Dreamless (Starcrossed, #2) in Sequel Reading Challenge

May 28, 2011 Nicole rated it really liked it

Shelves: mythology, arc-tour

4.5/5

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I was kind of surprised by how much I enjoyed this. Just like with Delirium, I'm one of "those people," AKA I didn't like Starcrossed as much as I wanted to but everyone loved it. I'd actually just finished reading Starcrossed right after Divergent, and while these were two totally different books, I wish I would have waited a couple days after the awesomeness that is Divergent or read Starcrossed before it. I didn't feel at all conne 4.5/5

Find more of my reviews on my blog, The Reader's Antidote

I was kind of surprised by how much I enjoyed this. Just like with Delirium, I'm one of "those people," AKA I didn't like Starcrossed as much as I wanted to but everyone loved it. I'd actually just finished reading Starcrossed right after Divergent, and while these were two totally different books, I wish I would have waited a couple days after the awesomeness that is Divergent or read Starcrossed before it. I didn't feel at all connected with Helen, and she was whiny and annoying and superficial. I didn't get what Lucas saw in her. But Helen was much stronger in Dreamless and I really felt like I connected with her. There was also a lot more at stake and the possibility of a love triangle...

This had much of the same mythology, but really focused this time on the Underworld, and I learned things I hadn't know before. I knew there were other rivers in the Underworld besides the River Styx, but I had no idea what6 they stood for. Angelini did a great job with this. As I said earlier, I felt more connected with Helen this time around, and her feelings in the Underworld always seemed to be amplified. This may have had something to do with Orion... And Ares was super creepy! Apparently he was trapped in the Underworld by the Scions (AKA Halfbloods) and has basically gone crazy. But he isn't the only one after Helen. Some pissed off ancient warrior is out to get her too, and is ordered by some unknown backer to kill her. Because there is a prophecy, and Helen isn't the one it involves.

I did not believe in this triangle. I couldn't see what Helen saw in Orion, and as she herself brought up, they barely knew each other. There are times where she said she could see herself with Orion, and then would later say how much she loved Lucas in gushing detail that greatly overshadowed an love (lust) she could have felt for Orion. I just didn't find myself falling in love with Orion from Helen's point of view, no matter how much of a sweetheart he is. I felt horrible for Lucas and Helen. There was one thing that still nags at me about this series, and that is that in the first book we're told that Lucas and Helen are first cousins, but then a scene later, we're told that they were lied to and the only other person that knows dies. It would have been so much better to have kept it from us, but my heart still ached for them.

This was a great second book compared to the first. Definitely worth the read! ...more

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Apr 21, 2012 Andrea at Reading Lark rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, read-in-2012, 5-stars, young-adult, arc, paranormal, greek-mythology

Review Posted on Reading Lark 4/29/12: http://readinglark.blogspot.com/2012/...

Who knew a trip through Hell could be so much fun?

I really enjoyed book one, Starcrossed, but I never expected to LOVE this book. I expected it to be good, but it blew me away. I couldn't put the book down and when I was forced to (stupid shiny job) I kept thinking about the characters. Starcrossed had its moments of tedium as Josephine Angelini set up her world. However, book two has none of those moments. The actio ...more

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