I have been recently introduced to the original Starcrossed series by a dear friend and I loved the magical ethereal nature of it. This prequel continues that joy and magic from the first page all the way through.

And finally, here I am, to write my most awaited review EVER! First of all: a huge thanks to NetGalley for providing me an arc of this book. Seriously, I was slowly but steadily going insane as I waited for October to come along! But now, to what really matters: Scions! 


What to say about this work of art? I don't even know where to begin! Josephine Angelini has a gift and that's for sure, it always amazes me how writing seems to be so effortless in the way things always flow so swiftly… I don't even know how to explain it to be honest, but her writing just sucks you in and before you even take notice, you already are halfway through the book, completely immersed in it and not even knowing when that happened. That's just how it is. 


As for Scions, anyone who knows me, knows I've been crazy excited for this release, afterall, I've been obsessed with Starcrossed since 2012, when I first came across it, and although I always praised Goddess for being the perfect ending to a perfect story, I always wondered what could have been, because the book ends with so many plots to yet to be explored, still, I was kinda afraid this could just mess up a perfectly good story which had ended well, but I still trusted Josephine and I'm glad I did. This book fulfilled its purpose of giving us some background knowledge of the Starcrossed universe, while still being one of the best books I ever read and I really do hope to hear more of Ajax and Daphne's story. I know some from reading Starcrossed, but I fell in love so hard for Ajax, that I'm just hoping to see more of him at this point while also curious about Tantalus and what truly happened to him (if you know you know, if you don't, go read Starcrossed!). Either way, Scions is an amazing prequel to an amazing series and a total must read. 

Each character is so captivating and the writing so fluid, that you can't help but enjoy it and be completely eloped by this pair of Starcrossed lovers, truly hoping and cheering for their happy ending. Seriously, to me, this book was everything and then some.

Synopsis:
New York City, 1993. It wasn’t Daphne’s choice to move into the heart of a struggle that has been secretly waging for thirty-three hundred years, but not much in her life has been up to her. Fate has brought Daphne, daughter of Zeus, and Heir to the House of Atreus to where the descendants of the Greek gods can shed blood over her once again.

Men are fated to kill for her.

But New York holds a surprise for Daphne and her cursed face—the same one that once launched a thousand ships. A series of murals painted all over town mysteriously pull at her in ways she can't understand. That’s because the artist is Ajax Delos, Son of Apollo, Scion of the House of Thebes, and Daphne’s mortal enemy.

She found the one worth dying for.

With the Fates manipulating them like pieces on a chessboard, Daphne and Ajax must find a way to break the cycle of destruction set in motion by their ancestors before the walls of Troy, or risk becoming yet another pair of star-crossed lovers doomed to repeat the same fatal mistakes.

I enjoyed stepping back into the world of Star-crossed, it was easy to read and a good refresher to then return back to the original trilogy before reading Timeless.
I do enjoy reading a good Greek mythology retelling, this time it's the Trojan War, Josephine hasn't disappointed with this prequel; I had fun looking up the Greeks who's name appears in this book of family feuds and Star-crossed lovers.
I love the forbidden love/enemies to lovers trope so this book was right up my street, the Daphne wasn't annoying and I like her relationship with Ajax, it was electrifying seeing their relationship develop throughout the book.
The 90s set up also added to the lore of reading this book the throwbacks reminded me of my childhood in that era it was refreshing to read great escapism.
Expect an epic story of feuding God's and Demi-gods, passionate love and unforgettable characters and story.

