The Quick Cut: A teen girl is forced to move from her home in Montana to Washington DC. What she knows to be true is put into question once her new school brings certain truths to life. A Real Review: Moving is never easy, but when you find that your new environment brings certain truths to life, that change can be even more difficult. How do you deal with the new information you are seeing? Does it change what you thought of your life before? This is the reality for new Washington D.C. student Tess Kendrick. Tess has spent her life living on a ranch with her grandfather. She has an older sister that she's never been close to, especially since their parents died when Tess was very young. However, when her grandfather's battle with Alzheimer's gets worse, Tess' sister Ivy takes responsibility for her and moves her to D.C. Suddenly, she finds her life quickly more complicated, especially since she can't seem to escape the reputation that her sister has as a fixer. Her new environment turns Tess into a center of the action, with plenty of power for grabs while she fixes her fellow classmate's problems. Will she find her new environment thrilling or an intense volcano waiting to blow? This story is so outrageous, but for the most part - that actually works for it. Seeing Tess as naive as she is jump into her new school and suddenly having her older sister there is fascinating to watch. You go through all the emotions with her as she works through them herself. At a certain point, you can't help but root for her as she tries to navigate the very complicated situation she's in. As lovable as the lead character is, the situation is almost too unbelievable. Some of it (especially the beginning) is believable enough, but the more pages pass, the more insane the situation becomes. By the end, its almost impossible to ask the reader to believe what is going on. If the storyline itself was a little closer to a believable reality, I think I would have found it more engrossing overall. Either that or have the action at the end of the book take place over a longer time period. A teen fixer who finds her reality completely changes in D.C. My rating: 4 out of 5