Description
Jenna Chen has spent her life in the shadow of her flawless cousin. Jessica Chen is so smart she gets the top score on every test. Jessica Chen is so beautiful people stop in the hallway to stare at her. Jessica Chen is so perfect she got into Harvard.
And Jenna Chen will only ever be a disappointment.
So when Jenna makes a desperate wish to become her cousin, the last thing she expects is for it to come true — literally. All of a sudden she gets to live the life she’s always dreamed of...but being the model student at cutthroat Havenwood Private Academy isn’t quite what she’d imagined. Worse, people seem to be forgetting that someone named Jenna Chen ever existed. But isn’t it worth trading it all away — her artistic talent, her childhood home, even the hope of golden boy Aaron Cai loving her back — to be Jessica Chen?
Review
Well, Jenna Chen certainly got what she wanted. She is artistic and smart and comes from a small working-class family, but she is always compared to her beautiful, brilliant and rich cousin Jessica – the one that no one can emulate.
Jessica can do no wrong, and when she gets accepted into Harvard, her reputation and standing only increase - shining an unwelcome light on Jenna’s failings.
So you can image Jenna’s surprise when, after making a wish on a shooting star, she suddenly finds herself in Jessica’s body, living Jessica’s perfect life, but with her own soul and thoughts still intact. But how could this possibly be the case? And Jenna seems to have just vanished and no one really seems to even realise...
But living the life of Jessica is not as easy as Jenna thought. And after reading Jessica’s journal, she comes to understand her life and the pressures she has felt. Maybe Jenna’s old life wasn’t as bad as she thought! Plus, if she stays as Jessica, how will Jenna and Aaron ever sort out their true feelings for each other? But getting back to being Jenna might be more complicated than she thought...
This is a wonderful story that shows us that the grass is not always greener on the other side! The idea of living the life of someone else is a thought-provoking one, that will leave you questioning just what it might be like. The relationship that Jenna has with Aaron was a highlight of the story for me, and this will be enjoyed by those 14 and older.
