Book Review: The Treatment

Book Number 2 in a crazy/weird/awesome series!

The Treatment

by Suzanne Young

Summary From Goodreads:

Can Sloane and James survive the lies and secrets surrounding them, or will The Program claim them in the end? Find out in this sequel to The Program, which Publishers Weekly called “chilling and suspenseful.”

How do you stop an epidemic?

Sloane and James are on the run after barely surviving the suicide epidemic and The Program. But they’re not out of danger. Huge pieces of their memories are still missing, and although Sloane and James have found their way back to each other, The Program isn’t ready to let them go.

Escaping with a group of troubled rebels, Sloane and James will have to figure out who they can trust, and how to take down The Program. But for as far as they’ve come, there’s still a lot Sloane and James can’t remember. The key to unlocking their past lies with the Treatment—a pill that can bring back forgotten memories, but at a high cost. And there’s only one dose.

Ultimately when the stakes are at their highest, can Sloane and James survive the many lies and secrets surrounding them, or will The Program claim them in the end?

This thriller will continue to leave you on the edge of your seat as Sloan and James continue to find out who they are, what the Program did to them and how they really felt about one another before they were sent into The Program.

There is a lot of betrayal and misunderstanding to this story, which makes sense--the teens have their memories erased in an attempt to take away their suicidal thoughts.  I did see some betrayal coming, but I admit, there were events that happened that I didn't foresee.

This book also discusses depression and suicidal thoughts--what is suicidal and what is sadness? Where do we draw the line? And to what extremes will people go to to take that away? I highly suggest this series, and I am ready to check out the 3rd book, which is more of a supplement book told from Quinn's point of view: