The Incendiaries

I was really blown away by the depth of this novel. It's a short powerful story about a couple who meet while attending the same college. In the process of finding themselves and who they will become, Phoebe falls in with a cult and Will falls into a weird sort of worship of Phoebe. The Incendiaries has a lot to say about religion and faith, both the good and the bad.
Despite alternating narrators, it's really Will's story and because of that I truly did not understand the power the John Leal group had over Phoebe. I don't know if Phoebe understood it. I don't understand how it escalated to violence, and so quickly. John Leal's chapters did nothing for me and could have been omitted from the book.
Overall, there is a lot to think about with this one. It's beautifully written. The character of Will was so perfectly flawed and layered. Overall, it's about two broken people in a fragile time in their lives looking for something to believe in.

*note: listened to this on audio