Review: Interesting story with a great twist
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 22, 2011
I thought Warrior of the Cross was a fantastic read with a great story and a believable voice. Allison wasn't the usual whiney character we often meet in YA and paranormal literature nowadays. She had fears like everyone else, but she also had a strength in her that allowed her to be there for her dying brother and her emotionally suffering sister going through the motions of a divorce. I liked Allison's empathy for others, but also the fact that she wasn't oblivious to danger. This made her seem real and clever to me.The twist involving Allison's true heritage was interesting. There were plenty of clues throughout the story, but I didn't see its magnitude until the very end.All in all, a great read.*Spoiler alert*Warrior of the Cross is the story of Allison, a young woman who's eager to learn all about curing the ill by starting a hospital placement in Galveston. Medicine has always been part of Allison's life, not just because her family's involved with it, but also because she possesses psychic abilities that involve drawing Allison to a sick person like a magnet, literally urging her to touch those dying in her compulsion to cure them, which she does through her touch that usually leaves her distraught, faint and weak.Allison's ability to alert her of oncoming danger has kept her awake for the past few weeks. At this point, she doesn't know that it's just a premonition, just like the one she had when her brother, Brion, almost died from internal bleeding after a fall from a cliff. But this time, it's not about saving someone else; it's about saving her own life.Meeting Clark, her new roommate with whom she feels a strong connection, a bond if you will, Allison thinks she's finally found someone she can trust, someone who might just turn into her first real love. But Clark isn't just any good-looking guy, and the monthly agreement involving amenities suitable for a mansion sounds just too good to be true. After setting foot on a sect's sacred ground, something happens inside Allison and her abilities break loose. Soon, Allison realises she might just be one of the disciples that very sect has tried to annihilate for centuries.