The Departed
by Kristy Cooper
Genre: YA Dystopian
Release Date: July 6th 2016
Summary from Goodreads:
What if someone tried to fake the rapture?
When hundreds of thousands of people disappear in the middle of the night, including sixteen-year-old Gwen's best friend Lana, no one knows why. Some believe they were taken in the rapture, while others are convinced that it can't be true. Doomsday prophecies abound that involve horrifying tales of plague, famine, earthquakes, and more.
At first, Gwen doesn't know what to think. While she is busy mourning Lana, many people around her are getting taken in by the cultish True Believers Temple, including Gwen's dad and her friend Mindy. It is clear that more and more people are going to be pressured to join this church, as it starts taking over the media and the government, gaining zealous followers all over the world.
Then Gwen starts receiving emails from Lana. She claims to have been forced into hiding with thousands of others in an underground compound. Gwen is convinced the emails are real and the only other person who also believes her is Isaiah, her moody crush. Together they resolve to find out where everyone is hiding and help set Lana free.
by Kristy Cooper
Genre: YA Dystopian
Release Date: July 6th 2016
Summary from Goodreads:
What if someone tried to fake the rapture?
When hundreds of thousands of people disappear in the middle of the night, including sixteen-year-old Gwen's best friend Lana, no one knows why. Some believe they were taken in the rapture, while others are convinced that it can't be true. Doomsday prophecies abound that involve horrifying tales of plague, famine, earthquakes, and more.
At first, Gwen doesn't know what to think. While she is busy mourning Lana, many people around her are getting taken in by the cultish True Believers Temple, including Gwen's dad and her friend Mindy. It is clear that more and more people are going to be pressured to join this church, as it starts taking over the media and the government, gaining zealous followers all over the world.
Then Gwen starts receiving emails from Lana. She claims to have been forced into hiding with thousands of others in an underground compound. Gwen is convinced the emails are real and the only other person who also believes her is Isaiah, her moody crush. Together they resolve to find out where everyone is hiding and help set Lana free.
My Review:
Gwen wakes up one morning and texts her best friend Lana
like she does every morning but there is just one thing not right on this
beautiful morning Lana doesn’t text her back. By the time she makes it to
school she is becoming very worried. She hopes that when she gets to school
Lana will be there and there will be some reason as to why she has not texted
her back yet. But low and behold when she arrives at school and meets up with
her other best friend Mindy guess what no Lana.
Mindy and Lana start to try to figure out where Lana
could be and what could possibly be wrong. But they don’t get very far by the
time they have to head to their first class. It is during first hour that she
realizes that Lana is not the only one missing. She soon learns that there are
thousands of people all over the world are missing. They disappeared during the
middle of the night with no witnesses to the event.
By talking with Mindy and her friend Isaiah plus other
classmates she soon learns that a lot of people are beginning to believe that
the missing people were taken away in the rapture. Gwen and Isaiah just can’t
believe this they are more out to believe that it was aliens than any rapture. Gwen
and Isaiah start to question everything and everyone. Gwen is determined to
find out what happened to her best friend and where she is.
One day Gwen wakes up to an email she received from Lana
after she went missing. Gwen is ecstatic to hear from her friend and know that
she is alive. So of course she is very excited to show it to Mindy and Isaiah.
They think that it could be fake and that it could be from someone playing a
joke or even a hacker. But Gwen believes that it is from Lana and sets out to
prove it and save Lana. Is it from Lana? Is Lana alive? Where is she? Where are
all the missing people? Where have all the people gone?
The Departed has been a very interesting and enjoyable
read. I loved the plot and how the world could end. It is filled with so many twists
and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end.
And it will grab you up on the first page and won’t let go until you have read
the last page and still then it will hang on for a long time to come. If you
have not read The Departed then let me suggest that you do today.
About the Author:
Kristy Cooper found herself
often contemplating unusual what-if scenarios and knew it was time to start
writing them down. She worked as a librarian for years and is now busy raising
small children and writing YA novels. Stay up to date with her books at kristycooper.com.
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