Victoria T. (justicepirate) reviewed on 3/2/2013 + 350 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

This was an excellent story about two young women (ages 14 & 16) who grew up loving their lives in England (though dealing with a strict father). When men come to visit their home, and their father are speaking in Arabic to these men (which the girls didn't know the language at the time), he sells them as brides to the men's sons for 1300 pounds each. They believe they are going on a vacation to see Yemen. When they arrive to their destination, they are blown away by the awful location and massive heat and rough time of climbing mountains to get to their new homes. They are given to their "husbands" and are made to work under tremendous stress by their in-laws while not understanding Arabic (though eventually learning it).

The whole time that they are in Yemen, the girls want to go back home to England, though their in-laws hope that they will change their minds if they have children. Their mum fights to get her children back, since she had no idea what was happening to them. Their mother was a warrior.

This was an incredible story and definitely shows what is still happening today to many young girls from around the world who are sold off as brides to men and boys and are battered and raped by "husbands". This is the second book I've read with a story like this, and it was filled with descriptions that put you in their shoes.

My copy of this book is old, so I am unsure as to what has since happened to Nadia & her family and Marcus. I hope that if anyone reads the updated version of this book, they can let me know if they read my review! I only found rumors of what happened through the internet. My heart is so sad for these women.

Sure there were some spelling errors in the book, and grammatical problems, but it wasn't often.

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