When shy, awkward Helen Hamilton sees Lucas Delos for the first time she thinks two things: the first, that he is the most ridiculously beautiful boy she has seen in her life; the second, that she wants to kill him with her bare hands. With an ancient curse making them loathe one another, Lucas and Helen have to keep their distance. But sometimes love is stronger than hate, and not even the gods themselves can prevent what will happen...
This book....
I'm going to start with Helen Hamilton. Her mother left her when she was a mere child and has been raised by her single dad ever since. She's the quiet, awkward type and a nerd, even though she's the most beautiful girl on the island.
She's always seen herself as weird, that she's a freak and deep down she's believed that she's a monster.
When the new family move to the island, Helen finds herself irritated whenever a Delos family member is mentioned. She doesn't know where the anger comes from or why since she's never met them, she just knows she already hates them and hates that everyone keeps talking about them.
What she didn't know was laying her eyes on a Delos would she find him attractive one second, and is ready to kill him within the next second. Which she tries, in front of the whole school, which then leads her to in severer pain since whenever she does something that causes attention to herself she ends up with really bad stomach pains.
The two have a lot to work through but they can't if whenever they're together they want to rip each other's throats out.
I love the characters and found myself wanting more. The only thing that I think needed addressing better was the backstory. The mention of all the gods, their curses and their families and who they were needed 'dumbing down' I guess. It was too confusing to keep track of who was who and why and where and when and how. It honestly boggled my mind that I literally had to make my own theory's up LOL
Other than that it was well written, the story was well informed and a lot of research and theories went into work.
4.5*
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