DNF at 52 Pages 
 Edit 21.03.2017: In total honesty, a chunk of why I dropped this book is probably related to the rest of my reading so far this year. From Alexander's New Jim Crow to Fortner's Black Silent Majority, Delany's Dhalgren, Hairston's Redwood and Wildfire, Butler's Mind of My Mind... in short, a substantial chunk of my reading has included at least some subtext regarding race relations. 50 pages into this? It doesn't compare. 
 idk. Maybe someday I'll give it another shot. Not this year, though. 
 Original Notes: 
 Nope. Pretty much the start and finish of my thoughts on this book is.... nope. If you're going to build a world in which the Civil War didn't happen, in which slavery is still legal in 4 states, you need to do some research, and you need to understand both historical progression and social pressures. I don't get the sense that any of that was taken into account. I gave it 50 pages; it doesn't make the cut. There are other books on my to-read list I'd like to get to.