#susanne winnacker

If you plan on reading, these might be -mild- spoilers? Not for the big mystery of the book, though. I wouldn’t do that to y’all. 

BUT–

OKAY SO IS THERE ANYONE IN THIS BOOK WHO ISN’T A COMPLETE JERK X’D 

Like. 

So freaking the main character, Tessa, she has the ability to change her appearance to any person regardless of size/race/age/gender. Anybody. And she has a thing for this dude named Alec. 

Problem? Alec is dating a girl named Kate. The narrative presents -this- as a problem on the grounds that Kate is just a total rhymes-with-witch….The thing is….that doesn’t freaking matter?? Alec is taken? End of discussion??

But Alec is clearly into Tessa. So freaking he’s emotionally cheating all. the. time. 
Tessa’s best friend is like ‘hey so, disguise yourself as Kate so you can go kiss up on Alec’.

WTF?? HOW ABOUT NOOOOO??

But then to my surprise Tessa thinks it’s a good idea? Again, on the grounds that Kate is just ~so~ awful. I mean she’s done such terrible things like….

…. …. .. insult Tessa’s fashion choices. What a biznatch right? 

So anyway. Tessa is going to go through with it and I’m cringing so hard. Because not only did she NOT say no, she is now actively going to do it and I’m like ‘please at least turn back around and be like ‘what am i doing I can’t do this’’. 

N O P E

So then Tessa is up in his room, gets nervous because he’s questioning her because she (as Kate) isn’t acting normal. Then she shifts out of the form and -that’s- what stops her from tricking him into kissing her.

On what grounds is this supposed to be remotely okay? What if the story was being told from Alec’s POV? Then it’d be creepy!
It’d be creepy right?

Am I crazy?

It’s like X-Men meets Criminal Minds and it’s so cool so far. 

XO This chick, named Tessa, has the ability to shapeshift into different people and she works for an organization of superpowered crime fighters. And she’s hired to go take the place of a girl who was the most recent victim in a string of serial murders. 

And it sounds so cool you guys D<