3.5/4 
 What I loved: the setting, the ballads, the character development. The family. I wish I could have heard the music. 
 What I didn't: the massive foreshadowing the author kept hitting me over the head with. Language and some sexuality that just didnt feel necessary and sometimes jarred me from what I was reading. I would not say the book was filled with it by any means, but it seemed to stand out to me rather than flow with the story. 
 Lovely story, though. Wonderful characters and I loved that the author didnt feel like they had to all be perfect. Usually when you read a story set in the civil war period you are right in the action. I enjoyed seeing it from Arty's viewpoint. 
 Funny: for the first chapter or so I thought arty was a man! I kept getting confused until she married zeke!