Book Review: ‘The Crossing’ by Serita Jakes

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I was lucky enough to receive a copy of The Crossing by Serita Jakes through Blogging For Books.

Here is the description of the book from Amazon’s site:

Inprisoned by memories, Claudia Campbell lives each day in the shadow of a ten-year-old murder. Who can set her free?

On the way home from a football game, a decade earlier, a masked gunman opened fire on a Texas school bus. Cheerleading coach B.J. Remington was killed, but her murderer was never found. Claudia, who had a close friendship with the young, spirited teacher, constantly relives the anguish of that day, caught in one moment in time. When her husband, the assistant district attorney, becomes determined to uncover the mystery of that tragedy, the secrets buried over the years threaten to tear their family apart.

Officer Casio Hightower will never forget the day his dreams were destroyed. A star quarterback with a promising future, Casio was on top of the world – until one bullet changed everything. He is eager to help Victor Campbell find B.J’s killer, the man who shot him. Maybe solving the case will help since the demons driving Casio to hurt the woman he loves.

As the Campbells and Casio teeter on the bring of losing everything, will they be able to discover that what begins at the crossing ends at the cross.

I absolutely loved this book for several reasons. The first reasoning being is because the book went back and forth between the viewpoints of B.J. (the teacher who was shot and killed), Claudia (B.J.’s close friend who was there the day B.J. was kill), Victor (Claudia’s husband and the assistant district attorney), Casio (was shot the same day as B.J. and became a cop like his father), and Harper (Casio’s on again/off again girlfriend). I love being able to read about each individual’s point of views. For a writer to be able to show the feelings of multiple characters in a book is the sign of a really good writer in my opinion, and Serita Jakes does this very well.

I also liked how there were other different struggles each character was undergoing besides the bus crash that happened 10 years before.

The Crossing had a theme of Christianity around it, but I liked how it wasn’t too strong. I really do not like books that force religion on you and this one didn’t at all. Religion popped up several times, but I liked the way that Jakes talked about it and incorporated it into the story.

Another great part of this book was that there were so many secrets in this book that it kept you wanting to read more to find out about everybody’s secrets. And another good thing about these secrets is that everyone’s tied in together in the end.

This book made me cry several times because Jakes had this way of making me feel like I knew these characters and I had empathy for each and every one of them. I made not have agreed with a couple of actions by a couple characters (named Victor and Casio), but I could almost feel the pain that made them act the way they did.

Overall, I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a quick read this summer.

Disclaimer: I received the above book for free in return for my review. My opinions are completely my own though.

Courtney P.

I’m a 20-something stay-at-home mother and wife. I have an amazing husband, a beautiful daughter, two loving dogs, and a lazy cat. I wouldn’t change my life for anything! I love to read, listen to music, cook and blog!

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