Despite depicting some very despicable thoughts and actions which hang over the reader like the oppressive humid heat of swampy Florida, where it is set, I could not stop reading, this is seriously great literature.

Brandon's skilful writing, and careful holding back of moral judgement, evoked in me a compassion towards all his characters, which was both unsettling and beautiful.

Depicts the heartache of growing up, of accepting the often gaping chasm between expectation and reality, and of the paradoxes inherent in both love and life

- Cam