A review by jlrmac
Daredevils by Shawn Vestal

4.0

In this story there were many daredevils, or daredevil wannabes. Not what you'd expect for a story about polygamous and non-polygamous Mormans. I was surprised comments didn't include that Evel Kneivel, as a persona, played a significant role in this book. I didn't get a lot out of the beginning of each section where Evel's speech was given (supposedly). But the repeating theme was: you need to go out and try rather than sit back and be timid and passive; if you fail it is not important. And perhaps Evel made a cameo appearance in the story, but was it really him, or just an imposter? Jason, Boyd, Loretta, Becky (Loretta's mother), and Ruth Harder all had struggled with passively going along with the authorities (of church, family, school) or striking out on their own to make their own choices in life.