Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. 
 I enjoyed this way more than I was expecting, having had some bad luck with past giveaways. Kennedy has a real way with words and writes her characters fully and brilliantly, jagged edges, soft spots, insecurities, and all. It's kind of impossible not to fall a little in love with everyone in the Bottoms, where the book is set, and that's quite a feat when one of the characters is a frighteningly racist militia man.