Breathe In, Cash Out is an amusing debut by Madeline Henry that explores work culture from the young Millennial/Gen Z perspective. Allegra Cobb has ambitions of putting in her two hard years in finance and taking her bonus check to finance her dreams - teaching yoga. With a witty tone and a compelling cast of ancillary characters, this is a great summer read.

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This was an enjoyable story, but was a little heavy on the some of the technical finance stuff. I got bogged down trying to understand what Allegra was talking about. I also enjoyed the social media aspect. This book will be a good fit for those that enjoy yoga, those that are over-worked, those that are underappreciated, or those that just need an easy, satisfying read.




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A fun quick read . Little glimpses into the world of finance and the instagram yogi world. This book was graciously provided via netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you so much for my copy of this book. Allegra Cobb works as an analyst and plans to quit as soon as her bonus comes in. Her plan is to become a Yoga instructor. She lives on caffeine while trying to work 20 hours a day. When Allegra's idol, a yoga instructor with a huge following on Instagram approaches her, Allegra wonders if she can make it to bonus day before jumping ship. The book is readable and at times hilarious. I read it quickly and enjoyed the book very much until I got to the end. For me, I was left with the feeling that a few things just did not make sense. I do not want to give any spoilers but, it seems like the book just ended and wrapped up without giving a plausible explanation.

This book was funny and entertaining. I loved the protagonist and how she wanted to be a yoga instructor. I recommend this book if you want a light fun read with strong female characters.

I would like to thank Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy free of charge. This is my honest and unbiased opinion of it.

I received a copy of this book from Atria Books via Netgalley Thank you for a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

This book was solicited to me because I read and enjoyed the third Devil Wears Prada book. I've also recently reread the first book, and I think I understand why those books worked for me and this one didn't. Reading <i>The Devil Wears Prada</i> in my thirties is a very different experience than reading it in my twenties... if I was in my twenties? (Doing the math, I was probably seventeen or eighteen?) I think that shift of perspective applies here too.

I am in my thirties, I work two streets over from Wall Street. Now granted, I don't have a job that requires me to work twenty hour days, nor does it thrive on being a starting ground for post college graduates to get some experience. But I get requests coming in at 2 PM that are needed by 4 PM and you know it's something that would take a week to do. I have worked entire weekends in order to get caught up, normally because I was travelling extensively for work. In other words, I may not quite understand what the main character is going through, but this book isn't an escape for me.

I nearly DNF'd this book at 10% because it was so much info dumping. I don't care about investment banking, and this book almost requires you to not understand the business world enough so that you can find investment banking fascinating. Investment banking =/= fashion magazine.

And on top of that, it's info dumping about the main character's life. Her mom died when she was young and her dad... who wasn't an investment banker... is dead set on his daughter being one? Look, I know there are people out there whose lives are influenced by their parents well past the point they should be, but if it isn't a "I am killing myself to follow in my parent's footsteps" I just don't get why someone would do that?<b> (Also shout out to my amazing mother who would make her opinions on what I was doing, majoring in, or job possibilities known, but ultimately made it clear it was always my choice.) </b>

The yoga part of this book... I get having dreams and I am ALL FOR the main character starting her own yoga studio. But an amateur yogi winning the gold in some international (or even national) yoga competition? When she has been practicing maybe two years? This was the point I realized this book was probably some self insert thing and I just didn't care.

And the whole accidentally sleeping with a boss. *vague shrug emoji*

Overall, I don't think this is a bad book, it just isn't for me.

As a yoga lover, I especially loved this book. Allegra is a perfectionist, a Princeton grad, and fully immersed in the banking world. Problem is, she hates her job. She dreams of quitting and teaching yoga full time. But yoga isn't all namaste and regulating energies, there are still some backstabbing villains you have to contend with.

Light, funny, and hard to put down.

Thank you NetGalley for an advanced copy of this novel.