A prequel to the bestselling star crossed series

New York City, 1993. It wasn't Daphne's choice to move into the heart of a struggle that has been secretly waging for thirty-three hundred years, but not much in her life has been up to her. Fate has brought Daphne, daughter of Zeus, and Heir to the House of Atreus to where the descendants of the Greek gods can shed blood over her once again.
Men are fated to kill for her.
But New York holds a surprise for Daphne and her cursed face--the same one that once launched a thousand ships. A series of murals painted all over town mysteriously pull at her in ways she can't understand. That's because the artist is Ajax Delos, Son of Apollo, Scion of the House of Thebes, and Daphne's mortal enemy.
She found the one worth dying for.
With the Fates manipulating them like pieces on a chessboard, Daphne and Ajax must find a way to break the cycle of destruction set in motion by their ancestors before the walls of Troy, or risk becoming yet another pair of star-crossed lovers doomed to repeat the same fatal mistakes.
Read in one sitting really enjoyable read totally recommend
Thank You NetGalley and Sungrazer Publishing
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Reading Scions by Josephine Angelini was such a weird experience because Starcrossed was one of my favorite books when I was a teenager, I read it multiple times & loved it so so much. Fast forward ~10 years I reread Starcrossed in preparation for Scions because I wasn’t sure I remembered everything correctly & I had actually a lot of fun rereading the book. Was it as amazing as I remembered? … well, no. It’s so dramatic and the ending made me mad for a few days because it feels so stupid? But I still enjoyed rereading the book a lot, it’s a really fun story and I was excited to dive into Scions next and read about Daphne and Ajax. And again, was the book amazing? … no. But it was very similar to the Starcrossed series, which is good I think. Lots of drama, lots of romance, family. Past me would have absolutely loved the book. 2022-Me can appreciate that I’m not the target audience anymore & that it wasn’t a bad book, even if not necessarily for me anymore. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed reading this prequel but I’m also a bit confused? And curious about the sequels. I just think except for setting up the plot of the sequels it wasn’t doing much plot wise? We already knew loosely from the Starcrossed series what happened. And I don’t want to say the book was unnecessary but maybe a short story or novella would have worked as well? Because right now I’m not sure what Scions did for the overarching plot but I could be wrong.
However, I’m happy I’ve reread one of my old favorites even though I wouldn’t count it as a favorite anymore but it still has a special place in my heart because I used to love it so much & I liked spending time in this world again.

<i> Tell me your favorite color, and I'll paint the sky with it, </i>

Romeo&Juliet, but make it greek-myth infused!
I. just. love. it.

I have to be honest, I never read the Starcrossed trilogy before but I heard Scions was like a prequel so I jumped right in and... I adore it! I love the settings, the rivalling families, the yearning!!! and of course the angsty romance. I love the Greek myth references and the poetic writing style.

Overall it was such a great read and I can't wait to read the trilogy and Timeless soon!

I never really liked Daphne in the original trilogy so I was pleasently surprised by this book. I can see the trauma that she had to go through to make her the person she is in the starcrossed trilogy. The book filled in so many gaps to the story that was missing before and I can safely say that it has renewed my love for the Scion world. I have already preordered book 5 in the series!

Man, I enjoyed reading these books so much! I've read the originals a few times now, but it's been a while, and now with Scions coming out, I had to do a reread! I had such a great time being back in this world with these characters!

I remembered a few things, like who the betrayer was, that having the Furies forget might not be the best thing, and Helen and Lucas weren't cousins, and that she won against Zeus, but I forgot the particulars. Which is why a reread is so great!

Knowing the synopsis for Timeless now, there's two things that I'm on the lookout for-that Lucas has his bargain with Hades (he really should've worded it different, like that they take turns or something, not that someone always has it.) And that Zeus is still a problem. Though there still is Helen's favors that she owes Hecate...

Absolutely loved reading Scions. Daphne is a hard character for me, she did some really terrible stuff because of her love for Ajax. But this was the story of her falling in love. It was really great to see the politics of the time, that built up the histories of characters that we met in the first 3 books. And that ending! I can't wait for more! Timeless is going to deal with this, I'm pretty sure, and it's going to be so great!

These were all such great reads, and I can't wait to see where Timeless goes!

This book is a beautiful romance and I absolutely loved reading Daphne’s story. This is the perfect prequel which gives more insight into the Scions world.
This book is well written and the characters are really well developed.
I definitely recommend this book if you love this series.

Thank you to Netgalley for this early eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Loved it! I was obsessed with the original trilogy and I’m so happy it’s continuing, it was great to learn about Daphne and I’m very intrigued by the ending

The star crossed series still remains one of my favourite series to this day. So when I received an ARC of Scions I was over the moon.

This book has the same nostalgia of the original three star crossed books but focuses on Daphne, Helen’s mum. It tells the tale of her learning to live with “the face” and how she ultimately comes to fall in love with a member of another house.

This book just ticked all the boxes for me and I can’t wait to see what comes next.

