I was attracted to this book because of the cover...bees/wasps seem to be a "thing" in cover art lately ([bc:The Shining Girls|16131077|The Shining Girls|Lauren Beukes|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1352227705s/16131077.jpg|21956898]). In this case (and kind of with the other), it has NOTHING to do with what's inside the book. Who do those lips belong to? Certainly not the always-wearing-track-pants-and-hoodies narrator, Leila. Are they Tess's? If yes, what's with the bee? What does that have to do with anything? Did I skip over the part with the bees?

The book itself was interesting. The premise is very of-the-time with Catfish and the fake girlfriend scandal in college football plus it's combined with the ethical dilemma of self-ownership and suicide ([b:Me Before You|15507958|Me Before You|Jojo Moyes|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1357108762s/15507958.jpg|17763198] handles that topic MUCH better though). All very interesting things for a book to cover, but the characters...

The characters were annoying. There's the naive (I'm not even sure that's the right word), smart-yet-so-stupid Leila. The selfish, bipolar, but beautiful Tess (I mean, to even ASK someone else to take over your life to "protect" your family. That's incredibly selfish and cruel.) The Ayn Rand fan, Adrian (the fact that he likes the serial killer fan that is Rand says SO MUCH about this nutjob).

However the fact that I kept turning the pages says a lot. I was fascinated by just how dense Leila seemed to be and I wanted to know what happened to Tess (no real resolution there though).