Women Are The Fiercest Creatures is a literary thriller that has deeply flawed characters. But the interesting part is you feel empathetic towards those characters and follow their complex actions. The book portrays life of three strong female characters who are searching meaning in their personal and professional relationships. I am spellbound by the representation of motherhood and women empowerment. I highly recommend this book to those who enjoy books with strong female characters.

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Women Are The Fiercest Creatures is fast paced, addictive, thrilling and entertaining! If you like the feminist revenge trope, you’ll enjoy this book!

Jake is a tech giant and millionaire but his success is not his own. Over the years, two women played a major roll in the success of his company. However the manipulative CEO managed to swindle them from the fortune and fame they deserve. Now they are about to watch him fall!

I will be completely honest in saying that this was a 4-star all the way through until the very ending which I felt was a bit of a let down which is why I’m giving it a 3.75 rounded up to a 4. However, do not let this deter you from reading the book. It is quick read that is clever and entertaining. I enjoyed it despite the ending.

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With a title like “Women are the Fiercest Creatures” I knew that I was going to thoroughly enjoy this book. To be honest, I had enjoyed everything by Andrea Dunlop. She does an amazing job of writing women who are fighting against toxic masculinity. This book follows three different women who fell prey to the same man at different points in their lives but always with some overlap of course. Although it ended abruptly and a little bit too neatly for me I still enjoyed rooting for Sam, Anna, and Jessica when it came to getting theirs!

If you’re woman (or have been paying attention in the last few years) you know all about emotional labor.

This is a story about a man who threw all his emotional (and a good chunk of professional) labor onto the women in his life.

But these women are not shadowy figures. They are powerful, intelligent, and unwilling to be used any longer.

Thank you to Netgalley, the author and publisher for a copy of the ARC. My opinions are my own.

I struggled getting into the book. I usually prefer books with only one or two POV characters. There are too many people to keep track of, and the chapters jump from head to head rapidly. For me, this causes character disconect. The only character that gets a solid line of sight in each head hop is Jake. And he is not the most likeable character. I don't mind a morally grey or vile character IF there is an anchor to another character, to latch onto that balances. Anna is the closest I could get but even she felt foreign to me. All the female characters held similar manerisims and thoughts...I would forget which head I was inside of midway through the slow moving chapters. This just wasn't the book for me that I had hoped. It did not hook me at all.

I had such a hard time getting into this book. Information it just didn't seem to hook me like I'd hoped.

Could not resist this title, I had to read this one! And the cover art is fire! This one was a fast, compulsive read about 3 women who’ve been wronged by a Seattle tech bro, Jake Sarnoff, and how their lives intersect and what they decide to do about the narcissist who connects them. Told in alternating POVs and a dual timeline for each, Anna, the first wife, and Sam, the college girlfriend, tell the story of how Jake rises to tech infamy and the cost to all of them while he pursued that dream. I thought this author did a great job telling this story without injecting poisonous “man hating” opinions. I was entertained from cover to cover and will definitely be checking out Dunlop’s backlist. Thank you Netgalley, Zibby Books and the author for this eARC in exchange for my honest review. Available now!

Set in the Seattle tech world, we’re introduced to affluent CEO Jake Sarnoff and the three women he’s wronged. The novel centers around each of these women – his ex-wife, Anna Sarnoff; his new, younger wife, Jessica; and his first love, Sam – and their intersecting stories.

This light, brilliant and satisfying novel reads so well with short chapters and unique characters with distinct storylines that keep you turning pages. Although it touches on heavy topics, Andrea Dunlop does so in such a way that doesn’t feel overdone or preachy. It will speak to mothers, women and anyone who has ever been sidelined by a man, and is perfect for fans of The Change and Big Little Lies.

Thank you to Zibby Books, Andrea Dunlop and NetGalley for an advance copy of this book.

This was such a great read! After a series of romances, I was in the mood for something a bit different. This book perfectly fit the bill- a little romance, family drama, business dynamics, women in a male-dominated career space, a little mystery, and more. I loved all three main female characters and how they were uniquely woven together. It felt like the author sped the ending up a little too quickly for me, but overall I was happy with how it ended. I look forward to reading more by this author!

Thank you to NetGalley and Libby Book for my free review copy.

This book is about three women that have something in common: charismatic but manipulative tech CEO, Jake Sarnoff. The book is actually only told from the points of view of two of them; Anna is Jake's first wife and Sam is his college girlfriend. The third woman in the novel is Jake's second wife, Jessica. Jake's company is about to go public, and the novel tells the story of how the company came about, the blended family that Jake has forced the women to create, and the hidden secrets of both the company and family.

