![]() I fully understood her thought process and her desperation and-more than anything-I wanted her to find some closure and a way to cope with losing her son. In her struggle to reconnect with Trey, she didn’t do anything I wouldn’t do if I found myself in a similar situation. Although I have never dealt with the loss of a child, I empathized with Chris and felt her pain as if it were my own. She feels like someone I know, someone close to me. One of Laurel’s biggest strengths as a writer is her nuanced characterization. What I didn’t expect was the range of emotions I went through while reading this book. So, going into Crossroads, I expected to feel something. Show me a commercial about a puppy or a soldier coming home from afar to meet his new daughter and I fall apart. ![]() I love spooky things and write lots of violence and terror and hauntings, but it takes next to nothing to make me cry. I knew this book was going to wreck me based on everything I’d heard about it, but I didn’t fully understand what I was getting myself into.įull disclosure here, for those of you who only know me online: I’m soft. This short little book absolutely destroyed me, and I mean that in the best way possible. Soon Chris is playing a dangerous game with forces beyond her control in a bid to see her son, Trey, alive once again. Only, is it really her son’s ghost, or is it something else-something evil? The walls of grief close in on Chris’s life until, one day, a small cut on her finger changes everything.Ī drop of blood falls from Chris’s hand onto her son’s roadside memorial and, later that night, Chris thinks she sees his ghost outside her window. When Chris’s son dies in a tragic car crash, her world is devastated. How far would you go to bring back someone you love? I jumped at the chance to read it, and as soon as I read it, I had to share my thoughts on it with you.īut before I do that, here’s the back cover text: ![]() ![]() I preordered the book before it went live, but I kept moving it further and further down my list of books to read-that is, until it came time to write this review. Since its release, this book has been all over the Internet and I had to get my hands on it as soon as possible. How are you doing? Welcome back to Fully Booked! I’m Briana Morgan, and today, we’ll be discussing Crossroads by Laurel Hightower, published by Off Limits Press. ![]()
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