I was drawn to this book because of the time period and concept of this story. In the beginning, I did like this book. Leela and Maya were good. They did bring good voices to the story. Although, I do agree with another reader that it did appear as if the girls did follow the male voices a bit more stronger than I thought they would. Don't get me wrong as the girls did make a stand. However, it is interesting to show just how much family, tradition, and society plays a part into our actions and ways of thinking.

So back to my comment earlier about in the beginning liking this book. What I meant by this is that while, I did like the story and the girls; it felt like everyone else was just white noise. I could not find that connection with them. Therefore, I struggled to connect with the story as a whole as well. Character connection is important and to a story like this I think it is very important. Sadly, this book did not do it for me. ( )