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    Crossroads
    Crossroads
    Crossroads
    Audiobook3 hours

    Crossroads

    Written by Laurel Hightower

    Narrated by Linda Jones

    4/5

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    About this audiobook

    How far would you go to bring back someone you love?


    When Chris's son dies in a tragic car crash, her world is devastated. The walls of grief close in on Chris's life until, one day, a small cut on her finger changes everything.


    A 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. Only, is it really her son's ghost, or is it something else—something evil?


    Soon Chris is playing a dangerous game with forces beyond her control in a bid to see her son, Trey, alive once again.


    "There's a single note that plays through all of Laurel Hightower's Crossroads, and in that note you can hear a mother's justified devastation, a lover's acceptance, and the haunting displacement of a ghost. Refreshingly nuanced character, down to earth in the rightest of ways, Crossroads will sincerely move you. There is a big mind, and an even bigger heart, behind this book." -- Josh Malerman, New York Times best-selling author of Bird Box and Malorie


    "Crossroads is a gripping, deeply emotional ride. From its very first sentence to its shattering finale, this novella held me spellbound. If you aren't reading Laurel Hightower, you're missing out on one of horror's brightest rising stars." -- Jonathan Janz, author of The Raven

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFireside Horror
    Release dateNov 23, 2020
    ISBN9798822615526
    Crossroads
    Author

    Laurel Hightower

    Laurel Hightower lives in Lexington, Kentucky, the land of horses and bourbon, with her husband, son, and a rescue Pitbull. She is the author of Whispers in the Dark, Crossroads, and Below, and has more than a dozen short fiction stories in print.

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    Reviews for Crossroads

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    What our readers think

    Readers find this title to be a mix of emotions. Some reviewers found the book to be morbid, gruesome, and depressing, while others appreciated the exploration of loss, grief, and mental health. The narrator's performance was praised, and the characters were described as real and relatable. Despite the sad ending, many found the book to be excellent, worth the read, and highly recommendable. Overall, it is a short, creepy, and well-written tale that delves into the depths of a mother's love and the sacrifices she is willing to make for her child.

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    • 5/5
      Cross Roads by laurel Hightower was an extremely interesting premise for a book. I listen to this an audiobook and the narrator was terrific as well.

      This story follows a grieving mother after the untimely death of her young 22 year old son. She lived her life for her child and in the years following his death has a very hard time dealing with her grief over his loss. One day while visiting his memorial at the site where he passed she accidentally delivers a blood sacrifice that brings her son back to visit her at night. But some thing isn't quite right with her son and she believes that she must give more and more of a sacrifice in order to save her son. Overtime she accelerates the sacrifices that she's giving at the memorial site. She does this in hopes that her son will live again. Ultimately she's led to believe that the ultimate sacrifice must be given in order for her son to live. The story is about dealing with grief, forging new relationships despite numerous obstacles and the power of the love of a mother.

      I give this story a solid 5/5. I really enjoyed it and I thought it was a wonderful premise for a story. One I honestly had not read before. I highly recommend for this time of the year I felt it was just spooky enough while being endearing as well. You really feel the main characters grief as you go through this story.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Utterly depressing and a fantastic dive into loss, grieve, and mental health.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      A tale of grief, sacrifice, and a mother's love. How far would you go for a lost child? As parents we all hope that we never have to answer that question, but Hightower did a wonderful job delving into those terrible depths.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 3/5
      Good listen I liked the narrator a lot you could feel her pain

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Worth checking out 4/5 - short, creepy & well written

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Short but good. Genuinely had me sucking in my teeth and my stomach clenching at some parts.
    • 5/5
      From her first offering you can't stop till the end. I can't believe she did it.
    • 5/5
      This was a beautiful read. It was heartbreaking to listen to Chris's grief and all she went through to see her son Trey, no matter what the cost.
    • 5/5
      Short but it really packed a punch ? highly recommend
    • 4/5
      It was good as a beginner's perspective. I was heartwarming and horrifying at the same time.
    • 5/5
      The characters and the feeling of dread were so real in this book. I almost had to stop listening, simply because I am a mom as well and the main characters’ feelings were tearing me apart. Beautifully done!
    • 5/5
      This is probably one of the best short novels I've ever listened too even if it's sad.
    • 5/5
      Such a heartbreaking tale. This is grief horror as it should be
    • 5/5
      Excellent book . A very sad ending but worth the read.
    • 3/5
      I loved the narrator so much! She did an amazing job on this
    • 2/5
      The writing was good, but then the character of Chris got to be so pathetic that you just wanted her to end her life so the story would be over. THEN the end comes, and it was such a HUGE disappointment. Cannot recommend this at all. Sorry.
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    • 1/5
      This was such a strange book! This mother tried to sacrifice herself to bring her son back to life. It was very morbid and gruesome.