We will begin with the cover, which is sure to draw readers in: a partially undone braid. I think this image is startling and is a powerful image when paired with author Carol Lynch Williams' moving tale.
Kyra is a good girl, steeped in the teachings of the church. Her parents are polygamists and she lives on a compound. Her fellow compound members are known as The Chosen and they are all ruled by the dictates of The Prophet.
Kyra is thirteen. The tradition in her family, the richness that her brothers and sisters and mothers add to her life is something that she has never questioned. She doesn't regret that she lives on the compound or that her life is different. It is all done in order to keep Satan out.
However, when Kyra is chosen to marry her uncle who is fifty plus years older than she is, her whole life changes. She cannot go along with this plan. She isn't ready to be separated from her family. She is in love with someone else - someone who is going to ask for her hand very soon.
As events escalate and Kyra's wedding day quickly approaches, she begins to question the things that she has been a part of her whole life and how/if she can escape them.
From start to finish, I was committed to this fast-paced page turner. I couldn't put it down. I wanted to see Kyra through to the dramatic end. When it was all over, I finally could relax. . I feel that Williams really gets behind the psychology of the issues and makes you understand Kyra's conflict. This book is amazing! I highly recommend getting a copy.
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