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2.5 stars. The plot of this book is quite interesting - set in "free" Philadelphia in the 1830's, it follows the story of three young women at different points of freedom - Nell, a born free black woman, Charlotte, a former runaway slave now free by Philadelphia law, and Evie, a current slave to the same owner once shared by Charlotte. The whole story is the ins and outs of 1800's Northern politics along with an effort to free Evie entirely.

I really liked the characters, each similar while drastically different, which even as someone who cannot relate to the situation, I found myself able to relate to each of them as characters. They also all 'come together' within the story which is a favorite troupe of mine, personally. Even supporting characters were interesting and necessary to hold up this story.

That being said, it was quite dry over all. A lot of unneeded description over and over became a bit redundant. Also, there were a lot of minor plot points which never really went anywhere. They weren't very necessary to the story over all, so it just kind of felt like "why?" A good portion of the book felt a little as if the author was just trying to make the book longer. I had to push through a good majority of this book in order to finish it and it had a hard time keeping my attention.