While Leila searches for help and contacts Ruth Palmer, the creator of Azana, Force was given Jacosta’s address and she is nothing he was expecting, because Jacosta is not a she but a he. Force was promised the address of Jacosta, who he fell in love within the game. Adams, Leila’s former teacher who helped her hack the game. Meanwhile, Adrian sends Force to Leila to scare her because he uncovered that she wants to stop his plans. One night she tells Tess that she helped her mother kill herself because she does not want to suffer anymore from her illness. Leila finds out that every one of the Red Pill group has some dark secret, Leila herself included. This is then followed by the death of Denier who killed himself and his orphanage guardian who sexually abused him. Leila soon finds out that not everything is as it seems and starts digging more into the players real life identities after one of them, Calumny, jumped from a cliff within the game but also jumped from the roof into his death in real life.

For a while, everything seems to get better for Leila as she has a roommate, Jonty, so that she is able to pay the rent and even Tess starts to live with them. When Mania finds Leila in real life she introduces herself as Tess and a friendship begins to bloom. This place is supposed to be a safe haven for players that, according to their leader Adrian, deserve a spot of peace. Red Pill is an homage to the Matrix movie where Neo has to decide to take the blue or red pill. Mysterious things being to happen and Leila is drawn to a new world within Azana-the Red Pill, where she gets to know other players which all seem to have no real gamer profile. Leila’s gaming avatar is known as Shadowfax, who is followed by another player, Mania.

The six episode long British cyber-thriller drama show produced by Channel 4 and Netflix tells the story about 17-year-old Leila who just lost her mother and only finds comfort while playing the online game Azana.

Kiss Me First comes across as a mix of the horrendous real life Russian suicide game Blue Whale and Ready Player One, which is a very disturbing combination.

Kiss me first by lottie moggach