God this book was great. It's so rare for me to find a book that so completely absorbs me from start to end. I couldn't put this down for a minute.

It's the brilliant trifecta of wonderful writing, well developed characters, and a fascinating story. It even has the benefit of being based on true events so when I finished this book I spent about an hour on google just looking up various information about the orphanages and asylums. I love when a book makes me want more information once I'm done.

Her writing style flowed really well for me. It was definitely kind of simple, and even juvenile at times because of who the characters are (young, uneducated, and traumatized), but it worked so well with the story. It sucked me in from page one and entertained me so much I read it through in one sitting.

I picked this up at random with another of Joanna Goodman's novels thinking it was a bit risky to grab both, but now I can't wait to read the other one. If it's anywhere near as good as this, I'm going to love it.