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A review by melissacgb
Crossroads by Mary Ting
3.0
3.5 Stars
The beginning of this book had me slightly confused and I wasn't sure if I could get into it. It starts with the main character Claudia Emerson is in what she believes to be a very lucid dream in a place like heaven, when her phone wakes her up her best friend is in a panic because a different Claudia Emerson was killed in a car accident while our Claudia was dreaming of heaven. I am sure this has relevance in the story overall, but after the first book I am still not sure what it is. This book is a forbidden love story between an alkine (child of a human + Angel relationship) and a human girl. Once she is touched by an alkine and taken to their home Halo City she because visible to the Fallen and demons. Michael, her guardian and the alkine that has watched her grow due to many forgotten visits to the Crossroads has sworn to protect Claudia from the evil that will try to take her soul. There is a plot twist which I cannot call unexpected, but it adds to the story and makes you think maybe everything will work out the way it is meant to eventually. Although, one of the most annoying things a character can do is keep a secret from someone because they aren't sure how things will work if they share their secret. We as readers know that if the truth is told they will discover things may be easier if everyone is on the same page and no one is left in the dark. Overall it was a sweet love story there were some gaping holes in the plot which may be answered in the follow-up books. The grammar and spelling was not terrible, very few mistakes. I will be looking into the next books because I have to know how it all ends. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a YA love story.
The beginning of this book had me slightly confused and I wasn't sure if I could get into it. It starts with the main character Claudia Emerson is in what she believes to be a very lucid dream in a place like heaven, when her phone wakes her up her best friend is in a panic because a different Claudia Emerson was killed in a car accident while our Claudia was dreaming of heaven. I am sure this has relevance in the story overall, but after the first book I am still not sure what it is. This book is a forbidden love story between an alkine (child of a human + Angel relationship) and a human girl. Once she is touched by an alkine and taken to their home Halo City she because visible to the Fallen and demons. Michael, her guardian and the alkine that has watched her grow due to many forgotten visits to the Crossroads has sworn to protect Claudia from the evil that will try to take her soul. There is a plot twist which I cannot call unexpected, but it adds to the story and makes you think maybe everything will work out the way it is meant to eventually. Although, one of the most annoying things a character can do is keep a secret from someone because they aren't sure how things will work if they share their secret. We as readers know that if the truth is told they will discover things may be easier if everyone is on the same page and no one is left in the dark. Overall it was a sweet love story there were some gaping holes in the plot which may be answered in the follow-up books. The grammar and spelling was not terrible, very few mistakes. I will be looking into the next books because I have to know how it all ends. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a YA love story.