She wished it could be undone.” Her unsettling storytelling, filled with energy and a fair amount of violence, comes from deep inside her own mysterious background. Jule’s intense narrative frequently includes clipped snatches of dialogue with herself: “No, she had. The fast-paced plot moves among New York, London, California, and Mexico as Jule stays one step ahead of those who’ve underestimated her skills. Starting the book with Chapter 18 and the instruction “Begin here,” Jule traces a year backward, revealing startling secrets along the way. Outside of her fantasy life, she feels inferior to practically everyone-Immie and her boyfriend, Forrest, as well as Immie’s parents and friends from college. She imagines herself a heroine in contrast to the “great white hetero hero on his fucking epic journey.” She’s proud of her strength and fighting ability, her talents for disguises and imitating accents. Jule West Williams is 18, white, and an orphan, all of which she has in common with her best friend, heiress Imogen Sokoloff-or does she? Jule, an impulsive, complicated protagonist like no other, tells her story as though she were living in an adventure movie. Can Jule recognize her own true self within the tangled story of the past year?
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