I Am Not Jessica Chen

For those who relate to ✅Desperation to succeed ✅Longing for perfection ✅Parental pressure ✅Desire to be someone else ✅Price of success What to expect Jenna Chen and Jessica Chen maybe cousins but that’s where the similarity ends. Where Jenna is always struggling, Jessica appears to be sailing through life. Everything seems to come easily to Jessica, who wins all the awards, always tops the class, is the most beautiful and the most athletic. But when Jessica, the perfect girl with the perfect life even gets into Harvard and Jenna doesn’t, Jenna makes a wish on a shooting star to become her cousin Jessica Chen instead. Next morning the unbelievable happens. Jenna wakes up as Jessica Chen, in Jessica’s perfect bedroom and perfect house. Life has never been better. Finally she can live Jessica’s life and enjoy her success. Meanwhile Jenna is nowhere to be seen and everyone seems to be forgetting she existed at all. As Jenna who is now Jessica spends more time is her cousins life she sees what it truly means to be number one in everything. Has she ever seen her cousins life for what it really is? And what about Aaron, the boy who shared a close bond with Jenna and is still looking for her? Will Jenna be able to return to her old mediocre life where she has her art, her home and maybe Aaron? Or will she choose to be Jessica forever and let Jenna be forgotten for good?

I really loved the premise of this, what if you made a wish to be someone else and it came true. This books covers some pretty important topics such as the impact of severe jealousy and the strain that comes from comparing yourself to others. It explores the stress that exams and grades can have on teenagers and how much pressure they can feel from school, peers and family. I found this book difficult to put down, I just needed to know how things turned out for cousins Jessica and Jenna. There was also a really lovely romance which just topped off the story nicely. Definitely one to read if you like a bit of magical realism and a cute romance.

Lovely book

Daughter (12) says: I thought this would be more of a psychological thriller but it was supernatural/magical and the plot was a bit annoying.

Absolutely LOVED this book! Looked forward to this as soon as I saw the cover and teasers on her Instagram, and it was so worth it! The story was captivating with its focus on perfectionism and the effects it can have on a person.

This is a great book!! The plot line was enticing