Oh boy do I have a lot of feelings after reading this. Initially I came in very interested by the premise but while reading it I became a bit more “huh”. The story revolves around two sisters, Lo and Bea. Lo suffered a huge accident in her childhood and Bea disappeared Lo’s recovery. The story alternates between the two girls views and different years. Lo grows up to be an aspiring journalist while Bea has joined a cult lead by a man named Lev who “supposedly” saved Lo’s life and brought her “back” from the dead. Lo is desperate to find her sister and get in contact with her, so she starts to delve into this cult and before she knows it she’s sucked in by Lev. Lo is an extremely broken person who is suffering from trauma while Bea is a bit more naive and also broken in her own way. The story shows you the different experiences each girl has while being in this cult and how they act with Lev. The story itself started off a bit slow but then rushed itself by the end. It completely wraps up the loose ends which is nice and the thriller aspect of the story was fine. My biggest dislike from this story is how Lo, someone who for a majority of the story was adamant about finding her sister and going against the cult that took her, just does a 180 after sleeping with Lev and suddenly saving the cult is her everything. Lo was presented as someone who was strong and fought like hell, but to suddenly have her turn against her biggest character points from the story just because she slept with a guy? No thank you. Don’t even get me started on how grossed out I was by the fact that Lev

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slept with both girls

.Lev is your typical cult leader, someone who is charismatic, loving, and beautiful on the surface but manipulative and controlling underneath. If I’m being honest I didn’t like either Bea or Lo, I just could not empathize and find sympathy with how both girls were naive enough to fall for the same thing and did not actually take the proper steps into looking for each other or just make rational decisions. Thats just my own personal preference though, I think this book would be a great read for other people though and would definitely recommend you give it a try if you like stories about mysteries and cults. All in all this was an okay read for me and I found it to be a quick and easy read.

* Thank you Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*