Title: Hidden Wives by Claire Avery
Genre: Fiction
Rating: 4/5
Fifteen-year-old Sara and her sister, Rachel, are members of a polygamist community and will soon be married to much older men chosen for them by the sect's Prophet. Distraught in his choices for their husbands, they begin to question their faith and must find the strength to leave behind the only life they've ever known.
Hidden Wives is a real page-turner. I was emotionally invested in the characters and wanted to know how everything worked out for them. Sara was stubborn to her core and has such a deep desire to learn. And poor Rachel is so very naive but so very loyal, even to her own detriment. My one complaint with the book is that it's almost too negative and biased; Sara, Rachel and Luke seem to be the only redeemable people in the entire community, while the other members commit evil act after evil act. However, Avery redeems herself with a talent for imagery. Her descriptions were vivid and realistic. This is not a book to be missed.
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