Crossed
Ratings25
Average rating3.5
He is righteousness. She is sin.
Father Cade Frédéric is a holy man. Brought up in the streets of Paris, he has dedicated his life to the church. But there’s a monster that lingers just beneath the surface. A sickness. One that bleeds darkness and feeds on the damned. When he’s tasked to become the priest in Festivalé, Vermont, a town both beautiful in architecture and riddled with despair, his sickness sings, demanding he rid the place of evil.
Amaya Paquette is Festivalé’s beautiful mystery. She spends her days caring for her younger brother and her nights transforming into Esmeralda, dancing for greedy eyes and shameless lips. Although she longs for love, she shies away from companionship, afraid of being abandoned again.
When Father Cade lays eyes on Amaya, he finds himself ensnared, convinced she’s using witchcraft to lure him to her. He can’t eat. Can’t breathe. Can’t think unless it’s of her.
And temptation is a devastating mistress.
She’s his weakness, so he decides he’ll be her demise…even if it means killing the only woman he might ever love.
Tags
Moods
Series
Featured Series
6 primary books#5 in Never After
Never After is a 6-book series with 6 released primary works first released in 2021 with contributions by Emily McIntire.
Reviews
Popular Reviews
Reviews with the most likes.
Ik vond hem leuker dan verwacht. Deze boeken zijn niet alleen romance, maar ook echt een verhaal en persoonlijke groei die de karakters doormaken. Dat maakt het mooie boeken
- Dark
- Retelling
- Forbidden
- Age Gap
- Preist
- Stripper/Dancer
- Autistic Younger Brother
- Secret Meetings
- Stalker
TW:
- Murder
- Rape
- Religious Topics
- Sexual Assault
- Stalking
- Self Harm
I need to start seriously asking why I am continuing to read this series. I would say this is the worst book of the series. Having read the book this was based on, this was just a terrible version of it. I have to admit I never thought there would be a dark romance reimagining of the book in the first place.
Most of the story takes place from the priest’s point of view and he is an awfully written character. There is nothing to really like about him. Most of the book is him calling himself a monster then punishing himself in a really descriptive way. As well as wanting to kill the female lead for reasons that are not explained very well. Part way though the story he then changes his mind about killing her. There is nothing romantic about the way this character is written, and he mostly just stalks her.
The female lead is tepid at best. She lacks personality, is helpless though most of the book, and I simply don’t like her. The smut that we are here for is little to none and boring. There is nothing to recommend in this book.
