A review by melwho
Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee

3.0

I've never read a book with such young characters dealing with their sexuality before, and that was a pleasant surprise. Mattie is just amazing, she's very easy to like and to identify with. She's nice and kind, just your regular teenage girl, and there's nothing wrong with that. Her friends were really great as well, I really liked them.

Gemma was just lovely! She's so dreamy and charming and amazing and cute. I really, really liked her, and I totally get why Mattie couldn't stop thinking about her.

The other characters were nice as well, except for those who just weren't. Elijah was a surprise, I thought I wouldn't like him, since I usually hate the guys the main characters apparently have a crush on, but he was okay. Mattie's siblings were pretty cool, especially Cara. The little ones were adorable with all the Star Wars games going on (I also loved all the references!).

I liked the plot so much. School plays are so cool. And I really liked the fact that Mattie got to play Romeo, it was just great!

But what I liked the most was her relationship with Gemma, it was just so cool and cute. And the ending was nice, even though I expected something else.

The whole story was absolutely easy to read and to like!