I got this book because I am obsessed with stories of religious polygamy. I'm sure that makes me a little bit voyeuristic and possibly a bad person, but it's the truth. This book was in the YA section, which I also found intriguing. Overall, this book was kind of dull - I guess if you know nothing of FLDS sects or groups of that nature, it would be informative. I did end up liking Celeste, the main protagonist, but I was a little irritated by the books mulitple narrators. Normally it's a device that I have no problems with, even enjoy, but there is not enough meat in this story to merit being told from three different points of view. Maybe two. The book's main character, Celeste, is also the main narrator; she's the young girl who is questioning her faith in the Movement and the Prophet. (for a Big Bad, the Prophet is a pretty minor character - he's only in two scenes.) Her sister Nanette is the unquestioning girl looking forward to her marriage to whomever the Prophet decides, and is scandalized - SCANDALIZED - by her sister's doubts. She's also an awful tattletale. And then there is Taviana, the outsider girl who was "rescued" from her life on the streets by a man in the Movement, and then kicked out from the town as a convenient plot device.

A major annoyance is that while Celeste has doubts within herself, she doesn't really give herself permission to allow them any traction until she discovers that the boy she likes has those doubts too. This is a major problem in a lot of girl-driven fiction, and I just wish that Celeste's relationship with Taviana could have been the impetus to admit to herself that her beliefs had changed.

The ending is one that I would have hated and disbelieved had I read this book when I was 13 or 14, but that I do understand now. The ending is surprisingly realistic and believable, given the rest of the book.

All in all, not nearly as titillating as I had hoped, and not interesting enough to make up for it. Probably would have liked this much better in junior high or high school - you know, the intended audience.