Books Like Temptation
Families who loved Temptation by Suzan Colón often look for books with a similar feel. These 20 recommendations were selected for their similarity in style, theme, and reading level.
Families who loved Temptation by Suzan Colón often look for books with a similar feel. These 20 recommendations were selected for their similarity in style, theme, and reading level.
Reach for this book when your teenager is grappling with the weight of expectations, the pull of social hierarchies, and the slippery slope of moral compromises. It is a particularly useful resource for parents whose children are entering the high-stakes environment of middle or high school and are feeling the pressure to conform to a certain image at the cost of their integrity. The story follows a girl caught between two worlds: the celestial expectations of her angelic background and the messy, alluring reality of being a popular human teenager. Through a supernatural lens, the book explores very real adolescent struggles including peer pressure, first love, and the consequences of small lies. While it utilizes a fantasy framework involving angels and demons, the emotional core is firmly rooted in the universal experience of finding one's identity. It is an ideal pick for starting a conversation about how easy it is to lose oneself when trying to please everyone else, offering a safe space to discuss ethics without being overly preachy.
