3 1/2 stars

This was a pretty good read. I liked the story of lonely Evie and her crush on an older mysterious girl. I did not especially care for the commune being patterned after the Manson family. That part seemed sort of like cheating, like a lack of imagination somehow. The same kind of story could have been told without the Manson family parallels. I'm not sure why that part bugged me.

Anyway the writing is very good so it is worth a read.