When Tess does depart, Leila continues with the utmost devotion, almost becoming Tess… She writes lists of questions to ask Tess on Skype before she leaves. Leila throws herself into the project, making fastidious notes of Tess’s emails, Facebook and personal history. Eventually, she is singled out to carry out Project Tess – to impersonate Tess online for a number of months. It is there she discovers the online forum Red Pill, becoming comfortable as a prolific poster in a community that discusses philosophy and ethics. With few ‘real’ friends, most of her life is conducted online. She lives alone in a flat above an Indian restaurant, working as a data/program tester. Leila is a lonely young lady after the unfortunate death of her mother.
Kiss Me First is the story of that stranger. Just think – what if your friend posting Facebook status updates, emails and photos wasn’t actually your friend, but a stranger employed to do so? If that stranger had worked incredibly hard to become your online presence so you could disappear unnoticed? Lottie Moggach (daughter of Deborah Moggach) has taken our modern lives and created a wonderful novel out of the complications of technology. Kiss Me First is an awesome, original book. Why I chose it: Prize from Pan Macmillan – thank you! The not-so-good: I liked Tess more than Leila! The good: Highly original premise, very modern. She discovers a website called Red Pill and then is asked to become Tess, a real person who wants to disappear. In brief: Leila’s a loner after her mum dies.
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