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Crossed by Emily McIntire

52 reviews

thisdiwata_reads's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Bullying

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

mysticalbluebirdreads's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A little slow for my liking but still darkly beautiful 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Gore, Stalking, Sexual content, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Bullying, Rape, Murder, Classism, Death, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

kitsunasaur's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Bullying, Violence, Sexual violence, Blood, Sexual content, Stalking, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Cursing, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal death, Abandonment, and Ableism

toxxicwasste's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

THE ENDING. especially the extended epilogue. 

SPOILERS
the trauma of religion is so real. The sex work is so real. The abusive relationships are so real. The ableism is so real. The ending made me choke up a little. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Rape, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Bullying, Death, Self harm, and Trafficking

Moderate: Physical abuse, Mental illness, Drug use, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Death of parent, Addiction, and Blood

gamerreaper13's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Bullying, Ableism, Rape, and Self harm

lovelillie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

emily never disappoints 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Violence, Sexual content, Death, Bullying, Ableism, Blood, Self harm, and Rape

chloethereadingnurse's review

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I wasn’t the biggest fan of this one…

It had a lot of tropes that I normally would love but the plot felt strange and the way the plot progressed felt wrong and unlogical 🥺 

I did like that Quinten (the little brother of Amaya, FMC) was on the spectrum and how they went about it. It showed the struggles that he dealt with and the love Amaya had for him and because this was a huge part of the story and because I liked it so much I gave it 3 ⭐️’s otherwise it would have been 2 ⭐️’s 😖

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, Murder, and Bullying

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Rape, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

nicolaj1994's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Ableism, Rape, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Murder, Death, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Bullying

Minor: Gore

kats_got_your_bookstagram's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Another great book by the amazing Emily McIntire! I really wasn't sure if I was going to like this book since the Hunchback of Notre Dame has never been one of my favorites but this book was AMAZING! The love story between Cade and Amaya was so raw and pure that I absolutely fell in love with them. I also enjoyed that Quint was neurodivergent and that Emily McIntire brought awareness to how those individuals tend to slip through the cracks in society.  I can't wait to see what the next book in this series will be about!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Ableism, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, and Death

kiwij96's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Do you ever just read something and think "why did I do that to myself?" This was that for me. I loved the author's previous books in this series, but this was honestly painful. The underlying plot was so much more promising than what the story was. I dully understand the concept behind this series, and the main characters being villains, so the story is supposed to be dark. But this was just horrifying.

The characters were 2D, the writing was often repetitive and clearly lacked proofreading with the amount of grammatical errors and repeated words, the way that Amaya's emotions were basically disregarded by everyone until the last 100 pages or so was honestly baffling to me even for a dark romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Ableism, Gore, Blood, Sexual content, Bullying, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Murder, Self harm, and Stalking