It became apparent that Delia was the fire, the wild one, the one that was always burning inside. What I found really clever was Delia's intense fear of fire and the way that was used throughout the book.
In a sense, she was the biggest mystery in this book. Delia herself was a very broken, damaged character, who never let on what she was really feeling/what she was experiencing. June was the rabbit in June and Delia's friendship, so sweet and innocent and unknowing compared to the fiery Delia, who always seemed to have something going on.
What quickly became apparent to me was the brilliance of Lynn Weingarten's characters. It's such a beautifully detailed plot, so engrossing. June and Delia hadn't talked for a year after one terrible night, but June is now convinced Delia was murdered, even if every scrap of evidence points towards the fact that Delia burned herself to death in her stepfather's shed. The story follows June and the aftermath of her ex-best friend's 'suicide'.
Not everything in life is summed up perfectly by the end. I'm still asking questions at the end of the book, and often this is a bad thing but I actually really liked the effect. It's a dark thriller, very dark, with incredibly three dimensional characters and many mysteries that often go unsolved.
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