Once I've thought it through and I'm over the shock of the twist in this series, I am able to think critically about the web that Suzanne Young weaved.

The first word that comes to mind is twisted. Teens who like odd mysteries and intrigue along with romantic suspense will really like this book. In fact, I pre-ordered the sequel as soon as I finished this one. What happens as she finds herself losing the ability to be objective and has her questioning everything about her life and her memories, makes this a gripping read with some real surprises at the end. The dead girl's boyfriend is involved in the grief therapy and she starts feeling an attraction she knows isn't safe. Deacon, a former closer who she's had a relationship with, is also concerned, but he's such an emotional enigma that Quin never knows where they stand.There's a new twist in this assignment. In fact, her father seems at times, more concerned about her effectiveness as a closer than her emotional welfare.When she's booked for an assignment that's much longer than others and is far too soon after her last one in terms of protocol, she's intrigued, albeit worried. She's in her fourth one and it's become as much of her self image as anything, maybe even to her detriment. Most who serve in such a capacity do so for no more than two terms of three years each. Either way, Mom's dead and that leaves just her dad who is part of a corporation supplying teens to temporarily replace dead children as a way to help their grieving families get through unresolved feelings that create roadblocks on the road to recovery.Quin has been one of these closers since she was seven. Quinlan McKee has mixed memories of her mother, sometimes remembering her looking one way, at others, looking differently. But that’s only the beginning of the complications, especially when Quinn finds out the truth about Catalina’s death. When she’s given her longest assignment, playing the role of Catalina Barnes, Quinn begins to bond with the deceased girl’s boyfriend. Now seventeen, Quinn is deft at recreating herself, sometimes confusing her own past with those of the people she’s portrayed. But to do her job successfully, she can’t get attached. She’s not an exact copy, of course, but she wears their clothes and changes her hair, studies them through pictures and videos, and soon, Quinn can act like them, smell like them, and be them for all intents and purposes. Recommended by grief counselors, Quinn is hired by families to take on the short-term role of a deceased loved one between the ages of fifteen and twenty. Since the age of seven, Quinn has held the responsibility of providing closure to grieving families with a special skill-she can “become” anyone.

Can one girl take on so many identities without losing her own? Find out in this riveting companion to The Program and the New York Times bestselling The Treatment.

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