Thank you to Netgalley and publishers for this eARC of Scions

As soon as I read the blurb for Scions I knew it was going to be an epic read.
Daphne the secret demi god with the face that launched a thousand ships and Ajax the demi god from a rival house destined to kill each other.
I loved the story of these two, the effort put into creating the characters and making each their own was perfect.
We all know the Greek mythology and it was a refreshing take on it, creating a unique story with twists and turns.
All the characters I felt were essential to the storyline, though I felt the character Antigone could have featured more to make her more tangable to the plot.
The world building and the history that went into the story was great and though I've not read any of the previous 3 books i didn't feel like I needed to. To be honest I only found out it was a series when I went looking on Amazon.
I highly recommend this novel.

Thank you so much for allowing me to read and review your titles. I really not the opportunity!

I do appreciate it and continue to review books that I get the chance to read.
Thanks again!

The story and author are new to me, but I have to say I loved this book
This book is a prequel to the authors previously published Starcrossed trilogy series

You absolutely do not need to read the series before reading this book, but you will want to read it after reading this one

It is Greek mythology at is best. The book is the story of Daphne, the daughter of Zeus. I was totally engrossed in this book.

I am so looking forward to reading the whole series and will be going back to read the Starcrossed trilogy.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for granting me an advance copy of this book in return for my honest opinion.

This was a great prequel! It definitely fits with the star crossed series. It was a quick and easy read with an engaging plot, great characters and a great ending. I was in quite a big slump and this book got me out of it. Overall, a very enjoyable book that I would definitely recommend and re read. And I’ll definitely be buying a physical copy when I have the chance!

I was so excited when I saw that there was a new starcrossed novel, Starcrossed is one of my all time favourite books. I was slightly apprehensive about it being a prequel, for me prequels can be a bit hit or miss, you already know a rough idea of how the story is going to go so really need something extra to the story to make it interesting. This book had all I hoped for and loads more! The writing style was slightly different from the Starcrossed novels which was good, it definitely felt like you were reading another persons voice and considering I hadn’t liked Daphne in the previous novels, I really enjoyed getting an insight into her perspective.

I will start by saying that I have never read any of the other Starcrossed stories, but I thought hey, this is a prequel, maybe I'll just start here.

I enjoyed the story started in 1993 and not through the present. I didn't mind Daphne, the cover was great.

However, I got lost, pretty quick and don't think I ever caught back up.

“𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦.”

I’m a sucker for Greek mythology retellings, especially when tropes such as “I love you but we can never be together” and “I’ll burn the whole damn world down for you” are prevalent in the book. Scions by Josephine Angelini gives you exactly that.

Men are fated to kill for her. But New York holds a surprise for Daphne and her cursed face—the same one that once launched a thousand ships. A series of murals painted all over town mysteriously pull at her in ways she can’t understand. That’s because the artist is Ajax Delos, Son of Apollo, Scion of the House of Thebes, and Daphne’s mortal enemy.

As soon as I read the description of this book, I immediately requested it from #netgalley because I knew it was going to be one of my favorite books — and my intuition was right. This is one of my absolute favorite Greek myth retellings of Apollo and Daphne, except this is a spin on their descendants.

Daphne is a fighter, and sure as hell won’t back down to any man. She trains consistently with her guardian in order to be the strongest in her house. Because having a pretty, seductive face shouldn’t equate to a woman not being lethal or skilled in battle, right? But when Daphne’s nightly rendezvous ends up with her facing her mortal enemy, Ajax the son of Apollo, everything in her brain goes haywire. She doesn’t know if she wants to k.i.ll him due to a generational curse, or let the lusty haze run it’s course, so naturally she plays both of these emotions.

Ajax is the perfect golden boy. Literally, he reminded me of the “golden retriever boyfriend” the whole time, so I obviously fell in love with his character. He may not be as skilled or strong as Daphne when it comes to battle talent, but the way he will drop everything for her and do anything to protect her makes up for it.

I absolutely loved this book, and if you like Greek retellings with forbidden lust and enemies to lovers, you’re going to fall in love with this book just as I have. Josephine Angelini is at the top of my favorite authors list now, and I can’t wait to buy more of her books.

Scions releases October 4th later this year, make sure to pre-order your copy and fall in love with Daphne and Apollo, just as I have.

I have not read the starcrossed series that this book is a prequel too, however after reading thi book, I definitely will be. A really enjoyable read that is well writtenwith a compelling storyline.