She changed Imogen’s will so Jule is the sole heir. Throughout the novel, Jule pretends to be Imogen and after she kills Imogen she takes over Imogen’s life. When the novel finally circles back to where we began the story that’s where things get confusing. To me again it was the ease of how Jule is able to get in her good graces in the first place. It becomes pretty clear what happened between Imogen and Jule that it doesn’t seem all that shocking when it finally happens. She and Jule have an instant connection that borders on obsessive and can only end in one way. She is the kind of person that makes you feel like you are special, until she loses interest and moves on to the next person. Renting a house in Martha’s Vineyard and sharing it with her boyfriend and friends.

Imogen is spoiled and see herself as a free spirit looking to live her life to the fullest. Jule reinvents herself with a superhero background that makes her more heroic then she actually is. Jule is able to convince Imogen that she was childhood friends thanks to their connection as orphans. She is able to pull off the greatest con with very little resistance. They don’t even question her story and just assume that she is exactly who she is until late in the game and even then, they never accuse her of being an outright fraud but something a little less genuine. As the story unfolds, one can not help but be impressed with how Jule was able to insinuate herself in this world of wealth and privilege with such ease. When we meet Jule, she is clearly hiding out in Mexico from something or someone from Mexico, we go to London, San Francisco, Puerto Rico, Martha’s Vineyard to New York. They form a close friendship but like things that burn to bright they tend to fade out too quickly too. Imogen is a runaway heiress with the need to live life to the fullest. Jule is a strong smart girl with the big ambitions and the ability to blend in anywhere. The story is told in reverse chronological order as we piece together what happened with Jule and Imogen. I feel like it left things too wide open and was a bit rushed.

So I was all in this novel until the ending.

Genuine fraud review