Korey Fields is dead and Enchanted Jones wakes up next to him covered in blood. Open and shut case? Nah, fam. Korey is an international star, and when he takes 17-year-old Enchanted under his wing, it seems like all of her dreams are coming true. Against her parents’ better judgment, Enchanted joins Korey’s tour entourage and obeys his every demand in the hopes of not only being a star in her own right, but also capturing his heart. Things quickly turn bad and Enchanted finds herself drugged, assaulted, insulted, and abused in countless ways. She’s trapped with no way out and as her desperation grows, she will do anything to get away from him. This book is a powerful look at victim blaming, parent blaming, and how people will overlook so many horrible things to keep their paycheck or their vision of a successful artist intact. Fiction, but taken from some very prominent headlines (no need to mention anyone by name here, we all know the reference) I can only hope that this will open people’s eyes to the injustice that victims face every day, and why so many abusers go unpunished.
Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson, (List Price: $11.99, Katherine Tegen Books, 9780062840363, July 2021)
Reviewed by Andrea Richardson, Fountain Bookstore in , Virginia
