed: August 2014 Those who are quick to cry at sad stories should think twice before reading this book in public. Anna McPartlin’s sixth novel, The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes, is exactly what it says in the title. The story is about the final week of Mia “Rabbit” Hayes’ life before she…

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#anna mcpartlin #book reviews #emily st john mandel #fives and twenty-fives #goodreads #josephine angelini #ko-fi #matthew thomas #michael pitre #patreon #review #station eleven #the last days of rabbit hayes #trial by fire #we are not ourselves #worldwalker

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poisonbooknerd · 1 year

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#josephine angelini #Starcrossed series #scions #starcrossed #dreamless #goddess #timeless #outcasts #Cover reveal #starsquad

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theawakeningseries · 1 year

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scions is outtt

i just started reading the first few chapters and let's say that now i totally understand why daphne chose jerry as a father for helen

daphne's father needs to go

#josephine angelini #starcrossed #starcrossed by josephine angelini #scions #scions by josephine angelini #helen hamilton #daphne ajax #daphne atreus

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amphiptere · 1 year

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Does anyone have any good adult Greek mythology retellings recs? I have no interest in the Song of Achilles, found Circe to have lovely writing but lacking in sort of female solidarity, too slow and boring, and constant awkward inserts of Circe into myths she had no business in just to create some sort of plot, I also found Ariadne to be slow and boring and thought it also focused too much on less relevant stories and I disliked it’s Men Bad message as overly simplistic and boring (I posted a short sort of review/complaint if anyone’s curious), and I mostly liked The Silence of the Girls since I think it did a great job with its portrayal of women, slavery, brutality, and just the general levels of complexity and nuance were excellent, but it was too slow for me and never quite grabbed me. I’m interested in basically every story except maybe not anything more with the Trojan War since I’ve read enough with that lately. I just have had so little success with the books I do see recommended and that seem to be popular. So if anyone has read any other books and can comment if based on the above, I might enjoy them or not, I’d love to hear it!

#mine #let me know especially about natalie haynes #i haven't read her and she's written about a lot of cool myths #and daughters of sparta could be cool #but i've given up on jennifer saint like i really hated ariadne #theseus is my favourite myth and that's not to say i think he's ever a good person ofc not he sucks but ariadne made that his only trait #which made everything so boring #i ask for adult books because what i look for in a ya or kid's retelling is just so different #like percy jackson for life ofc but also my inner 13-year-old still adores starcrossed josephine angelini #in retrospect that was probably somewhat trashy but god i had fun reading it #books

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sternenmeerkind · 1 year

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What sort of books do you like to read? 💕

The ones that wreck me emotionally

Lmao but my favorite genre has always been fantasy, especially urban fantasy and also dystopias

#thank you for the ask! ^-^#but seriously my favorite books are the ones that left me in tears or where I didn't know what to do with all those feelings #around 95% of the books I read are fantasy or sci fi #some of my favorite authors are Julie Kagawa and Marie Lu and Josephine Angelini #I can talk a lot about books as you might see xD

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culminationcreation · 10 months

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Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini inspired moodboard for Andy

#halloween #halloween in july #josephine angelini #starcrossed #outcasts #moodboard #muse inspo #costume #booklover

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plantdad-dante · 8 months

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Book #109 - Dreamless by Josephine Angelini

(JAIL. Jail for Lucas.)

Ohhhhh I hate this. I hate this so much. I don't even know where to start. I'm so mad at this, from so many angles, it's like a kaleidoscope of misery. A panopticon of hatred. Consider this your warning.

How can a book based on the most accessible and most widely historically preserved mythology contain this amount of bullshit. I don't get it. And what makes it worse it that sometimes it gets things right?? Even things that I hadn't known before and had to google?? (I may not like the "Myrmidons are insect people" angle, but it at least makes somewhat sense, in a God Of War, "we twist everything morally ambiguous about what you love into fucked up, gory, evil monstrosities" kinda way.) I think it's the weird disconnect for me, of seeing one thing that is actually based in myth, that like, has an actual foundation somewhere and makes sense - and then two pages later encountering something either flat out wrong (like Chiron, the Ferryboatman on the Styx), or completely barmy ("River of Joy", shove it up your bum).

By the way, it takes a lot to actually make me want to punch a fictional character, but oh boy. Oh boy, I want to kill Lucas. I want to fucking disintegrate that motherfucker. An invisible man stalking a woman he is obsessed with is literally the plot of a horror movie!! Literally. Also, there is one passage where he a) admits to watching her sleep, and b) says that someday he won't be able to stop himself from climbing into the bed with her (!!!) and honestly, it's so ambigously worded, for a second I forgot how clueless this book is about sex and was legitamtely convinced he intended to SA her. So, yeah, jail for Lucas.

For some other greatest hits of this book:

- The "All Tell No Show" writing continues, making, for example, Zach's character and arc completely incomprehensible to me. - The women hate continues, this time expressed in the form of at least one incel we are meant to sympathize with, the majority of the male cast being possessive and volatile fuckheads and it being portrayed as romantic and good, and none, literally not a single one, of the female characters being concerned about Lucas' stalking habits. Additionally: thank fuck for exposition talk or I doubt this book would pass the Bechdel test. - Ares, God of War - not the clean, strategic roundtable stuff that Athena concerns herself with, this is the gory, blood-soaked carnage aspect of war we're talking about - is a coward. Yeah. Sure, I mean... what else would he be. Right? - While the reader knows that Lucas and Helen aren't actually related, they and the majority of the other characters have yet to learn this little factoid. Weird, then, that the book just kind of... forgets about it. About two thirds in, this book flat out forgets that they are supposed to be cousins, and drops it in favour of love triangle angst. I wish I was making this up.

I'm still confused about this book's portrail of Hades and Persephone. From the moment they brought her up I was waiting to learn her feelings on the whole kidnapping matter, but all we get is a confusing talk with Hades, where he justifies his actions with his feelings. Persephone gets to be nothing more than a plot device. Another strike for women hate.

I am worried about what Antman's death means for this series' portrail of Achilles. For a story that wants to base its lore and characters on the Iliad, the first two books have very curiously avoided bringing up the Greek side of the Trojan War, and specifically Achilles. And I can't help it, I'm a Greek Mythology gay, of course I'm worried what these books will do to our boy.

All in all, this feels like that Simpson's meme.... "This is the worst book I have ever read" - "The worst book you have ever read - so far". Get it? Because this is a trilogy, because there is still one left to go.

#dreamless #josephine angelini #starcrossed trilogy #dante's discard pile #no this doesn't feel strong enough #dante's tenth circle of book hell?#ever read a book so horrid that you feel like you need to invent a new tag?

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