
Bridget Duke is the uncontested ruler of her school. The meanest girl with the biggest secret insecurities. And when new girl Anna Judge arrives, things start to fall apart for Bridget: friends don't worship as attentively, teachers don't fall for her wide-eyed "who me?" look, expulsion looms ahead and the one boy she's always loved—Liam Ward—can barely even look at her anymore.
When a desperate Bridget drives too fast and crashes her car, she ends up in limbo, facing everyone she's wronged and walking a few uncomfortable miles in their shoes. Now she has only one chance to make a last impression. Though she might end up dead, she has one last shot at redemption and the chance to right the wrongs she's inflicted on the people who mean the most to her.
And Bridget's about to learn that, sometimes, saying you're sorry just isn't enough…
Why move in on Liam? Just to make Bridget jealous?
Nah, I just had to really get under Bridget’s skin. Had to push her to the edge. And I don’t think anyone can say that it didn’t work.
What is your exact job?
She was my first assignment. In general, I just have to try to look objectively at people’s lives, and see what the best move is. I got the job because I died young. Those of us who die young and haven’t accomplished much get the opportunity to make a difference in the lives—er, deaths—of others.
Can you appear in any form?
No. But I am a perfected version of myself. Plus my hair is short now—I was always too nervous to make the hack before.
How do you know someone is going to die before they actually do? Is it predestined?
It’s like an alarm goes off, and we slide down the pole and go to them.
What is the determining factor in one staying after limbo?
To stay in limbo you mean, and work like I do? It’s just an opportunity provided to those of us who haven’t done enough to be satisfied.