A beautiful story of grief, bias, compassion and redemption. It almost reads like a dark, modernized Pride and Prejudice. The bookends - beginning and end - were a bit "much" for me. The teen angst is HEAVY, and the ending is a little too saccharine. But the middle, the meat and potatoes, is aaaaall Kemmerer. It's artfully paced, beautiful and melancholy in its tone and metaphors, and just tugs at your heartstrings. I sat down with this book thinking, "I just need a little something to tide me over until 'A Vow so Bold and Deadly' comes out", and instead I devoured the book in one sitting.