Divine Confidential (The Divine Series #2)
In this follow-up toSimply Divine(2006), 15-year-old Divine, the daughter of celebrities, is living with her uncle, a pastor, and his family in Georgia, where her mother thinks she will have a more normal upbringing. InSimply Divine,the teen became a Christian and grew to like her new situation. Although she is happy in the small town, she still loves shopping and taking glamorous trips with her mother. Thomas throws in everything but the kitchen sink here (teenage pregnancy, a parent in prison, and a dangerous meeting with an Internet predator), and messages about keeping one's virginity are so repetitious and heavy-handed that some readers will giggle rather than take them to heart. Moreover, almost every male in the book is portrayed as a "dog," looking for sex. What works is the way Thomas weaves Divine's new Christian faith into the story and into the lives of her characters, and despite the fact that most of the characters are chick-lit stock, there's something compelling about Divine and her amusing take on life.Ilene CooperCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved