Book Review #23: "Daredevils"

Hey Everyone,

     I am going to review the book "Daredevils," by Shawn Vestal.  It is a popular release day today, as I had a lot of books that I had to finish. This book is hot off the press released today April 12, 2016, for those of you who would like to purchase a copy of this book CLICK HERE.  This book is about so many things, it is one wild ride throughout the book. It is a story about love, loss, teenagers, Mormonism, freedom, gold, and Evel Knievel. This book focuses on a young teenager Loretta who is enjoying the life of being a teenager, sneaking out at night until she is caught by her Mormon Parents. Her parents then confine her to being a sister wife married to an older man. It is about her escaping her suffocating life, about making her own choices, and the characters she meets on her journey to freedom.      

     Overall I would rate this book three and a half stars out of five. This book was one wild tale. It was an excellent young adult story, that captured the essence and reality of being a teenager. I loved how this book combined so many different elements of which one would never think to put together in a story. From Evel Knievel to Mormonism certainly explains the title pretty well. The element that made this book so great and what it is, was the plot. I think this book would make a great movie (assuming the movie does the book justice). I do wish this book had more character depth to it, since it consisted of a wide assortment of people. And some of the sections on Evel Knievel I thought could have been omitted or shortened. I say this because some of them seemed irrelevant to the story. 

     I will say this, Loretta was a character who I loved to hate. It is always a risk making a main character unlikeable, in that it can detract from the book. However, this risk was well worth taken, because it worked. You will have to read this book to see what I mean. For all those who are looking for excitement and adventure come and join "the daredevil" train by reading this book. 

     I would like to thank Netgalley, Shawn Vestal, and Penguin Group: The Penguin Press for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Until the next page,

Jill