Star Crossed reviewed by Molly Varney

By: Elizabeth C. Bunce *****

Digger is just a regular street thief, until one night a job goes wrong and she’s forced to leave behind Tegen, her partner. She’s soon forced to flee Gerse for fear of the dreaded Greenmen. Luckily she finds herself saved by a group of slightly drunken Nobs led by Durrel Decath. She uses the name Celyn Contrare and pretends to have run away from the Celystra that her brother sent her to. The nobles are more than happy to take her with them and she soon finds herself offering to look after Lady Merista, the youngest girl in the group when she goes home with her parents. She’s as safe as she could be, or so she thought. Lord Daul, Merista’s uncle, knows Digger’s secrets and threatens to tell everyone if she doesn’t work for him. Now Celyn must find three things in the home of the nobles for Lord Daul or be put to death. She has no idea why he would want those things but she's left with no choice. Still grieving Tegen's death, Digger has to become a thief again, not a lazy lady-in-waiting. She knows picking sides can be fatal for a thief but she finds that she might be forced to.

I gave Star Crossed five stars because I thought it was a really cool book. It had a lot of action and I loved the characters. The beginning of the book was really intense and exciting but it did get a little slow. It picks up a few chapters later and I could hardly put it down. I really liked the book because it had magic in it but also because Digger could take care of herself and wasn’t totally helpless. Overall I loved it and the sequel to it.