I love the story - dealing with poverty, heartbreak and disability, taking care of family and feeling like you don't deserve anything good. 
 The characters are all great - I would love to read all their stories - Slate's especially. I love how they evolve and mature throughout the book. 
 The only thing that I don't like is the way the dialogues are written at some points - a little bit too many exclamation point for my taste. Also, the whole start somewhere in the middle of the events, get back to the beginning and then continue to the time presented in the prologue is just necessary.