Four and a half stars -- literally could not put this down. I spent the last third of the book with my heart pounding and muscles tense. 13-year-old Kyra lives in a polygamous society with one father, three mothers, and twenty siblings. Although it is the life she has known, she feels it must be a punishment for her sins when she is "chosen" to marry her 60-year-old uncle. Faced with the knowledge of what happens to those who go against the Prophet, as well as the other life she has glimpsed in forbidden books, Kyra must make her own momentous choice. I can't say more without spoilers. A gripping book, not for the faint of heart, but you won't be sorry you read it.