Disconnected

by Lisa M. Cronkhite

Poisoned Pen Press

The Poisoned Pencil
Teens & YA

Pub Date 03 Jun 2014

I am voluntarily reviewing a copy of Disconnected through the publisher and Netgalley:

This is a powerful novel for young adults dealing with a girl with duel personalities. Milly is not asking for much to get grades, to get to school on time and to lay low but Amelia is always there hiding her phone, loosing her homework and calling her names. Sometimes Milly wishes Amelia was dead but they share the same body.

Millys best friend is Beth, even her Grandfather doesn’t understand her and her parents were both killed in an accidental fire or was it really an accident?

Will Milly be able to make it through this time or will the pressure of it all break her.

Find out in Disconnected

Five out of five stars.

Happy Reading

Millie is seventeen years old. She has been living with her grandfather since her parents died. She and her grandfather then must move in with her aunt. Why? Millie is always being bullied No matter where she is. She is just wanting to not have to deal with her bully Amelia. Amelia is with her all the time because she occupies the same body. Millie finds her journal that she write in. Will it help her to remember? Millie cuts herself. She finally cuts and falls unconscious. Millie discovers Aunt Rachel's notebook where she wonders who her real family is. She thinks it is all a big lie. Is it?

The novel is a mystery when Millie tries to figure out how a fire started and burned down the house she and her grandfather lived in. It is a psychological thriller. At times while reading the novel it felt disjointed due to the narrative at times. The subject of mental illness and young adults is not discussed very much in real life. This book could help begin a discussion. While I read the book, I felt that Millie is so lost and doesn't understand what is happening. She is afraid to tell anyone as she does think she will get locked up in a hospital. This novel ends on a satisfying note.