Crossed

Never After, Book 5

By: Emily McIntire

Narrated by: Ellory Lane, Elliot Fitzpatrick

He is righteousness. She is sin.

Father Cade Frederic 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 Festivale, Vermont, a town both beautiful in architecture and riddled with despair, his sickness sings, demanding he rid the place of evil.

Amaya Paquette is Festivale'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.

Contains mature themes.

©2023 Emily McIntire (P)2023 Tantor

Better than expected!

The series had started falling off after Book 2, so I didn’t have high expectations for this book, but it definitely set itself up to be one of, if not the best of the series. It was deliciously dark and unexpected. There were twists that were perfectly executed. It even triggered my anxiety for the FMC, which is the sign of a great book. The narrators did a great job with the material and producing that visceral response. Honestly, if not for the epilogues, it would’ve been a 5-star read.

Such a great story

I love this book!! One of my top books!! Did enjoy the dark story & also I feel in love with Quintin too!

I ve thoroughly enjoyed this series. Wondering if there will be more

I ve thoroughly enjoyed this series. Wondering if there will be more. Something about this story ending left a bad taste. It feels almost darker than the others have left off. I enjoyed the story for what it was but I don’t want to spoil the story either. Let’s just say the epilogue is where I don’t feel so easy. It feels like this story ends with people killing nonchalantly whenever they feel like it and then tie in “oh God forgives “ that doesn’t sit well. There’s murder throughout all the stories, and I’m not condoning murder but there’s usually purpose behind them that plays out a story line and there’s usually an end to the killing. The end makes it feel like these characters have a need to kill whenever they feel like it and it’s ok. In the real world it’s not. I guess it bothers my own moral conflicts too much.

Not the story you remember as a kid

This book was a slow, burning love story with excruciating tension, awaiting for the love story to finally blossom that you know is going to happen. I’ll tell you that every chance I got I listen to this book because I just could not get enough of it. 

ending was perfect

the performance captured the essence of the characters perfectly.
overall great story, writing graped my attention and kept me flowing through the emotions