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Review: Hopeless Magic (Star-Crossed #2) by Rachel Higginson (YA/Fantasy)



Book Blurb


After returning home from Romania, and successfully saving her best friend Lilly, Eden Matthews must now come to terms with her future as an Immortal. She is in love with the Crowned Prince, but he is betrothed to someone else.


Her family desperately wants her to join their rebellion, but that would mean fighting against her one, true love, Kiran Kendrick. She must fight off assassins that want her dead, an Immortal rite of passage that takes her to India and a deadly disease that no one has thus far survived. Danger seems to lurk around every corner as Eden Matthews struggles to keep her true identity a secret and protect those that she loves.

Eden must find a way to be with Kiran, or turn her back on him forever and fight to save her people. Hopeless Magic is the second installment of the Star-Crossed series.



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Toot's Review by Stacy Sabala

Eden still refuses to join the Resistance officially. She can’t choose between Kiran and Avalon. There has to be another way. Kiran is her soul mate and they try to keep their relationship secret. King Lucan is suspicious about her identity and Kiran is trying to keep her safe.

Amory is worried when Eden is sought out by Sebastian, Kiran’s cousin. Then when she is attacked by titans at two different times, more members of the resistance are placed as Eden’s protection.

Eden is forced to enter the world of Immortals. The king requires her to take the Immortal Walk. She is successful at keeping her powers under wraps. Kiran is determined to have Eden as his wife. Eden believes this is the answer. She can make changes in the position she will be in as queen. Unfortunately she is betrayed by one that she loves and loses everything. Her life will never be the same and she is forced to pick a side in this upcoming war.

This is the second book in the series. I love the love story between Eden and Kiran throughout. She fights for her love and it appears he does the same. The characters are fun to read and the group drives each other crazy. Teenage drama at its best.

Eden is a bit immature in her behavior but I cut her some slack. She is dealing with a lot. She is scared. Others are after her and the responsibility that rests on her shoulders is overwhelming. She doesn’t want to choose sides. She believes there has to be a better way. She is determined to save her family, her people and have the boy she loves. I was sad to see how this book ended. I felt so sorry for Eden as her dreams were smashed to pieces. I give it 4 out of 5.







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