Devoted is an excellent coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the world of extreme Christian fundamentalism. Rachel is the second oldest girl in her family, and although she loves her family and Christianity in general, she experiences doubts about the repressive world she's been raised in, and grows increasingly anxious as she comes of age to marry and have children. Rachel is intelligent, curious, and surprisingly nonjudgemental, and longs to attend school instead of becoming a teen bride. She stumbles upon the blog of a girl not too much older than her who escaped from Rachel's extreme church, and the writer of the blog inspires Rachel to explore her own interests and become her own person. 
 Mathieu created an incredibly likable character in Rachel, as she's open to change, reasonable, and, even though she doesn't know much about people outside of her church, she doesn't judge them or shame them. Rachel also has a keen awareness of hypocrisy, making her one of the most realistic teen characters I've read in a long time. I could not stop reading her story, and would have loved to read a book like this when I was Rachel's age. I can't wait to read what Mathieu writes next.