Burned

Absolutely loved it. Great storyline. Although the ending was kind of vague.

My favorite of Ellen Hopkins' books. Tragic and touching

Ellen Hopkins never lets me down when I want to read something life changing.

The mormon lifestyle is a controversial topic, I live in Australia where there is only 150,000 mormons so i've never met one but from what i see online.. it scares me.
The lifestyle looks like it has its good but the bad is really bad.
I'll have to do more research i guess.

Deducted one star for the abrupt and unresolved ending, and for the obtuseness of the title (I am assuming it refers to hellfire...)

I don't understand how I could not like this book the first time I started it. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood, I have no idea, but I'm so glad i finally decided to read it. I think this is by far my favorite Hopkins book so far.

I can't say that i could relate to Pattyn; my family isn't mormon (or practicing any religion of the sort). But I could relate to her questionning of God.

What I like the most about Hopkins' books is their honesty. The ending is rarely a happy one. Sad, but true, just like it mostly happens in life.

Excellent!