I Am Not Jessica Chen (by Ann Liang)

Read for the RHC category "2025 release by a BIPOC author."  I kind of accidentally read it - I'm reading a different book, but when I opened my Kindle app, this one was already open for some reason. Cut to me at two am, finishing it. 

The premise: a girl named Jenna Chen lives in the shadow of her smarter, pettier, more successful cousin Jessica, and makes a wise that she could be her.  The wish comes true, and she wakes up in Jessica's body. But is being Jessica Chen all it's cracked up to be? And what about Jenna - who everyone around her is slowly forgetting even existed?

Obviously a premise that requires you to suspend disbelief, but executed well. Jenna's journey from self-loathing to self-acceptance rings very true. I think Ann Liang does a great job creating well-rounded and authentic-feeling characters.   I did think the pacing was slightly off at the end, but maybe this is because it was the wee hours of the morning?  Anyway, as you can see, I couldn't put it down - which is probably the highest possible praise I can give it.