Ya’ll know how I love cults, right? I am head-over-heels for this book. The psychology and relational dynamics among the “Ashers” is perfectly developed and is exactly what I look for in cult books.

Before reading this book, I drafted a short story that is almost exactly like it. The endings are different, but so many things are similar. Obviously this book has plot holes resolved where my draft does not. But now I hope I will be able to resolve my holes differently.... ughh this book gets it so well.

Books about young women in cults (ranked):
1. The Ash Family
2. The Girls by Emma Cline
3. The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon.