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I read this book in two nights, and would have finished it in one except that I had a client deadline the following morning which required me getting some sleep. HIT is a superbly-written page-turner of the first order. Patsy's voice is funny and moving in all the right places, and her reactions to her predicament are realistic and on-point. Delilah Dawson's writing is smooth and vivid--never once did the words pull me out of the story with awkward phrasing or out-of-character speech.

The post-Valor Savings world is sharp and clever; Dawson thought through the world-building issues in great detail. The characters are diverse and realistic, and the plot flies along with the speed of the bullets from Patsy's Valor Savings-issue pistol.

Best of all, I thought I had the major plot twist figured out in advance...and I was wrong. That doesn't happen very often, and I was delighted to discover that not only had I guessed incorrectly, but the real answer was even more clever, and better executed, than I anticipated.

Five stars. Highly recommended.* If you enjoy thrillers, dystopian novels, YA, or simply a well-written read, this should be next on your list. (Note: even if you're not usually a fan of YA, you still might want to give this a try - it's a strong contender for the adult thriller shelf, just told from the POV of a teenage protagonist.)

*Note: some readers don't like books that use "all the words" - specifically, those of the four-letter variety. Teenagers use expletives (shocking, I know) and the characters in this book are teens. Teens dealing with major-league difficult issues. Ergo, they cuss on occasion. I didn't find the language either gratuitous or distracting, and I doubt most others will either, but if you're absolutely, positively, against reading books with other than squeaky-clean verbiage, you're missing out here but this one probably isn't for you.

Disclaimer: I know Delilah Dawson through Facebook and Twitter. I consider her a friend. However, that fact did not influence this review. I bought this book myself and did not receive a free copy, or anything else, in return for this review. I review only books that I like, do not take review requests, and recommend only books that I truly find worth reviewing. Even then, I don't review all of the books I like. This one simply made the cut, and then some.