The Stats
📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚
BOOK: The Project
AUTHOR: Courtney Summers @summerscourtney
Publisher: @wednesdaybooks
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Published: February 2, 2021
The Review
The Title/Cover Draw:
- This cover is gorgeous! I can’t stop staring at it. After reading Sadie earlier this year, I knew I just had to read the next thing Courtney Summers came out with. Very excited to receive this for review ahead of time!
What I liked:
- The writing sucked me in immediately. Even though this is not a speculative book, there were moments that I would wonder if there was something otherworldly going on. But even though this is a book about a cult, it is important and unique. Today, we are searching for meaning, love, a purpose…and being told many things. It’s easy to be led astray. This book is important.
What I didn’t like:
- Just like other people who read this book, there is a certain scene that is (to me) completely out of character for our heroine. It made me a little angry and disheartened. I understand the motive and why it was included, but it really jarred me out of the story.
The Characters:
- Lo is innocent and abandoned most of her life in one way or another. But she is sympathetic and you just want her to find love.
The Ending:
- Bittersweet but real.
Consider if:
- You like darker stories about love.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Received from Netgalley.
Summary:
Lo Denham is used to being on her own. After her parents died, Lo’s sister, Bea, joined The Unity Project, leaving Lo in the care of their great aunt. Thanks to its extensive charitable work and community outreach, The Unity Project has won the hearts and minds of most in the Upstate New York region, but Lo knows there’s more to the group than meets the eye. She’s spent the last six years of her life trying—and failing—to prove it.
When a man shows up at the magazine Lo works for claiming The Unity Project killed his son, Lo sees the perfect opportunity to expose the group and reunite with Bea once and for all. When her investigation puts her in the direct path of its leader, Lev Warren and as Lo delves deeper into The Project, the lives of its members it upends everything she thought she knew about her sister, herself, cults, and the world around her—to the point she can no longer tell what’s real or true. Lo never thought she could afford to believe in Lev Warren . . . but now she doesn’t know if she can afford not to.