wordsfromthewardrobe
Jessica Stanley had a plan. That plan involved finishing her junior year in Austin, finding a college with a reputable journalism program, and maintaining a tan that didn't look like it came out of a bottle. What the plan did not involve was her father's cliché mid-life crisis, her mother's subsequent transformation into a Zillow-obsessed man-hater, and a one-way ticket to the rainiest armpit of the Pacific Northwest.
Now, instead of South Congress and breakfast tacos, Jessica is facing a town that looks like the "Before" picture in a Prozac commercial. Her mother is on a crusade to eliminate the "male gaze" from their lives, her wardrobe is woefully unprepared for 365 days of drizzle, and the local high school population appears to be composed entirely of people who think flannel is a personality trait.
But Forks has secrets that even a cynical Texan can't explain away. Between the weirdly pale, suspiciously attractive siblings who treat the cafeteria like a runway and the brooding local boys who seem to have a personal vendetta against shirts, Jessica finds herself at the center of a narrative she never signed up for.
Armed with a razor-sharp wit, a dwindling supply of dry shampoo, and a complete lack of patience for small-town nonsense, Jessica is determined to survive senior year. But in a town where the sun never truly rises, she's about to find out that some shadows are a lot more dangerous than a cheating ex-husband.
Or: The one where Jessica Stanley is the Main Character, the Cullens are weird, and she's going to write a very scathing exposé about all of it.