3 and a half stars. 
 It was interesting to discover more about the Apollites. 
 OK. They all die horribly at 27 which is horrendous. Despite this, the author managed to annoy me with the heroine who was half human/half Apollite, and condemned to share the very short life spend of her mother's race. She was supposed to be so strong...(rings a bell?) and basically whined during the whole story about the unfairness, the horror, the sadness, and so on, of her fate. 
 Yes, I got it the first time, went with it the second, bur after a while... I was just fed up with her and couldn't care less if she lived or died. 
 Witch was bad of me I know. 
 The hero? Yes, there was one. I forgot about him five minutes after closing the book ;) 
 Next!