“[A] rugged and ravishing debut.”

— O, The Oprah Magazine

“Kept Animals is an event-packed novel of class, desire, coming-of-age and familial disintegration. It’s also a knowing depiction of an unstable world where residents can be as treacherous as the landscape,” 

— Janet Fitch, The New York Times Book Review

“Milliken pulls out all the stops to deliver a riveting page-turner, an unforgettable story of loss and renewal. She is a powerful talent to watch.”

— Library Journal, starred review

“Kept Animals is filled with the kind of compulsively turnable pages that exist mostly in dreams, but here, Milliken has turned that dream into a reality with an explosive, impressive debut,”

— Daily Californian

 “[A] thrilling read with a breathless climax.”

– Electric Lit