Synopsis: 
 Quinlan McKee is a closer. She's been a closer since she was seven years old. She's mimicked more people than she can fully keep track of, temporarily filling the hole that their death left and helping their families deal with their grief. It's can be a grueling job and because of the toll it takes, closers are required to take a set amount of time off between assignments. But on the heel of one case closing, Quinn finds herself getting sent out to play Catalina Barne in an assignment that breaks all the rules. 
 Thoughts: 
 The Remedy is a prequel to the events of The Program and The Treatment, but you can definitely read it without having read the original duology. You'll miss out on some of the allusions, but this story is all it's own. And Suzanne Young does it again. She dragged me into an emotional roller-coaster that I should have been expecting, but I wasn't. It's a different emotional roller-coaster than The Program, but also similar as the book grapples with mental health through the lens of controversial therapies. While you're made to sympathize with Quinn about the life and purpose of a closer, it's easy to see why others react negatively to her acting like a deceased-loved one's doppelganger. And that ending. 
 There's another book on the way (The Epidemic, April 2016) and this sets it up with a doozy of an ending. 
 If you're a fan of dystopians, but slightly burnt out with the typical dystopian fare, be sure to check this out along with the original duology! 
 Thanks to Edelweiss and the publisher for the ARC. 
 Publication Date: April 21, 2015.