I was immediately drawn in by the title and the message that women are the fiercest creatures. I liked the questions that the prologue made me ask - how does Sam play into everything? what's her story? what are all the truths and secrets that these women are keeping? I liked the length of this book, it 100% did not need to be any longer. I REALLY disliked Jake, I thought that his character's story was written well in order to evoke the feelings that he was meant to. This book was funny, easy to read and kept my attention the entire time.

However, this book let me down in terms of several plot points. (1) I wish Jessica had just been hot instead of young and hot. Jake was an asshole, that is the point here. Jessica being the younger woman that Jake left Anna for is such a cliché and I think it created misdirected anger and kind of took away from the womanhood angle. (2) Sam was a very proud woman, so I really didn't get the sense that she'd accept Anna's help after what she did to her. (3) I'd completely forgotten that a major event took place at the end of the prologue so when it came back around in the ending, it felt a bit disjointed and thrown together to me. (4) Finally, the Spanish words in every sentence when Jacinta spoke were very unauthentic to me. It's more believable to use words in another language when a word doesn't have a precise translation or when referring to uniquely cultural things like food, for example. For Jacinta to do things like start a sentence with "quizás" and not just say "maybe" made zero logical sense. The note at the end of the book about none of the Spanish words being italicized to "capture intimacy" only further angered me; it was not seamless and the "language blending" fell extremely short. I also went down a rabbit hole on Andrea Dunlop's website trying to figure out if she comes from a Latin background or if this was another American Dirt situation.. I found nothing to support the former.

Thank you to NetGalley and Zibby Books for the opportunity to read this e-ARC.

Thank you Zibby Books for the copy of Andrea Dunlop's book Women are the Fiercest Creatures. This is a highly effective story that manages to blend suspense and empowerment, and the complexity of women in a professional landscape set up to overlook them. It is easy to get drawn into the stories of the 3 main characters, to applaud their wit and intelligence, to wonder about their secrets, and to wait with anticipation, maybe even a little stress, to learn what happens/what did happen and what comes next.
Recommended for fans of The Whisper Network, The Boys Club, a Special Place for Women, Come Join Us, and similar reads.

I am so glad to have received this copy via NetGalley and congratulate Zibby Books on the first publications.

A great book with a GREAT title! It's the story of three women who all have been wronged in different ways by Jake Sarnoff- a rich tech guy that treats women like the Weakest Creatures. The novel centers around each of the three women's stories (which do intersect in both predictable and unpredictable ways). I really really liked this. It reads so quickly and easily. The chapters are short and make you want to keep going. Each woman's story was unique with their own distinct narration and characterization. I was fully invested in the outcome for all three of them. From the woman Jake left, to the woman he is married to but not present with, to the woman he stole an idea from, I wanted more for each of them. Dunlop found interesting ways to highlight what it means to live as a woman in today's world in so many different aspects of existence. Yes, a lot of it revolves around the way they are treated by men, but I also loved the suburban mom antics/commentary. This is a book I think you can hand to almost any woman and they will find something to enjoy! Read if you like'd The Change or the movie The Other Woman (with less humor).

I ADORED this book! What a fun, empowering ride. I was hooked from the beginning and thoroughly enjoyed these characters. A great book to throw in your beach bag this summer! 4.5 stars

After seeing so much hype about this book via Zibby Owen's Instagram I was dying to read it, and grateful to receive an ARC. I loved the title and cover, and after the first few chapters was getting The Change x Big Little Lies vibes.

Told from the perspective of Jake Sarnoff's scorned ex-partners, at a time when the tech giant is about to make it big through the sale of his social media company, is a story full of secrets and complicated family. Themes of feminism and motherhood run throughout the story, with many supporting characters bringing to life great examples of both. A favourite for me was Bri and her problematic reaction to her son's racism.

While conceptually I love the idea of giving voice to the overlooked women behind a man's success, it fell short for me in a few areas. I found myself confused at times trying to keep track of who knew what at each point in time. The book started and ended with a dramatic event that didn't really have a whole lot to do with the actual story in the middle, and the final chapter seemed to come out of left field. The epilogue was written from a whole new character's perspective, and one whose role in the story seemed unnecessary. In the epilogue is a brief article with the real conclusion to the story, and I wish more time had been taken to give resolution to the storylines that made up the bulk of the book. Finally, Jake's character was so central yet so underdeveloped. He was supposed to have enough charm to build a big company and seduce all these women, but you never saw any of that. His behaviour was inconsistent and erratic. The only real answer was that he was a sociopath, but I don't think that was what the author was trying to communicate.
It was a fun concept, but it felt like it was pushed out into the world prematurely.



Thank you to Zibby Books, NetGalley and Andrea Dunlop for this ARC.

