Review Preview: Devoted by @jenmathieu

Rachel Walker is devoted to God. She prays every
day, attends Calvary Christian Church with her family,
helps care for her five younger siblings, dresses modestly, and prepares herself to be a wife and mother who serves the Lord with joy. But Rachel is curious about the world her family has turned away from, and increasingly finds that neither the church nor her homeschool education has the answers she craves. Rachel has always found solace in her beliefs, but now she can’t shake the feeling that her devotion might destroy her soul.

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  If there was ever a book that I want to push on everyone to read, it's this one! I fell in love with Jennifer Mathieu's writing whenever I read The Truth About Alice. Let me tell y'all. Devoted cemented her as one of my favorite authors. It isn't a story about religion or religious cults. There are several books popping up about that right now, but this isn't one of those. Devoted is a book about growing up and finding yourself. It's heart-wrenching, powerful, eloquent, and a must-read.

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Review Preview: Material Girls by Elaine Dimopoulos

In Marla Klein and Ivy Wilde’s world, teens are the
gatekeepers of culture. A top fashion label employs
sixteen-year-old Marla to dictate hot new clothing trends, while Ivy, a teen pop star, popularizes the garments that Marla approves. Both girls are pawns in a calculated but seductive system of corporate control, and both begin to question their world’s aggressive levels of consumption. Will their new “eco-chic” trend subversively resist and overturn the industry that controls every part of their lives?

Smart, provocative, and entertaining, this thrilling page-turner for teens questions the cult like mentality of fame and fashion. Are you in or are you out?

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If you love a good dystopian, then you're going to fall in love with Material Girls! From the very first page, I was rooting for Marla Klein. Each character has a strong and unique voice that I appreciated. The world that the author creates is as much a cautionary tale about the woes of consumerism as it is entertaining. Fans of the dystopian genre will be thrilled with this newest addition!

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