Dreamless by Josephine Angelini

Dreamless by Josephine Angelini

Review of Dreamless

Title & Author:
Dreamless by Josephine Angelini
Publisher:
HarperTeen
Publication Date:
May 29, 2012
Pages:
487
Source:
ARC from Publisher

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. – Goodreads

I read Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini last year and while I liked it, I wouldn’t have put it on my favourites shelf or anything. But I picked up Dreamless and I absolutely loved it.

I was playing catch-up for a good chunk of Dreamless, however, so I would definitely recommend doing a refresher on Starcrossed if it’s been a while! After all, you don’t want to be like me and be saying “So who the hell is Kate?”

Anyway, the storyline in Dreamless was much more engaging to me. Although all the various Underworld scenes did get a little repetitive in the beginning, I was rooting so hard for Helen to accomplish her task and once things started really happening in the Underworld parts, I was all for it.

I loved the semi-love triangle going on with Helen and Orion and Lucas. I’m not a big love triangle person, but forbidden love usually bores me after a while and Orion added other options that kept me very entertained.

Also – I was complaining on Twitter a few weeks ago about how people keep doing the same boring mythology retelling over and over again, and then I picked up Dreamless and I was SO EXCITED to read something refreshing and unique. I loved that Josephine Angelini was able to get me excited about Greek mythology again.

To put it simply, I loved Dreamless by Josephine Angelini. It gripped me way more than Starcrossed, and was able to get me excited about Greek mythology again. If you’re looking for a fun YA paranormal-ish book with seriously high stakes and cute boys, I definitely recommend checking out Starcrossed and Dreamless.

Other Books in the Series

Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini

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