I received an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley. I was super excited to get it, because I loved Luckiest Girl Alive.

If you enjoy reality television, then this book is for you. Told in alternating points-of-view and past/present time, we meet a cast of successful women and see what things are like when the cameras are on and off. You learn very early on that one of the women has died... and spend the rest of the book finding out the who, why, and how...

If you don't like seeing examples of women being catty towards one another, you probably won't like this book. I will say, it ended up being a guilty pleasure for me, even though I didn't really like any of the characters... I couldn't resist reading to figure out what happened!

This book has been abandoned.
First off, it's extremely rare that I don't finish a book.
I'm not really a fan of reality shows, and that is exactly what you're getting, a behind the scenes, bitchfest reality show. The characters are petty, egotistic, and extremely stereotypical with each trying to remain in the spotlight. This just wasn't a book for me.

Great read. About a Real Housewives type show, goes behind the scenes to show what people will do for fame and to stay relevant. It really makes you think about WHY we like these shows and what they do to the people in them. Great ending much like her other book. I will constantly be looking forward to this author's latest release.

Really liked this one, but not as much as Luckiest Girl Alive (I just really liked the lead in that one!).
I am a sucker for RHOBH, its my jam! And boy did this feed that drama love!

I will not rehash plot points, but the drama and mystery are in this plot in massive amounts. I liked one character more than the others, and I really loved the pacing.
I was a bit confused at first because of the way the interview chapters were set up, but my confusion resolved after I got further into the book.

Love that she set this behind the scenes of a reality show. Love.
I am so happy I read this! Definitely worth the time and highly recommended to anyone who like thrillers, mysteries and drama. Fun!

Don't want to give away any spoilers, but this book drew me in right from the start! Finished it in two days. I would highly recommend this book as well as the author!

As much as it disappoints me to say this (because I loved Jessica Knoll's first novel), THE FAVORITE SISTER is a DNF for me. I just couldn't stomach reading the inner thoughts of these characters for another minute longer. They are all jealous, petty, arrogant, entitled little bitches with over-inflated egos and delusions of grandeur. Add in the political agenda I could feel simmering just below the surface... and I had to take a hard pass on finishing it. I'm sure that readers who enjoy reading about politically charged issues will love this book. It just isn't for me.

*I would still like to give a big thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.

Like some other readers pointed, I had problems keeping the names straight at the beginning. I kept getting confused between Jesse and Jen, Lauren and Layla, and all the other characters. A few chapters into the book, I even thought about giving it up – and that would have been a huge mistake!

The Favorite Sister starts off really slow as each woman make an entry. In the beginning, I thought Stephanie was just petty and jealous, Jen boring, and Brett annoying. I could not have been more wrong!! The book keeps you on your toes as each chapter brings new revelations that totally throws you for a twist. I loved this book! Thanks to Netgalley for giving me an ARC.

This is the book you want to read this summer if you are a fan of reality shows. The characters are all pretty unlikeable and the book starts out a little slow, but it is definitely full of ruthless women, and back stabbing and plenty of twists if the Real Housewives are on your dvr.

This book was okay and had the potential to be good.
It is about a reality show where the women were successful before they got on the show and follows them as their successes grow. We are several seasons in when the book starts.
I felt the character development was focused on making each one a stereotype and just having them fit in that. It was even mentioned as they were cast for their roles...okay we get that for a show but for the book show a bit more depth.
I finished it to find out how a certain character meets their end (it is mentioned they met their end at the start of the book). I was like eh that was ho hum when done.

This book was a page turner with plenty of twists and turns. Each character has her secrets, and it's hard to know who to believe, which is fun for the reader.

Took a little getting into it, and I think it helps if you have some reality TV background/knowledge. As a fan of the RHONY I found some behind the scenes stuff really fascinating and fun. Kept me guessing until the very end. Loved!

This is not an easy book to read, though it is engaging. I had a hard time with the unpleasant characters, but the writing was good and the plot moved quickly. Not quite on par with the author's previous book, but still a worthwhile read!

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I just finished and WOW, I was so not expecting the end. Just when I thought I had it figured out.....
The Favorite Sister follows 5 women who are part of a reality show called Goal Diggers, and two of them are sisters.
I don't want to give too much away of the book, other than this is a MUST READ by Jessica Knoll. It's the kind of book you will devour in one sitting.

