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Natalie Naudus
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Natalie Naudus
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Valerie Danners is in a cult. She just doesn’t know it yet. When she finds a queer book at the library and smuggles it home, her conservative Christian homeschooling world begins to crack. And when the cutest girl she’s ever met shows up to Bible class, she starts to question everything.
Riley is so confident and kind, and she and Valerie bond quickly over existing as multiracial teens in a very white Christian community. As Valerie explores her feelings for Riley, she begins to see that the world she knows is a carefully crafted narrative.
Publicly, the girls are close friends—holding hands in prayer, rooming together at a conference. Privately, they grasp at any chance to continue their forbidden romance—until they are found out. Now, Valerie must choose between staying with a family she fears will never accept her, or running away with the girl she loves.
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Editorial Review
Excellent alll around excellent
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This was very close to a full 5 Stars, but I did find that a few of the sections repeated some information that had me questioning if my recording had lost my place or started over. Regardless, I can't wait to subscribe to anything Natalie writes in the future.
Resonating On a Deep Level
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Not only is this about escaping a religious cult, but it's also about self-discovery and love. Valerie's journey of discovering who she really is and what she does and doesn't believe in is really great. Her and Riley are such a sweet and pure couple; I really love them and their relationship. They overcome so much and stay strong together through it all.
Narrated by Natalie Naudus herself. She obviously narrated her own book to perfection. I loved the changes in voices she did for different characters and how she really played the character she was narrating.
Perfection!
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