Thanks to NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

Breathe In, Cash Out was a fun, quick read. A second year analyst at a top bank in finance, Allegra can't wait until bonus day so she can quit her 100+ hour a week job to be a yoga instructor. I liked the details of her job and the somewhat crazy day to day life, but some of the yoga fell flat to me. The dialogue between her and her co-workers was funny!

I did like the theme of how do you find balance in a busy world, but felt like it didn't quite hit the mark.

I am just loving these dominant female in book these days. I feel like that people underappreciated strong women in stores. They are strong people that you got to appreciate them. They are trying to make it on their own. It comes with some challenges but doesn't. Breathe In, Cash Out will unveil a strong hardworking women striving out in the world. It will bring some obstacles but it will prevail.
Breathe In, Cash Out will have Allegra reevaluate her women as she struggle to strive out in the world. Allegra has been known as overachiever that it came no surprising that she receive a high-paying job right after college. But life is not too simple. As Allegra works in the finance field, she discover that its not all that. But that's expected. Nothing is never what it seems. It take time and experience to discover what you want in life. And Allegra still have time to learn.
Allegra has the idea in creating her yoga business that she is determine to make it. Allegra has strong determination that if she wants it to happen, it will. But it striving out in your own will be difficult. There is a lot of challenges and you need to be need for it. And man, Allegra has the work for herself. Things will spiral really fast for Allegra but it takes time and sweat to make your dream happen. And I know that Allegra has the guts to it.
Breathe In, Cash Out will make you realize that reality and dreams can be mixed or axed depending on what you really want in life. And Allegra will determine as she go through her struggle.
3 1/2 Stars

Allegra Cobb works constantly. As a second-year analyst for Anderson Shaw, she is constantly on call to help her bosses put together multi-million dollar deals for their clients. The emails come constantly, seven days a week, and she keeps up her stellar work there. Because there is something she wants. Well, everyone at Anderson Shaw wants something. Money, power, prestige. Allegra wants money too, but not like the others. She’s just waiting to get her bonus so she can go after what she really wants.

Yoga.

With her bonus, which could be anywhere from 70K to 120K, Allegra can quit her job, quit the entire banking industry, and learn how to teach yoga. She can spend her days helping others find their center, instead of spending all her days instead of having to expend all her energy for other peoples’ values.

So when Instagram yoga celebrity teacher Skylar Smith contacts her because of the yoga poses on her Instagram feed, Allegra can’t believe her good luck. Skylar Smith wants to meet her, wants to help her, wants to do some yoga with her. It’s a dream come true. But Skylar’s advice makes Allegra’s day job even harder on her.

As Allegra makes more mistakes at work from her distraction, she has to decide which is more important to her: working at Anderson Shaw or working with Skylar. She’s already accidentally slept with her boss, fallen asleep in the coat closet, and embarrassed a vice president. How much more damage can her career take before it affects her bonus? Is she sabotaging her yoga career before it even begins?

Breathe In, Cash Out by Madeleine Henry is an absolute delight! Told in first-person, Allegra’s struggle to find herself despite being in a soul-sucking career is absolutely one of my favorite genres. Fans of The Knockoff, The Assistants, Big Law, The Devil Wears Prada, and Fitness Junkie will devour this like I did. I absolutely adored each moment I got to spend with Allegra, and while she certainly came up against some harsh challenges in this story, I had no doubt she was smart enough to figure it out in the end.

Henry writes from her own experience, as she herself graduated from Yale and worked at Goldman Sachs and now has a yoga inspired Instagram. Breathe In, Cash Out is her debut novel, and I can’t wait for the next one. I loved her funny, smart, sassy, determined characters, and I highly recommend this novel for anyone wanting some laugh-out-loud entertainment while getting inspired to live a better life.

Galleys for Breathe In, Cash Out were provided by Atria Books through NetGalley, with many thanks.

