"Parish Prison leered over Orleans Street, ivy infesting its towering brick and plaster walls, crawling up and over the scrubby roof until the place seemed caught in some ghastly web. Sheets of rain washed down its neglected façade before draining into the gutter. It was an old place, a sad place, one few dared consider with their full attention, known more for its reputation than its reality. The weather only added to its grim appearance as if, once inside, there would be no leaving."

I'd apologize for spamming quotes, BUT I'M NOT SORRY FOR SPAMMING QUOTES.

They were real, and he was damned, dripping with darkness, the heavy weight of sin choking him until he thought he might die. When he felt this way - more often than not - the pain came so palatable he thought he might scoop it from his belly and smear it across a wall.

*wishes all books were written so beautifully*

Oh. Oh wow. If you find me was.... Amazing, actually. Stayed up late finishing it. Cried a bit every now and again, trying not to wake the man snoring next to me. 

I might pull myself together enough to write an actual review, but just... Oh. Everybody needs to read it. Srsly. It contains harsh elements yes, but it's not all that graphic - mostly it is about this amazing girl, survival and trying to figure out how to live in a suddenly very confusing world.

I am having the book crush.

No one does Royally Fucked Up Teenagers like Katy McGarry. Poor babies. I just want to cuddle Isaiah and Rachel close and make the world a rosy happy place. Rachel might let me, but Isaiah would probably stab me.