Meh. I'll admit that cults fascinate me. So in theory, I should've enjoyed this book. Maybe I would have - had the author focused more on character development. Instead, this book felt a bit one-dimensional. I wanted more back-story on each of the characters - especially because the protagonist (who is pretty much the only person we DID get to know in any depth) was hard to like. I think the author has skill - but may have been overly ambitious in the ground she wanted to cover - and as a result, skipped across a lot of it superficially. Had I been her editor, I would've suggested she narrow her focus and go deeper.