This was an entertaining and fun read. It follows Allegra, a financial analyst who is completely overwhelmed, overworked and lacks any passion for her job, as she works towards a big commission/bonus where she can leave her job and pursue her love for yoga. The premise was cute and there were many LOL moments but there was also a ton of analytical words and phrases that I had no idea what was happening and I found myself skimming through a lot. The co-workers made me laugh as did the insanity of the job (why anyone would want that job is beyond me!) I expected a little more development with her boss but overall a cute read. Thank you, NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Breathe In, Cash Out by Madeleine Henry is a fun story about Allegra Cobb who was raised by her father to be a very successful finance analyst. Unfortunately I did not like this book as much as I wanted to. Allegra and her co-workers work long and crazy hours, and so much of the book is them complaining. I did not care about the company or all the details. I found the book funny at times and I enjoyed the ending. I thought the writing was very good, so I will be reading more books by this author.

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I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my open and honest review. With the hype of being laugh out loud funny I was expecting so much more than this book provided. The premise of the main character wanting to move on from financial analyst to yoga instructor sounded intriguing. Likening it to The Devil Wears Prada drew me in. However, I had to plod through the book to finish.

I would like to thank Atria Books for giving me the opportunity to read this book. I just loved it. I was rooting for Allegra the whole time because I feel like she was just so relatable. I cringed along with her when she discovered who her hook up really was, and in the meeting where her circumstances caught up with her. I feel like I could have been Allegra at some points in my career, working myself to the bone while on a path (albeit not a straight path) of self discovery.

I think this book is a must read for some girls in college and career driven 20 somethings!

Fun, entertaining read! A story about an overworked financial analyst with a passion for yoga. Leading a contradictory and exhausting life, while trying to reconcile her path to happiness; this book is full of amazing characters and much personal growth. Thank you NetGalley for the early reader edition, all opinions are my own.

This is the debut novel by Madeline Henry. It is about Allegra Cobb, Princeton graduate and analyst at a midtown Manhattan investment banking firm. The job totally owns her. Her dream is to become a yoga instructor. The narrative is witty and smart, and the characters, especially her co-workers, are relatable and likable. I really enjoyed reading this book and I recommend it for a light, humorous read. I look forward to reading more from this author.

A great read! The banking version of Devil wears Prada. I liked it a lot. The level of stress throughout the book was crazy - you felt like you were really in the investment banking world. I liked the main character- Allegra - she was very relatable.

Allegra Cobb works as an investment banking analyst for Anderson Shaw, a prestigious investment bank on Wall Street. An intelligent and well-educated young woman, she makes an enormous salary, but is ready to chuck it all to be a yoga teacher.

She meets Skylar who is a yoga teacher and who seems to have her life totally together. When she confesses her dream to Skylar, she takes her under her wing and promises to help her achieve her goal.

One night at a yoga class, she meets a man named Mark and they end up in bed. The next day, she realizes that he works at the same place she does. His job title is managing director and he is actually her boss. From the way he dresses, he screams money. Now, they will be working closely together on a large project. Ugh.

The story follows as Allegra and her “pod” of co-workers all face deadlines which requires that they work nearly around the clock. It all goes with the job, because the end-of-year bonuses are huge.

Skylar sets some difficult challenges for Allegra to do to show her dedication to yoga. Fasting and keeping up with her job is difficult for her which gains the notice of her hard-nosed superiors. Can she actually meet Skylar’s challenges and keep up with her job?

Oh, dear. This book was a total bust for me. It came across as high school/college age preppy with Allegra’s obsession with social media. For someone to truly be that intelligent and in a job with that kind of responsibility, she is a real loser. The whole concept is silly and rather a slap in the face to people who truly work hard at their jobs.

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A great light read, I finished in a day! Allegra’s story is very entertaining and relatable albeit somewhat predictable. As someone who has also had a major career transition reading about her path to getting from finance to yoga teacher was very fun to read!

This is not my usual genre but I found it fun. I will give it a 3 rating. It’s light hearted and fun read. Perfect for the beach or the airline. It was a little more romantic than I prefer. I will definitely read other books by this offer.