Growing up in a cult-like religious community has turned Eva
into an inexperienced, naïve young woman. Joining Righteous Path at the age of
five with her mother, she does not remember much from the outside world and has
no idea where her father is or if he has ever searched for her. Righteous path
only has 17 members, most of which are women who are all married to their
leader, Ezekiel.
This story revolves around Eva who finds out that she is
very talented at making jewelry. They make jewelry for profit and make weekly
trips to the nearest town to sell their creations. One day, Eva is allowed to
make the trip down the mountain and experience the outside world for the first
time since she was five. The outside world is scary at first since she was
raised to believe all outsiders are heathens and sinners but she comes to
realize that this may not be true. If Ezekiel lied about this, what else has he
been deceitful about? Maybe he is not a prophet after all.
Elizabeth Fixmer has
done a wonderful job of creating a unique world and telling the story of a girl
who transforms throughout the story. The descriptions of Righteous Path are
wonderful and paint a scary picture of how it would be to grow up so sheltered
and away from the world. After the first few chapters, I could not put the book
down and became obsessed with the setting and story and rooted for Eva to
realize she was in a dangerous situation and get the strength to escape and
take her mother with her.
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