I was definitely disturbed by the content of this book. I couldn't believe that the events depicted here can even happen in this day. But then again, I didn't know a lot about human trafficking and what that all entailed. So I let it roll around in my head for a few hours, and I was even more astonished and disgusted to find that the events in this book could indeed happen and are happening around the country. 
 It's going to be hard to review this book without giving away spoilers. Part of what I liked about this book was the gradual revealing of all that was going on, so I'm going to try to keep the spoilers out of it. 
 Samantha is a senior in high school. She's quiet and doesn't have many friends beyond a former teacher, Emma and her husband Jude, and a classmate, who might also be a boyfriend named Kevin. It doesn't take much for these folks to see that something is happening to her, but they don't really know the details. Samantha's home life is seriously bad, and she can't just pick up and leave because she's got a four-year old brother to protect. 
 As her friends gradually learn the extent of Samantha's situation, they attempt to help, but their efforts are thwarted by Samantha's father and the dirty cops protecting him. I did have a hard time believing that all the cops in the force were corrupt, and that Samantha would have to go back home after all that happened to her, but then again, with the sleeziness of these cops maybe they could make some serious cracks to slip through in the system. 
 The pacing of this was good, making me want to keep turning the page to find out Samantha's fate. What I didn't expect was the ending of this book. There's a revelation at the end that shatters Samantha more than everything her father has done to her, because it's delivered by someone she trusted in a world where she could trust no one. I totally understood her reaction, even though it was heartbreaking. It also left me wondering if there was going to be a follow-up to Every Shattered Thing. 
 This content is not for everyone, which makes it very difficult to rate. Readers should take heed of the content warnings. 
 Overall, Every Shattered Thing is an engaging, dark and often times disturbing story of human trafficking. There are some parts that are hard to take and hard to believe. In spite of those, I didn't let that deter me from finishing. It was worth all of the dark to have more awareness of the human trafficking problem. 
 This review also appears on my blog at: http://redhotbluereads.blogspot.com/2014/03/review-and-giveaway-for-every-shattered.html