Mother Before Wife by Melissa Brown Review
5 Smooches
Synopsis
Secrets.
So many secrets. Nothing but secrets.
I started another life with a new husband, thirteen new sister wives and a new place to call home.
But the secrets weigh on me, on all of us.
And every secret leads back to the Prophet the, self-proclaimed, mouthpiece of God.
The man I’ve worshiped since childhood, the man we obey without question.
And he’s the man who will destroy us all.
I must reveal his secrets.
Prove his betrayal, his lies and his deceit.
I will not be silenced, no matter how hard he tries.
And I will never give up. Ever.
Review
‘Keep sweet. Keep sweet. Keep sweet.’
As the follow up to one of my favorite books of 2014, Wife Number Seven, I was eagerly awaiting this book to show up on my kindle. I thought I knew what I was getting but what I got was so much more. While this is not the clear cut romance that the first book was it is a extremely addicting story that will make you want to educate yourself of the FLDS church and all the controversy that surrounds it.
‘Was I falling in love with him? No. I didn’t believe in such things. But I was honored to be his wife, to be bound to a man who wanted to fix things for me. To make things better.’
Aspen’s has always been content and happy in her life as a plural life and when she and her children are reassigned to the Prophet’s brother she could not be happier. But before she knows it all the truths she has grown up believing start to unravel and the one she would follow to the end of the earth starts to show his cracks and humanity. Now to protect her children she must do things she swore she would never do and blur lines she thought she could never cross.
‘You want to bury your hand in the sand, but I refuse to join you. I won’t do it. I’m the only one who sees the truth.’
Aspens true devotion was something so vastly different than Brinley from the first book. Her devotion to her faith was strong but her love for her children was stronger. I absolutely could not put this book down reading it basically in one sitting completely engulfed with the captivating story and one of the strongest heroines I have ever read.
‘I was a mother first, a wife second. And my beloved Paul would just have to accept that.’
If you love unique books with suspenseful plots and beautiful writing than this is a story you must pick up! Aspen’s book is different than anything I have ever read and I cannot wait to get more!
~miranda
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