Penelope, a medical school student who endured a hellish first life, dies once. When she wakes up in the body of a minor villainess from a fairy tale she read as a child, she has a panic attack. Then, knowing she’s destined to meet an untimely death within the week, she makes the only choice anyone in her position would: survive—at all costs. With a brewing war, a dysfunctional family, and a whimsical yet politically charged mess of a world around her, Penelope has a simple plan: outwit, outmaneuver, and sabotage.