Week 5 Review: The Project

From Goodreads:

Lo Denham is used to being on her own. After her parents died in a tragic car accident, her sister Bea joined the elusive community called The Unity Project, leaving Lo to fend for herself. Desperate not to lose the only family she has left, Lo has spent the last six years trying to reconnect with Bea, only to be met with radio silence.

When Lo's given the perfect opportunity to gain access to Bea's reclusive life, she thinks they're finally going to be reunited. But it's difficult to find someone who doesn't want to be found, and as Lo delves deeper into The Project and its charismatic leader, she begins to realize that there's more at risk than just her relationship with Bea: her very life might be in danger.

As she uncovers more questions than answers at each turn, everything Lo thought she knew about herself, her sister, and the world is upended. One thing doesn't change, though, and that's what keeps her going: Bea needs her, and Lo will do anything to save her.

From Courtney Summers, the New York Times bestselling author of the 2019 Edgar Award Winner and breakout hit Sadie, comes her electrifying follow-up—a suspenseful, pulls-no-punches story about an aspiring young journalist determined to save her sister no matter the cost.

My Review:
This was a such a fantastic read! I loved this story about sisters, and about a cult that has kept them apart. I really enjoyed getting to know Lo and Bea, of both of their downward spirals, and how the Unity Project brought them in. It was such a great read!

I actually gasped when we got that Bea perspective, and she says that Lev Warren brough a girl back from the dead. That was a rumor that was previously introduced in the book, and that Bea was the one that started it...yeah, that was a shocker! 

I did find it extremely suspicious of Lev. First he starts a romantic relationship with Bea, who is underage when they meet, and is barely an adult when she becomes a mom. And then when Lo is a part of the Unity Project, he starts sleeping with her. And she's younger then Bea. I just found that extremally sleazy and off-putting of him. Especially since we were getting Bea's perspectives, of the doubts that she was having of the Unity Project, of Lev.

One thing that I would've liked, was the months on Bea's perspective, espcailly when it came to the 2017 ones, which the end of 2017 is where the story starts for Lo. I want to know if there was any overlap there, especially that last chapter. That was just so sad!

Loved listening to this book, it was just so good! 

Author: Courtney Summers 
Read: February 2nd, 2022 
Source: Library
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a SAC 2022 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Published: February 2nd 2021

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars