Shelter by Susan Palwick

I recently read _Shelter_, by Susan Palwick.  It was highly readable, and overall I very much enjoyed it.  I'm particularly impressed, because it uses some themes that are sometimes touchy for me--parental death, unfortunate situation with a 6-year-old boy.  Oh, and appeals to neuroscience, which when done badly can *really* get me.  (I'm not claiming the neuroscience was all correct, just that it wasn't so obviously awful as to get in my way.  It also wasn't that obtrusive, mostly.) 

I ended up feeling that it was flawed somehow, but I can't really put my finger on it at the moment.  In any event, it was more absorbing than anything else I've read in quite a while. 

Overall I highly recommend the book.