#orion evander

[sternennebel2001]

Godess Scene

Orion: Now all you need to do is to choose a champion. I accept.

Lucas: Like hell, I'm Helen's champion.

Orion: Can't let you do that, bro.

Lucas: Did you just say let me?

Hector: Ladies, please, weren't you listening? The Champion is supposed to be the best fighter. Clearly, that's me.

[penelopeeckhart]

starcrossed trilogy by josephine angelini (2011—2013)

[gloomyandtwisty2196]

#32: Goddess

This is the last installment of the Starcrossed trilogy and it was just such a trip.

In this book, we see Helen’s powers have become more diversified due to the events of the last book i.e. she has received some of Orion’s and Lucas’s powers. Her powers now include being a falsefinder, an ability to read and control people’s hearts, an ability to create earthquakes amongst many others. Essentially, the message here is that with great power comes an even greater responsibility. This proves to be rather catastrophic for Helen as her powers have resulted in her friends becoming very wary of her.

This book brings with it, the emergence of the gods that we’ve heard about in every literary adaptation of greek mythology except in this instance, there is a twist. The gods are not particularly good guys in this book. In fact, their emergence might mean the end of mankind as Helen and her friends know it. Apollo is essentially a very cruel man and a rapist. Zeus, despite already being a god, has a god complex and basically tries to bully Helen. Poseidon saw it fit to berate Lucas because he was compassionate. Basically, the gods in this book have a lot of issues. The major twist here is that Hades is the compassionate one in this book, willing to help Helen and also helping her embrace her power as a Worldbuilder.

The different dreams that Helen had at various points within the book were also very fun to read. They provided a depiction of the Helen and Lucas love saga at different points in history and how they always ended tragically.

We are provided with an insight into Orion’s past and his family life in this book and it is filled with a lot of pain and strife. His tumultuous upbringing arising from the fact that he was from two different houses made his character very three dimensional. I especially loved the fact that he did not let this break him. The fact that he was able to find a place within the Delos clan by the end of the book brought me as a reader an infinite amount of happiness.

In this book, I did wonder why the humans were so vulnerable and quick to corrupt? as in the case where Matt had taken Automedon’s place as leader of the Myrmirdons. Though, it was unintentional, why was it so easy? and why couldn’t he be saved instead of just dying a painful death? This book explores themes of betrayal as we see Claire and Ariadne decide to fight against Helen and the rest of the Delos clan due to their fear of Helen’s increasing powers. It was very excruciating to read especially when they expected Helen to give up her powers to prove that she was still herself.

The breakout character in this book had to be Daphne. Finding out that everything she did, she had done for love with the hopes of being reunited with her own true love, Ajax, was just too heartbreaking. I was glad when she died, because it meant that she was finally at peace.

Overall, this served as a fitting conclusion to a wonderful trilogy.

[penelopeeckhart]

me, reading Goddess:

[gloomyandtwisty2196]

What I say: I’m fine

What I mean: The Starcrossed trilogy is an absolutely brilliant trilogy that deserves more recognition. Helen Hamilton is excellent. Lucas Delos is a worthy as fuck love interest. Orion Evander is a suitable love counterpart and an even better love interest for Cassandra Delos; who is a hauntingly beautifully written character who deserves the best in life. Claire Aoki is the best friend we all need in our lives. Daphne is a sick conniving woman who I won’t even trust with my pen. And they all deserve the best in life; Jerry deserves a woman who loves him (Kate) and Helen and Lucas need to be together; it doesn't matter if it's in Olympus, Earth or in the Underworld. Ari deserves some sort of happy ending. Hector is my hero and everything I’d ever want in a big brother and I love that he never runs away from a fight. He is brave and has the heart of a soldier and is hands down; the breakout character of the entire trilogy. And I just don’t understand why the Starcrossed fandom isn’t bigger so I can fangirl with someone about how good the books are

[dunnetwins]

and you will be my champion

[anonymoushomosapiens]

Goddess

OMG! It's the shortest book in the trilogy but so many things happened in this one! Even more than the first two combined! I loved it!

The book takes place about one hour after Dreamless ends, which was nice since I read it right after I finished Dreamless. 

Okay, I'm going to be all over the place here.

It seems that when Lucas, Orion, and Helen shared blood, Helen acquired a power from both Lucas and Orion. Helen could now create an earthquake, read people's hearts, control people's hearts, and she's also a Falsefinder. 

I love that we know Orion's story more. We get to know who his family is and what happened to him. I love the part when he and Helen go on a "date" at the beach. It was going so well until Helen thought of Lucas. I'm still Team Orion. Lucas was alright. I'm still not his biggest fan. 

We get introduced to a new character, Andy. Andy was almost raped and killed by Apollo. Helen goes to save Andy, who we find out is a Siren. They don't go too in detail about what a Siren is capable of. Helen takes Andy back to the Delos compound but Andy gets all freaked out by Hector because Hector is the exact replica of Apollo. Since Helen could read hearts, she sees that Hector has feelings for Andy. I thought it was weird at first because it was more insta-love than how Lucas and Helen fell in love. I let it go, because I love Hector. Andy tells Hector to stay away from her. But Andy almost gets attacked by Apollo again a bit later in the story and Hector rescues her. Then they both share mutual feelings. It was cute. Weird, but cute. 

