Tuesday, April 27, 2021

#Review - Incognito by Katie Delahanty #YA #Dystopian #Thrillers

Series: Keystone (#2)
Format: Paperback, 334 pages
Release Date: May 3rd 2021
Publisher: Entangled: Teen
Source: Publisher
Genre: Young Adult / Dystopian / Thrillers

In the virtual utopia of the Simulation, everyone will live peacefully and without fear or needs—at least that’s how they’re selling it. But the government plans to use this program to take control of the entire human race. Elisha Dewitt has just been given her first mission to help prevent this, and she’s ready to prove she can go incognito just as well as any other master thief.

Breaking and entering? No sweat. She’s done worse. Stealing a cassette tape from the museum vaults will be easy—in, out, done—until he shows up...and everything gets way more complicated. Garrett Alexander just has that effect.

Nothing is as it seems, and a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse begins with Garrett, her rival and match in every way. Not knowing who she can trust, Elisha decides it’s up to her to rescue everyone—even Garrett—before the world as she knows it comes to a brutal end.

 

Incognito is the second installment in author Katie Delahanty's Keystone series. This is a series set in a far off future. This is a society divided into factions such as Corporates, Influencers, Laborers, Unrankables followed by the Disconnects who are of the lowest order. Keystone, who Elisha Dewitt formerly Ella Karman belongs to, are all Disconnected from the world. They intentionally cover and mark their faces so that facial recognition doesn't catch them. Their main mission is to steal analog history and to preserve the truth corporations and governments are trying to hide or alter forever.  

Elisha has a gift of superior intuition which is what led her to Keystone in the first place. At the end of Keystone, Elisha was given her first solo mission by Professor Allard to steal a cassette tape from the Andy Warhol Time Capsule Museum in Pittsburgh. Breaking and entering? No sweat. She’s done worse. Breaking into a nearly impossible museum with state of the art security will get a bit more complicated. Especially when Garrett Alexander shows up and tosses everything out the window. Garrett tends to unnerve Elisha at times. He literally left her stranded in a tree house 5 months ago. 

In the virtual utopia of the Simulation created by Simon Technologies, everyone will live peacefully and without fear or needs—at least that’s how they’re selling it. But the government plans to use this program to take control of the entire human race. help prevent this, and she’s ready to prove she can go incognito just as well as any other master thief. Nothing is as it seems, and a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse begins with Garrett, her rival and match in every way. Not knowing who she can trust, Elisha decides it’s up to her to rescue everyone—even Garrett—before the world as she knows it comes to a brutal end.  

Thankfully for Elisha, she has a core of friends (Rayelle, Stewart, and Sophia) who are strong in their own talents which make them a great team. This is a good thing since there are those who are uniquely interested in Elisha and her brain which could be key to the so called Super Brain. So, off the crew goes to Stanford where things get interesting. I'll stop here by saying that there are lots of twists in the final chapters of this book. Characters truly prove who they are loyal to. Other characters reveal a shocking truth that leaves the book in a wicked cliffhanger ending. I am looking forward the sequel. There are so many questions that need to be answered, and the shenanigans between Elisha and Garrett need to be sorted out.






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