Nemesis

Brendan Reichs
Book 1 of Project Nemesis

Raised in small town Fire Lake in Idaho, Min has an existence that is not comparable to anyone else. She is murdered on each of her even numbered birthdays. The reality is that she is not sure about reality. Is she crazy? Hallucinogenic? or... Regardless, she has only one real friend, Tack. And neither of them can stay out of sight of the school bullies. In fact, Tack seems to intentionally incite trouble. The story is told in alternating fashion from the first person perspective of Min, and Noah. He is nominally part of the cool group, but also shares a birthday with Min, they have some connection in this small town. So Min (and Tack, and Noah) are trying to figure out what is going on, trying to live a "normal" teenager life, and hiding this horrific reality at the same time. Probably this could be a psychological metaphor for bullying if it wasn't all too real for these kids.
3 stars (out of 4)