Hardcover: 514 pages
Published: Harper Teen (May 31, 2011)
Description:
How do you defy destiny?
Helen Hamilton has spent her entire sixteen years trying to hide how different she is—no easy task on an island as small and sheltered as Nantucket. And it's getting harder. Nightmares of a desperate desert journey have Helen waking parched, only to find her sheets damaged by dirt and dust. At school she's haunted by hallucinations of three women weeping tears of blood . . . and when Helen first crosses paths with Lucas Delos, she has no way of knowing they're destined to play the leading roles in a tragedy the Fates insist on repeating throughout history.
As Helen unlocks the secrets of her ancestry, she realizes that some myths are more than just legend. But even demigod powers might not be enough to defy the forces that are both drawing her and Lucas together—and trying to tear them apart.
This book is the first one in a series. I'm glad it is, because I want to know what happens to these characters. This book is different in the fact that the characters and storyline deal with demigods...the ancestors of the big gods like Zeus and Athena, etc. The main female, Helen, has no idea who she really is or what her powers are until a family moves to her island. Of course, they are fated to meet and be together. Destiny plays a big part in this book. I really enjoyed the characters and how they developed and how we learn about their existence. I was a bit confused at times with all the different names and background, but overall it is a good book.
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