Knocking off 1/4 a point here because this took me a painfully long time to get truly into. I had to pause it for almost a month at one point -- and then (obvs my fault) I forgot someone of the characters/anecdotes. For example, I forgot why Daunis called Grant call-me-Grant. Other minor things like that, including mixing up Travis/TJ, etc. 

But overall, this book was very action-packed! Some minor holes left unfilled (

what ever happened to the Elders on the ferry? And of course, the big one, Mike and the trial in general

) but overall I was left very satisfied. The final action scenes were tense and adventurous, the pace was quick enough to leave me on my toes but there was also so much detail interspersed throughout of the tribe and community culture.

I'd be kind of curious to read this as an audiobook because I didn't know how a lot of the Anishinaabe/Ojibwe words were pronounced so my mind kinda kept skipping over them. Overall, a really great story that discussed heavy topics (drug use, injustice within reservations, family betrayal, sexual assault) while also balancing resilience, storytelling, and family + community bonds.