Review: A Great Debut!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 9, 2014
If I read a books synopsis and there is any mention of a student/teacher relationship, you can bet that I'm going to read it. When I first came across Star-Crossed, it had exactly that, but with the added enticement of a possible relationship with a step brother. Yeah, I'm a huge sucker for anything that's forbidden.Luna Lacour says she loves classic literature and it shows in her writing. It is extremely lyrical. It's also very descriptive. A lot of the story is spent inside Kaitlyn's head, which wasn't always a great place to be. She was quite a solitary person and she carries a fair amount of baggage, so it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows in there. Normally when you read about a girl who comes from money, they are surrounded by friends, but that wasn't the case with Kaitlyn. There are no real friends to speak of. Until Tyler comes along. At first glance they are such opposites, but they find something in each other that they both need, and a fantastic friendship develops. I really loved Tyler. He's the type of friend that anyone would be lucky to have.The author has forever in my mind stamped the picture of James Franco as Will. Him and his gorgeous smile are what I see when I picture Will and, if for nothing more than that, I loved him. But he was definitely more than that mental picture. To me, he came across as strong but he also had an underlying vulnerability that I couldn't help but be attracted to. At times he seemed much younger than his age, but I think that was because of that vulnerability.Then there was Marius. I had a bit of a love/hate relationship with him going on. I really didn't understand him and his motives until much later in the book, where he captured my attention a lot more.There wasn't a lot of the story that was conducted in a strict learning environment so for the most part, I actually forgot that the relationship taking place before me was between a teacher and his student. Yes, there were portions of the book conducted in school, but Will didn't come across as one of those teachers standing at the front of the classroom, but more of a get in with the students type of teacher.If I had to pick something that I would have liked done differently, it would have been the beginnings of the relationship between Kaitlyn and Will. One of the things that I love about this type of romance is how forbidden it is and I felt that Will gave in much too easily. There wasn't really a lot of wrestling with their feelings or the ethics of it all. They wanted, so they took. It didn't take away from my enjoyment of the story though. I just would have liked to see more of that initial struggle.All in all, Star-Crossed was a great debut and I will definitely be reading more of Luna Lacour's writing in the future.4/5 Will Tennant StarsThis book was gifted to me for an honest review.