Amazing, empowering book! I loved the message that yes, women are the fiercest creatures. This book follows three woman whose lives have been intertwined due to a man. They are all at different stages in life and womanhood. I loved the character development and their interactions. I truly appreciate that the characters in this book were supportive of other women (for the most part!). The ending was a little off for me, but a overall this was a great read!

Women Are the Fiercest Creatures by Andrea Dunlap
Published Mar 7, 2023
272 pages
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

This story is told in three parts and alternates between Anna's and Sam's perspectives. Anna Sarnoff, mother to Dylan (14) and Ben (12), has been relegated to "starter wife" status. Her ex-husband, Jake Sarnoff and a co-founder of the Strangers app, has traded in his first wife for 25 year old Jessica, who is fifteen years his junior. As if the dynamics of navigating all this wasn't enough, Jake has a hard time recognizing the boundaries that should be in place once you're divorced and now married to someone else. Then add in Samanta Flores-Walsh (Sam), Jake's ex-girlfriend from college, who has recently moved to town with her daughter, Lola. Sam seems to want to know more about Anna, Jake, and Jessica, but she doesn't want them to know she's there. As the reader gets bits of information through each woman's story, we start to piece together how everyone is connected and soon realize there will be explosive consequences for decisions made long ago.

This storyline will quickly draw you in. You will find yourself shouting advice to Anna, Sam, and Jessica. And believe me, you WILL have opinions on choices made! I also found the app Strangers, its development, and the business aspect of the company behind the app very interesting. Secondary characters like Pam (Jake's mom), Jacinta (Sam's mother), and the women's friends provide good and bad examples of strong women and a mother's love.

Women Are the Fiercest Creatures will remind you not to lose yourself in relationships, show you the lengths women will go to when they believe they're protecting their children, and illustrate the things we need to be aware of as parents when raising our children. This book is a great choice for book clubs as it's very engaging and provides many topics for discussion.

Another winner from Andrea Dunlop - a story of an insanely narcissistic CEO and the women surrounding him in life - truly speaking to the title that Women are The Fiercest Creatures. I have loved Dunlop's books since She Regrets Nothing and this book lives up to the hype.

I don’t think I’ve ever been stressed out by a book this much.

On page one, Women are the Fiercest Creatures raised my blood pressure and then proceeded to keep it that way until the end.

I always get stuck on writing summaries so just take this: this is a story of three women getting justice from their deeply insufferable but on the surface allegedly charming ex/ex-husband/husband and the embodiment of the chorus of the song Norman fucking Rockwell.

I hate to compare books because the internet has a tendency to just take it and run with it, but I couldn’t help but think of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow while reading the interlocking timelines and tech world aspects. The other book I want to bring up is The 3am Shattered Mums Club by Nina Manning which made me love a thriller-y voice used in talking about women’s inner worlds. All of these things coupled with the general messiness and the postpartum subplot came together at the intersection of My Personal Favorite Things In Books.

The summary names three women but the story is really framed by two, Anna and Samanta. Both complicated, well developed and intriguing; the secrets and overall ticking time bomb sense interwoven in their POVs kept me, well, sweating. My shoulders feel like they’re made of rocks.

Jessica… I just want to hug her and tell her she’s not alone. That’s all.

Now. Jake. My new arch nemesis. There’s plenty of characters I hated in books but Jake takes the cake. That is to say I hope he takes a cake to the face. I hope he slips on 4 consecutive banana peels. I hope his pillow is always warm on both sides and I hope he doesn’t see there’s a spider in the toilet bowl next time he sits down for a number two. I hope he steps in something wet with fresh socks on and I hope he swallows and hiccups at the same time. Every time I thought he couldn’t get worse he would do, or it would be revealed he did, something so selfish, inconsiderate and shitty that it made me sick to my stomach. Bravo, Dunlop.


All in all I highly recommend this if you like complicated, messy, human stories and overworking your adrenal gland.

Thank you to NetGalley and Zibby Books for providing this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion

An enjoyable book about the strength of female friendship, the protective nature of motherhood, and the bonds that are formed in the unlikeliest of people. Told from three main points of view - Anna Sarnoff, the ex-wife who is hoping for cash from her ex-husband’s IPO to start her own company; Jessica Sarnoff, the new wife who is expecting their first baby; and Samantha Flores-Walsh, the yoga guru who is hoping to expand her business. This is a quick read with twists that make it hard to put down.

3.5 stars

Thank you NetGalley and Zibby Books for the advanced ecopy of this book.

Three women, Anna, Samantha, and Jessica, are bound together in Seattle's tech world by one man: Jeff Sarnoff, who started a tech company. One is his current, two are his exes, and all get tangled up together in an attempt to deal with a lot of long-held, tangled-up secrets. I loved the characterization of these strong women.