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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?

Short and Sweet Review

Jenna always feels like she’s in the shadow of her more successful cousin Jessica, when it comes to looks, grades, and overall achievements. When Jessica gets into Harvard and Jenna doesn’t, Jenna makes a wish to be Jessica Chen. When Jenna wakes up in Jessica’s body she’s happy but the longer she stays in Jessica’s body she realizes the grass isn’t always greener on the other side and people are starting to forget who Jenna Chen is. Jenna needs to find Jessica’s soul and ultimately learn to love herself.

Jenna Chen is our main character and she’s smart and artistic but unfortunately that’s not enough when you have a cousin like Jessica who excels at everything. Jenna is also asian so not being the best and always being compared to Jessica is tough, so it’s not hard to see why she would want to switch lives. When Jenna does take over Jessica’s life she realizes that her cousin may seem like she has it all but her life is not as easy breezy as she makes it seem. She also finds out that someone is sending Jessica notes trying to out her for something. I liked that we got to see what Jessica wrote in her journal because it really brought to the forefront that she’s also struggling and may be able to relate to Jenna more than Jenna thought. Jenna also has a love interest named Aaron, I think Aaron might be the only one who truly loves Jenna for who she is and not compare her to anyone else. Aaron was definitely the one who helped Jenna realize that she does have worth and doesn’t need to be perfect which helped a lot especially because people are starting to forget who Jenna is and she needs to find a way back to her body. The only problem I had was when Jenna was reluctant to go back to her life, she knew she had to but she was on the fence about it and for someone so smart she was selfish in that moment. The ending was great and I loved the conversation between Jenna and Jessica.

Overall, this was an amazing book and I’m glad I got to read it. I know sometimes we wish we could be someone else but this book goes to show that sometimes the person we need to be is ourselves. I would definitely recommend this book!