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A review by xeni
Hidden Wives by Claire Avery
4.0
The subject of this is crazy: a polygamist community in Utah in which girls are married as young as 12 to men as young as 40.
This story of survival deals mainly with Rachel and Sara, two half sisters who live under their father's thumb. Sara is told to marry her uncle by "divine intervention" and Rachel has 18 men who say that they've been "ordered by god" to marry her. It is so obvious that all these men just think with their pricks. And it is disgusting what they do with the underage girls.
Despite all that, Sara and Rachel manage to escape in one form or another throughout the book in many forms. This story was very suspenseful at times, but overall there was a happy ending and justice served to some of the bigger culprits.
Avery's (who is actually 2 women) writing style was very wonderful. The story flowed, occasionally into humorous turns of phrase. They have a knack of writing not seen in many young adult authors.
I'm glad that I decided to read this book after all. I almost didn't want to, because of the subject matter, but then I figured perhaps I would learn something new. And I definitely did.
This story of survival deals mainly with Rachel and Sara, two half sisters who live under their father's thumb. Sara is told to marry her uncle by "divine intervention" and Rachel has 18 men who say that they've been "ordered by god" to marry her. It is so obvious that all these men just think with their pricks. And it is disgusting what they do with the underage girls.
Despite all that, Sara and Rachel manage to escape in one form or another throughout the book in many forms. This story was very suspenseful at times, but overall there was a happy ending and justice served to some of the bigger culprits.
Avery's (who is actually 2 women) writing style was very wonderful. The story flowed, occasionally into humorous turns of phrase. They have a knack of writing not seen in many young adult authors.
I'm glad that I decided to read this book after all. I almost didn't want to, because of the subject matter, but then I figured perhaps I would learn something new. And I definitely did.