D: Engrossing and very well-written, filled with train-wreck high schoolers who toe the line between believable and walking disasters. Though my own high school experience is nothing like what was described, the way the author describes so many other details feel so true that, against my will, I'm leaning more towards finding many of the things that occur in this story to be truthful. 
 Which is really sad. 
 I almost didn't finish the book near the end because events seemed to be working out so positively, I had an ugly foreboding that the axe was about to fall. Unfortunately, my foreboding was correct, though not in the way that I predicted. 
 That said, because of the author's skill in putting together an impactful story filled with believable and evocative observations, I'd recommend it and look forward to checking out her other books. 
 As a side note, I really wish the preacher's kid would be legitimately influenced in some way by Christianity rather than claiming she "feels something" and declaring how awesome her parents are, and then proceeding to drive her life along blindfolded and drunk. But at the same time, I'm not really surprised either. *shrugs*