Outcasts A Starcrossed Novel

If you have read and loved the Starcrossed series (and potentially also Scions and Timeless), Outcasts is a must read!!! Warning: you might fall in love with "older generation" characters and you might need tissues...

Outcast is the second part of the prequel to the Starcrossed series. And like every single book in the Starcrossed series, this one was also a reading highlight. For me, this series is an absolute feel-good read, even if the story is really heartbreaking and bloody at times. Despite all this, it's still a pleasure to come home. I really liked the many POVs that Outcast had, allowing the reader to really get a sense of many of the characters, even the "supporting" characters. I probably love the prequel story and characters a little more than the “original” story. To sum it up: Josie has written another heartbreaking but beautiful book that everyone who loves Greek mythology should read!

Outcasts is a book that surprised me in a lot of ways. First of all, I thought nothing could surprise me since I’d read all previous books and knew the fate of most of the main characters in Outcasts. But NO, Josie lulled me into a false sense of security and had me gasping for air by pulling plot twists here and there! Although I had my prejudices for Daphne, I really fell for her in the end. I’ll certainly see her differently when re-reading the starcrossed books. It’s a book that will make you feel happiness, giddiness, fear and absolute desperation. AND guys, the tension!! That’s something I couldn’t get enough of. BUT, you know me, I’m being honest here. There are a few things that bugged me. For one I felt the book was too short to really accomplish a good outline of every single POV (and believe me there are a lot), so it kind of felt like there wasn’t enough time to really explore some relationships and dive deeper into character developments. It was also really fast-paced, which I’m usually a fan of, but with the last book in a duology it might have been better to slow down and take some time to dive deeper into world-building. Nevertheless, I feel like Outcasts is a worthy end for the story of Daphne & Ajax.