A rogue cop.A city erupting in riots.And a college student risking everything for justice …Kennedy didn’t ask to become the face of Boston’s biggest controversy. But when she and her black friend are assaulted by a white police officer, Kennedy finds herself entrenched in a case that’s far more dangerous than she could have ever imagined.With her city devolving into chaos around her, Kennedy … have ever imagined.
With her city devolving into chaos around her, Kennedy searches for the truth. She soon finds out, however, that the answers are from black and white.
Heart-stopping, thought-provoking, and unforgettably intense, Policed is book 3 in this bestselling Christian fiction series.
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This book drew me in from the beginning. This plot could straight from today’s headlines. However, there is one major difference, I really liked the way she had Pastor Carl address the fact that everything is not about race (and he is black by the way), sometimes you are just dealing with a horrible person. Race definitely played into this plot, but there was a lot more to this story. I like that Alana Terry is not afraid to write about today’s issues, but she is inspirational as well. Kennedy Stern is quickly becoming my favorite heroine! I feel like I am inside the story when I read her books! I completely lose myself, which, to me, is a sign of a good author!
Policed by Alana Terry is the third book in the Kennedy Stern Series. It is a contemporary novel about a college student and it deals with racial prejudice.
Kennedy and her best friend Reuben, a foreign exchange student from Kenya, are driving together when they are pulled over by a police officer. The officer proceeds to force innocent Reuben out of the car and handcuff him, verbally abusing him about his race the entire time. Then he sexually harasses Kennedy, until Reuben fights him and Kennedy helps. Then the officer is gone and Kennedy and Reuben have to deal with the fallout.
This book was very interesting and relevant in today’s world. It talked a lot about race, and I think the author did the best she could to address the issue from all perspectives via various characters weighing in. I, uneducated in this issue as I am, thought she dealt with the issue respectfully and thoroughly, and I truly appreciate that she took the time to do so because of its relevance to today’s issues.
However, I thought the conclusion to the issue could have been better. Instead of talking about change that could happen, it gave relative justice to the characters but then jumped into a different issue — Kennedy and Reuben’s relationship, especially since a secret had been revealed during all the craziness. That opened up a whole new can of worms which took much of the focus away from the main message of the story.
I enjoyed this book and look forward to reading the next one in the series.
I received a complementary copy of this book. All opinions are my own, and I was not obligated to give a positive review.
Another well written continuation into the life of Harvard pre-med student Kennedy Stern. I love the way Alana Terry boldly tackles topics most authors tend to shy away from! In this book discrimination is the central theme as Kennedy & her friend Reuben face when unjustly stopped by a police officer. Reuben is beaten and Kennedy also mistreated before being left by the officer along the road. With Reuben being black people immediately cry out discrimination against the police. I like the way Alana uses some of Kennedy’s friends to point out that other things come out such as general ways police turn the situation into the need for more funding to cover the blatant misconduct of officers. Kennedy fights the questioning of her faith with God allowing things like this to happen. Eventually the entire situation shows how God uses individual faults of each of us as fallible human beings to grow our faith and our personal relationship with Christ! As with all her books this made me really think about how each decision I make in life affects others in many different ways, truly having the power as a witness to others be it good or bad!! I won’t give the ending away but will say I can’t wait to dig into the next book in the series!!