2.5 stars
This book was definitely an interesting read that kept me engaged the whole time I was reading which is why this book didn't get a lower rating. Some of my major faults with this book are that I felt like there was a lot of fat shaming, glorifying of rape culture, and glorifying of cults altogether.
I can see the appeal to the fast pace narrative of this story but the characters were so unlikeable that I really couldn't root for anyone. Our main character Evie really bothered me because I felt like even though she was fourteen she had more sense then to get involved with the group that she did.
I am glad that I read this book because Evie and Suzanne were more of a different sexual orientation than me which I have been trying to read more of but I don't feel like the author really explored that aspect of these characters to a point where I could really pinpoint if they were lesbians or bi-sexual.
I think that Evie as an adult was also very unlikeable and unstable but I can see how the events of her youth could have caused her to become that way. Overall I just had more problems with this book than I thought I would.
I would like to do some more research about the author's research for this book to know what stemmed this idea.