Brett, Stephanie, Jen and Lauren are the stars of the hit reality series "Gold Diggers." These are women who are young, beautiful, powerful and successful. These women helm companies that promote and build up other women. They are women helping women. Or are they? With a full cast of supporting characters, this book follows the lives of the "Diggers" both on and off screen.

After a bit of a slow start, the story line comes into focus. And what a story line it is! It is full of lies & deceit with plenty of infighting to keep the reader entertained. While the characters start out fairly superficial, they are fleshed out over the course of the book. The result is an entire cast that one will both love and hate simultaneously. There is lots of back and forth in time, which can be confusing but it is absolutely all worth it. The last 20% of the book sends the reader on an adventure that will NOT be soon forgotten! The twists and turns and surprises are nothing short of amazing. Jessica Knoll out did herself this time. She delivered a book that is better than Luckiest Girl Alive. Excellent read!

This is a difficult book review to write for me. Did I "like" the book? No, not really. I hated the egocentric bitchy characters a lot. However, does that mean that the book was horrible? I don't think the writing or story told was terrible so I won't give this book a bad review. We find out right away that one of the main characters has died-- the rest of the book tries to unravel the sordid web that she and other characters in the book find themselves in since they signed on to film a reality show called Goal Diggers. Ugh, there are so many cringe worthy materialistic and selfish things we read throughout the book, I found myself sort of hoping these women would get what they deserved. As many others mention, it is extremely difficult to keep the characters straight--they are all so plastic and selfish.If you were a fan of Jessica Knoll's first book, "Luckiest Girl Alive", I think you would want to read this one. For me the ending of both her books were just too contrived and in its entirety, "The Favorite Sister" just left me feeling empty.

Thank you to Net Galley for the chance to read and review this book.

The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll is a quick and easy read. If you like reality TV shows like the housewives of series, then you'll like this book. I received this as an ARC copy for giving my honest opinion.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. If you like the Housewives Reality shows, this is a book for you. I'm not a fan of those shows, but I did find this book enjoyable. All of the characters are catty, over the top and intriguing. The more you read the less you trust anyone. It is a quick, fluff read. Just sit back and enjoy.

I love reality TV. I should feel guilty about this, but I don't. I love its purported values and the cattiness it brings out in people, the fights that lead to iconic lines and GIFs that are immortalized in the internet hall of fame.

When given the opportunity to read a book about a back-stabbing society of women, all starring on a reality show ostensibly about women succeeding in the business world, I was overjoyed.

The book opens with the news that Brett is dead. We don't know much about Brett, other than she was a cast member and sister to a cast member, but her death is cast in ghoulish shadow, a soft-balled interview about it the focus of the opening chapters. As the novel expands outward, it's revealed the tangled worlds all the women belt for themselves. Brett, the 20-something exercise bike start-up mogul, struggling to reconcile her newfound wealth with the image she tries to project. Kelly, her older sister, single mother and constantly feeling overshadowed. Stephanie, the oldest crew member, sure her relevance is about to end.

Secrets are tangled out slowly, string by string, the pace never faltering as it leads to the conclusion we've been warned about all along- Brett's death. But what really happened that fateful day, and how would the show choose to portray it?

Yes, the women are catty. Yes, they are fairly stereotypical. I still enjoyed the ever-loving hell out of this book. It was a delicious beach read that just happened to reach me in February, a thriller I didn't want to put down, peppered by female characters and with nary a man to speak of (save the cringey Vince, the ostensible Lothario married to Stephanie.) I blazed through this in just about a day, all told, and found myself shirking off tasks just to keep reading.

With The Favorite Sister, Knoll has distilled everything that makes reality TV great and put it in text form. It's the perfect novel to read if you're a Real Housewives addict, or you want to be justified in hating them. Seriously. Pull up a chair, sip a mimosa, and open the front cover.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC!

If you like reality TV with lots of unlikeable characters backstabbing and plotting against each other, you will enjoy this story about the women on the reality TV show "Goal Diggers" which was created to showcase and successful women--but ends up showing that they are just as catty and conniving as people on any of the reality shows.