Cassandra has feelings for Orion. Helen could also read people's hearts like Orion and she saw what Cassandra felt for Orion. To be honest, it was already made obvious that Cassandra liked him. When he started calling her Kitty. Cassandra always staying close to Hector. At first it was probably just so the Fates won't bother her, but I think she liked him even more because of that. It was so cute. I never fully shipped Orion and Helen because I knew Lucas was the endgame but I totally ship him and Cassandra. They are so adorable. I want a spin off with them in it. 

I noticed that we get less Clair and Jason in this book. They're cute but not much happened in this one regarding their relationship, which kind of upset me but all the new couples made up for it. 

Helen gets these dreams, memories, that kind of shows her the past. The dreams show her what happened with Helen of Troy. She even got dreams of animals killing women. They were all dreams Morpheus sent her to warn her of what was going to happen and how it may all end. In a way, what was happening in the present time were all repetition of what happened in the past. History was repeating itself. Then Helen eventually goes to Morpheus and asks him what to do.

When Morpheus was trying to tell Helen that those close to her were planning to betray her, how the hell does she even come to Daphne as a conclusion? They weren't even close!! And when he tells her that she's in danger, she leaves! It's just like Zach over again! When someone wants to warn you of danger heading your way, and they're about to tell you what will cause that danger, YOU FUCKING LISTEN!!! Ugh! That's the thing about Helen that pisses me off, she jumps to conclusions so easily!! So then maybe there could've been a way to prevent Matt from being killed had Helen listened to Morpheus. 

Helen then finds out from Hades that she's a Worldbuilder. She basically has her own world and she controls it. She can have whatever she wants and prevent anything from happening. Literally, like she creates a portal that takes her to her own world. She calls it  Everyworld because she built every city she wanted to go to in one world. This world is what was once known as Atlantis, which is a world that the house of Thebes have been fighting every house for only to discover that it doesn't exist anymore. Everyworld. To be honest, I think it's a silly name, but whatever. 

Matt basically replaces Automedon. It isn't quite clear to me how he acquired the position but Matt becomes in charge of all Myrmidons. So that happens. But what surprised me even more was that Deadalus, Tantalus, AND Pallas are on his side! PALLAS!! WTF!! I didn't see that coming. And when the Scions started choosing sides, Ariadne and Claire chose Matt! WHAT!!!! It was going crazy! 

Hector dies and OMG! I didn't see it coming! I got so pissed off because I continued on with this series because I thought it was going to be happy and there it goes, killing off my favorite character, just like Allegiant. WTF IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD!!! Matt dies after Hector, which didn't sadden me much. I don't think I really cared for him but I do love Ariadne and I hate that her 'soulmate,' for the lack of a better word, dies. Everyone had someone but her now. Hector and Andy, Orion and Cassandra, Jason and Claire, and Lucas and Helen. 

Daphne finally tells Helen that Jerry is her real dad. No surprise there! I always knew that Jerry is her real dad. 

Here's the big twist: Lucas trades himself off with Hades in order to bring Hector back to life. So we get Hector back but Lucas is now in charge of the Underworld. He doesn't even know that he and Helen aren't cousins yet. He did it because he thought he and Helen couldn't be together. Typical stupid move of a dude in love in a YA series. Then Helen goes over there and tells him that they aren't cousins. She then convinces the Eumenides to free Lucas, but instead make a deal there will come a time, someday, that Lucas will have to rule the Underworld. But for now, Hades is the man. 

Daphne dies but after succeeding in killing Tantalus. Helen is now immortal. She challenges Zeus and traps him in Everyland. Although I found Helen annoying when she was with Morpheus, when she beat Zeus, HELEN IS BOSS! Omg! I wasn't expecting that to happen. I thought she would send him to Tartarus. It was so badass of her. You go girl! Then she threatens the other gods and of course they became afraid of her. The gods forfeit and Scions win! Whoopie! 

My favorite character in this one is Hades. Hades shows his compassionate side. I actually think he's the nicest out of all three major Gods. I think the Disney movie really made him look bad but he isn't. After reading the Percy Jackson series, he grew on me and this book really made him seem like the good guy. I really want to read more books that have Hades as the good guy. 

I don't like the part in the end where it says Ariadne is pulling away from the family because of her loss. What's worse is that her cousin killed Matt but for good reasons. So whatever.

I do love that Orion and Cassandra stay together. They're adorable. But it did raise a question. If Cassandra is the Oracle, but Orion keeps her safe from the Fates, is she still the Oracle? Does she grow up? Or does she stay fourteen forever like how it's supposed to be? 

I guess for now, I'll just have to assume that only good things happened from then on. 

In conclusion, history ALMOST repeats itself. 

I really liked this book and this whole series. I really enjoyed the writing and the pacing. I'll definitely read more of Josephine Angelini's novels in the future. I can't wait for her next book, Crucible! :)

[fuck-yeah-helen-hamilton]

You didn't just fall in love with him once. You fall in love with him everytime you look at him.