#Josephine Angelini

[lillyli-74]

She had power over the most magnificent forces on Earth, but she still didn’t feel like she had power over the most important thing of all—her own heart.

~Josephine Angelini

[slaughter-books]

Day 10: JOMPBPC: Books And Sunshine

Four beautiful books making the asexual pride flag and some cloudy sunshine! ⛅️ 🖤🩶🤍💜

Happy Pride Month! 🌈

[bookaddict24-7]

(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (July 2nd, 2024)

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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 Releases:

Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret by Amy Doak

A Darker Mischief by Derek Milman

On the Bright Side by Anna Sortino

Ready Or Not by Andi Porretta

Not About A Boy by Myah Hollis

Joined at the Joints by Marissa Ellis

The Midnight Game by Cynthia Murphy

The Ones Who Come Back Hungry by Amelinda Bérubé

Rise by Freya Finch

We Don't Have Time for This by Brianna Craft

Fun Fact: I Love You by Gina Lynn Larsen

Illustrated Girl by Josephine Angelini

New Sequels:

The Heart of the World (The Isles of the Gods #2) by Amie Kaufman

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Happy reading!

[theawakeningseries]

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

[jewels7913]

“I’m a witch and witches burn”

Front cover image for a book cover redesign I did for trial by fire by Josephine Angelini.

I have always LOVED this trilogy, I’ll post the final book design as well, just wanted to feature my version of Lily Proctor.

[giisheree]

2013 generation

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have 100 Girls 2000

[culminationcreation]

Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini inspired moodboard for Morpheus

[plantdad-dante]

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.

[dartumbles]

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…

[majstersztykzchwil]

"Nie kochałabym cię bardziej, gdybyś przyniósł mi w jednej ręce słońce, a w drugiej niebo ze wszystkimi gwiazdami. Mogłabym przeżyć sto wcieleń i nigdy nie spotkałabym mężczyzny tak doskonałego jak ty. Pokochałam cię w chwili, gdy cię ujrzałam, i niestety wiem na pewno, że nigdy nie pokocham nikogo ani niczego tak jak ciebie."

[difunttichronicles]

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…

[bookcoversonly]

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

[fuzzysparrow]

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…

[theawakeningseries]

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

[jewels7913]

This is the fully redesigned book cover for Trial by Fire. It has an inside flood of flames with a textured background which is continued on the front of the cover with Lily engulfed by the fire to represent her on the pyre. The last two images show the book physically mocked up with the intended final of the title being silver to define the metal used for Lily's necklace. I will continue redesigning this series's second and third book covers.

I also may draw some of the scenes in these books.