Title: Impostor (Variants, #1)
Author: Susanne Winnacker
Pages: 320
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Release date: 2nd January 2014
Blurb from Goodreads:
Tessa is
a Variant with extraordinary abilities. She could be a hero, but all she wants
to do is fall in love ...
Tessa is a Variant, able to absorb the DNA of anyone she touches and mimic their appearance. Shunned by her family, she's spent the last two years with the Forces with Extraordinary Abilities, a secret branch of the FBI. There she trains with other Variants, such as long-term crush Alec, who each have their own extraordinary ability.
When a serial killer rocks a small town in Oregon, Tessa is given a mission: she must impersonate Madison, a local teen, to find the killer before he strikes again. Tessa hates everything about being an impostor - the stress, the danger, the deceit - but loves playing the role of a normal girl. As Madison, she finds friends, romance, and the kind of loving family she'd do anything to keep.
Amid action, suspense, and a ticking clock, this super-human comes to a very human conclusion: even a girl who can look like anyone struggles the most with being herself.
Tessa is a Variant, able to absorb the DNA of anyone she touches and mimic their appearance. Shunned by her family, she's spent the last two years with the Forces with Extraordinary Abilities, a secret branch of the FBI. There she trains with other Variants, such as long-term crush Alec, who each have their own extraordinary ability.
When a serial killer rocks a small town in Oregon, Tessa is given a mission: she must impersonate Madison, a local teen, to find the killer before he strikes again. Tessa hates everything about being an impostor - the stress, the danger, the deceit - but loves playing the role of a normal girl. As Madison, she finds friends, romance, and the kind of loving family she'd do anything to keep.
Amid action, suspense, and a ticking clock, this super-human comes to a very human conclusion: even a girl who can look like anyone struggles the most with being herself.
My Review:
*I
received a copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
Thanks to Hachette Children's Books and Susanne Winnacker*
3.5/5
stars
Tessa
has the power to turn into other people.
She is a Variant and part of the FEA,
the Forces with Extrordinary Abilities, a secret part of the FBI.
Tessa is
given her first mission when a serial killer strikes in a small town.
Her job
is to impersonate Madison, one of the victims, and to find the murderer before
he strikes again.
As a fan
of super heroes, I was intrigued to read Impostor.
Tessa was a likeable
protagonist who struggled with the idea of posing as someone else and then
becomes so attached to Madison's family that she doesn't want to leave them - a
result of her childhood.
Impostor
was an enjoyable read with a plot that held my attention and kept me guessing
as to the identity of the killer.
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