What a fun book! I loved Ember right away and connected with her and her desire and drive to work hard to support her dreams.  She has always felt like she needed to take care of everyone else and is feeling dejected about her career prospects in a way that is so visceral and relatable.  Even though she made some very naive mistakes at her job and in her personal life, she is young and learning and you cannot help but root for her to figure everything out.  There was constant fun banter that had me laughing and the romance was steammmmy.  I loved how confident Danuwoa was in himself without being annoying like the other men in the book.  Poor Ember was faced with so many though things to juggle and I so appreciated that she owned up to her mistakes while simultaneously sticking up for herself.  Reading about how Ember felt that being Chickasaw was holding her back and the disgusting way people just threw around casual racism was horrible and made me want to hug her and fight for her.  That aspect was so powerful and beautifully presented by the author and I'm glad this book became what it did after reading the author's note.

I both read and listened to the audiobook, and while I enjoyed the audiobook I think I would recommend the print version.