I'm really cautious when anyone says "the writing's like Jandy Nelson's," because what could ever live up to that? Um, this book. Absolutely this book.

A Psalm for Lost Girls is at once literary and supremely accessible. This novel is so many things: the story of a desperate small town, of sisters, of love, fear, the possibility of miracles. The premise gripped me immediately (my grabby hands have been all over this book since its announcement), but it was the complex plot and gorgeous language that kept me going to the very end.

A truly brilliant mystery that I would highly, highly recommend.

My review (TOP PICK) can be seen on RT Book Reviews