A review by eloise_bradbooks
Gay the Pray Away by Natalie Naudus

2.75

 Girl raised in an ultra-conservative Christian group comes of age, has a queer awakening and an anti-religion awakening after she meets a cute girl and picks up One Last Stop.

For some people this will probably be a loved book, as it is a very positive look on getting out of a cult.
For me, it was way too "easy".

Valerie has grown up in this cult, she's been surrounded by ideas, raised in a family and a community with these ideas, but it rarely ever comes out in her own view of the world.. She is so progressive / liberal in her opinions, you'd never know she was raised in a cult that has the opposite views than hers...
She's never heard of being queer, but she sees the word "bisexual" in a book and she knows she desperately wants to pick it up?
We're told in one phrase she goes to the library and from the following line she now knows everything about queer culture?
I just couldn't seem to get behind the story.

Also, the romance was very quick to blossom, it's love at first sight, saying I love you after very little interactions...

Anyways, probably a good plaster for people who need a positive queer book about escaping a cult, but I still think it deserved much more depth.