THE. COVER. IS. IMMACULATE.

the narrator was fantastic and kept me interested from start to finish, even when the plot itself lost me a bit. Very impressed by her!

I usually say cult books don’t give enough cult. This one finally did. However, I still have so many questions. Which I guess is true of most cults. However, I just never ever saw how Ben pulled off all that he did. Maybe his character wasn’t well developed enough but it made it all seem extremely far fetched. Same with the ending- it just seemed too easy.

Outside of that, this was very intriguing and a solid listen. I listened to it all in less than 24 hours! I just wanted more depth, I suppose. For all the trauma each character endured, they seemed fairly level-headed ha.

Two women face off after spending their adolescence in a cult. One has a seemingly ordinary life with a home, husband and child. The other shows up on her doorstep one day, threatening to expose the truth about their shared pasts, something the husband is ignorant of. Told in alternating time lines, this story will keep readers guessing about the motives of its protagonists

I wanted there to be a little more about the cult, but that being said, this was still a compelling cult story. I read it in one day. The characters are well written. I enjoyed watching the girls, especially, come into their own after years of being controlled by a charismatic cult leader. I feel like the authors really did a great job of depicting the mind control aspect of cult life (not that I have ever been in one to attest to its accuracy, but I have watched a LOT of documentaries). The cult in question draws heavily on a particular self improvement courses turned sex cult that you are probably familiar with if you are as fascinated by cults as I am. There were many parallels. Overall, I enjoyed the reading experience. There was a lot of tension in the vein of not knowing where character's loyalties lie. That being said, it didn't give me the sense of overwhelming creepiness or dread that I often want from a cult book. Still, definitely recommend for fans of cult reads.