A review by angelakay
Meet the Austins by Madeleine L'Engle

3.0

Eh, rounding up to three stars. There are a lot of things that bug me about this book but the Autin Family series overall is decent YA for its time and you really need the setup from MTA for the other books. On the other hand, OMG THE PATRIARCHY! IT BURNS US! If there is one main lesson we are to learn from this book (and tbh from [b:The Moon by Night|462893|The Moon by Night (Austin Family, #2)|Madeleine L'Engle|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442201665l/462893._SY75_.jpg|3149767] as well), it's that Daddy and Jesus are always right and if something bad happened to you it's probably because you defied one of their will, you dirty heathen.