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Destiny is an almost sixteen-year-old Mormon girl who attends a Baptist school. Ever since her family converted from Baptist to LDS, Destiny has endured the taunts and ridicule of her fellow classmates. Having a crush on hunky football player, Isaac, makes things even more difficult for Destiny, since Isaac’s family is devoutly Baptist.

For the most part, this was a cute take on the Romeo and Juliet story. However, I found the subject matter of religion a little heavy handed at times – to the point of being extreme. While it’s true that many people can be misinformed about the LDS church and their beliefs, I had a difficult time accepting that adults would be that cruel to children who are questioning their own religious beliefs.

It’s a wholesome book that even young teens and tweens can read. I’d recommend giving this book a read, if only for the “tolerance” aspect of it.


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Destiny The Destiny Trilogy Volume 1 Cindy Ray Hale Books Reviews

My Review of Destiny by Cindy Ray Hale
The Cover So beautiful. I love the black and white photograph. The girl is beautiful and her expression captures reflects the character of Destiny perfectly. I love the pink font, too.
The Characters I loved Destiny. She was so sweet—a gentle soul. I was rooting for her throughout the entire book. She just tugged at my heart strings! Isaac was different for me. Most of the book, I found myself irritated with him, but at the end, he’d grown on me! I really love, love, loved Preston. He was my favorite. I don’t want to give too much away.
The Plot Destiny is one of only a couple of Mormons who attend a Baptist high school. She is ridiculed and relentlessly bullied about her faith, which completely rubbed me the wrong way. The Baptists in the book were ruthless and cruel, as teenagers often can be, but what bothered me most was the hatred and bigotry that came from the adults and leaders of the school and community. Destiny was crushing on Baptist boy, Isaac forever. When he finally sees that she isn’t evil, as his father and other adults had ingrained in him, and begins to love her, things take a turn for the worse. This book had me up and down so many times.
Would I recommend it? Yes! It is a very interesting book. Anyone who likes YA and Christian books would love this! 5/5 stars!
"Well, this was awkward. He felt bad for my fake pain over my fake breakup? What could I say to that?"

I found DESTINY by Cindy Ray Hale to be a delightful read. I flew through the pages, putting aside other books I was reading at the time, as I was drawn into Destiny Clark's world and her teenage troubles. Destiny herself is a very likable character that I genuinely cared about. I thought Hale did a believable job at portraying the pains of not only teenage angsts, but also the hurt that comes from religious bigotry.

As with almost all books, there is opposition that comes in the form of a peer tormentor in DESTINY, and by the end, I was ready to leave the bleachers and join the fight against Aspen. (Yes, I became that worked up about it, and it surprised me a bit.) I enjoyed the relationship that developed between the heroine and hero; and supporting characters were entertaining as well. (I have to admit that I was hurtin' just a little bit for Preston by the end. But I'm hopeful Hale has a trick, or pretty girl, up her sleeve for him.)

Hale's writing style is solid and flows well, making this a quick, easy read. DESTINY is geared towards the YA audience and is free from any inappropriate language or sexual content; which, in my opinion, is sadly becoming more of a rare find in YA books. So, kudos to this author for keeping her target audience in mind.

I enthusiastically recommend this book.
This book was extremely hard for me to read. At first I thought it was going to be another persecution of a church and the people who feel so self-righteous just because someone is different than what they believe. Nothing new there, lots of faiths get trashed by "true" believers, who only make our Lord cry.
To say I was pleasently surprised is an understatement. Because of the opening, I felt we were going to have the school's belief system touted as all powerful and the only correct approach. I quickly realized the only thing the author was "touting" was the goodness in all people, regardless of their faith. Most problems in this area of lives is caused by a vocal minority with closed minds, who are willing to lose everything and everyone just to be right.
Set in a high school was a stroke of genius because we all had issues in high school that we still remember no matter how old we get. Teenage emotions are so black and white and usually unforgiving.
My family and I had some great discussions about this book. I'm a faithfull church goer and die-hard believer (I hope, with an open mind instilled by my grandparents and lived by my family), my mom and sis, not so much. We all carry our past as chips on our shoulders and can play devil advocates like no one's business, but we all agreed this book was not only well written and thought provoking, but also as sensitive to each side as possible.
Mrs Hale, you are a wonderful storyteller who weaves the moral into the background throughout the book so the reader can take what they need from it at the time. I am sure my family will have more discussions as we read the next two books. Thank you for your courage.
I am writing this review from my , so forgive me if there are any misspelled words or the like.

I picked up this book knowing what would come, and yet I am still amazed at the strong message it has to give. The discrimination and hypocrisy is so vivid that my heart breaks at the very thought. Romeo and Juliet is my favorite Shakespeare play and I love the author's take of the story. The hatred from Isaac's father had me in tears. Destiny's parents remind me of my own, because they have similar ways of thinking. This story resonates with me so much. I cannot even begin to describe it. I've been in Destiny's shoes, and I know what it is like to have people saying things about my family because we are different. I am not a Mormon, but I hold nothing against them. I had such an anointing reading this book. I can't say much than that. ❤
Destiny is an almost sixteen-year-old Mormon girl who attends a Baptist school. Ever since her family converted from Baptist to LDS, Destiny has endured the taunts and ridicule of her fellow classmates. Having a crush on hunky football player, Isaac, makes things even more difficult for Destiny, since Isaac’s family is devoutly Baptist.

For the most part, this was a cute take on the Romeo and Juliet story. However, I found the subject matter of religion a little heavy handed at times – to the point of being extreme. While it’s true that many people can be misinformed about the LDS church and their beliefs, I had a difficult time accepting that adults would be that cruel to children who are questioning their own religious beliefs.

It’s a wholesome book that even young teens and tweens can read. I’d recommend giving this book a read, if only for the “tolerance” aspect of it.