At first glimpse, I thought this was gonna be the typical story you see nowadays in the post-Big Little Lies era: WASP-y moms with secrets that lead to someone being murdered. But the premise mentioned something different: an anonymous website where users can post about their community and all that takes place. It winds up being hacked and identities behind the posts getting revealed.

There were a couple things I didn’t like about the book: having 3 POVs about similar women was very confusing. It was a little hard keeping each women and their respective husbands/children straight. Also, the little twist I mentioned in the premise wasn’t introduced until close to the end of the book so there wasn’t much payoff that I had wanted.

Overall, if you like this type of book I think you’d enjoy it.

Thanks as always to NetGalley for the opportunity to review in exchange for review.

I have mixed feelings about this book, as I was expecting a fast-paced, juicy thriller based on the description. Instead, the majority of the first half of this book moved pretty slow, and overall the 'thriller' part was pretty minimal near the end. Three women are the main characters, none of which I found myself attached to, or all that interested in their well-being. Each of them also had a husband and teenage child...leading to there being a LOT of names. This made the book super confusing for the first third, because I couldn't keep them all straight. The ending was somewhat satisfying, but overall this book was just mediocre for me. I liked it, but didn't love it.

I enjoyed this book more than I expected to considering it revolves around mega rich upper east siders in nyc. They are so manic about their social standings and where their kids go to school I found yourself rooting for the type of person I don't usually even like. The author did a good job showing alternate points of view and I was happy about the ending.

Moms on the Upper East Side would do anything to make sure their children have a safe place in the upper echelon of society, which means the best schools. This can be quite stressful, so they sometimes vent in an online forum. But when their anonymity is blasted wide open, what sort of consequences will it have for them and their families?

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I just could not get into this book for some reason. I appreciate that it shows that adults act like teenagers on social media apps, especially when they can do so anonymously, but besides that, I just did not care what happened to any of these women. I did not particularly like or connect with any of the characters.

No One Needs to Know is centered around three Upper East Side moms – Heather, Poppy, and Norah – whose children are on the cusp of high school and about to be vying for entry into prestigious boarding schools. These moms consider these elite schools to be the stepping stone to an Ivy League college acceptance and will stop at nothing to ensure their children snag one of these highly competitive spots. Meanwhile, parents have been posting secrets and snarky comments to a supposedly anonymous message board… but we all know nothing is truly anonymous on the internet, and these parents are about to learn that the hard way.

This gossipy, catty neighborhood drama was such a fun read! I love that the multiple POV structure gives the reader each of the three moms’ perspectives, plus juicy excerpts from the message board. It was fascinating to contrast how the women viewed themselves vs what the others thought of them. I couldn’t put this one down, I blazed through it in about a day and was completely entertained the entire time!

Fans of Gossip Girl and Big Little Lies are sure to enjoy this snarky suspense novel. This book gave me similar vibes as Dirty Laundry and Girls with Bright Futures, so if you dug those, you’ll love this one too. Many thanks to NetGalley and Random House Ballantine Books for providing me an advance copy of this book.

Thank you Net Galley and publisher for this ARC. This is my first book I’ve read from Lindsay Cameron and I really enjoyed it. I was immediately interested in the plot. I found this book to be fast paced, I loved the anonymous site twist and couldn’t put this book down. I’ll be recommending it.

"She knew better than to give anyone in this group a thread to pull."

No One Needs To Know is a juicy, gossip-filled domestic drama that gives tidbits and holds its secrets until the very end.

This story is built around 3 Upper East Side moms. One business mom, one author mom, and one trophy wife mom. They're very different women but they have one thing in common: they want their children to succeed.

The moms are at each other's throats right now because it's nearly time for the elite private high school to be picking their students. They're using UrbanMyth, an anonymous app that lets you post questions or comments about your neighbors, to help their kids' chances and find out the scoops.

There is a lot going on besides the hacking of UrbanMyth that outs all of those "private" posts with the click of a mouse but that's like pouring gas on a fire.

Not everyone is going to make it to see who gets into Andover!

I really enjoyed this! I usually prefer fewer narrators but I really liked them all and was quickly able to tell them apart easily. There are a few really good twists in here and I didn't guess any of them! It was a fun read. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who likes neighborhood, domestic, or social media dramas, which is right up my alley.

Thanks to NetGalley and other publisher for the chance to read and review! This book is due to hit shelves this May!

This book is based on three wealthy Upper East Side residents who are prepared to go to any lengths to secure their childrens’ futures.
Norah, Poppy, and Heather are parents of eighth graders at an elite UES school. The 3 women are active on a social media site where users post anonymous confessions. We all know nothings stays anonymous though, their juicy secrets are there for all to see.
I enjoyed the gossipy, secretive lives of these families but the characters didn’t really seem very fleshed out; for the first half of the book I kept confusing the 3 women. Also the ending was a letdown for me.
Thanks to Bantam and NetGalley for this eARC.

The multiple POVs got me confused a bunch of times. However, the story is juicy and it kept me engaged all throughout. Reminded me a bit of Gossip Girl but with a cast of parents. The ending did leave me a bit underwhelmed but overall this was a book well worth my time! Thank you to the author and publisher for the eARC.

No One Needs to Know
A Novel
by Lindsay Cameron
It was all confidential. Right up to the moment when it wasn’t.
WOW. Poppy, Heather, and Norah are East Side mothers with kids in a high-brow private school. All will do anything to get a step up to advance the kids to the best of everything. They post secret confessions, and then it is hacked. WOW!! This would be an amazing movie that kept me waiting for the other shoe to drop, and it slammed down. LOVED this book.

I loved this book! No One Needs to Know tells the story of several families on the Upper East Side whose children attend an exclusive private school, and all of whom have secrets to hide, many of which are shared on a popular anonymous message board. When the message board is hacked, and secrets are revealed, events cascade out of control.

Although the characters were pretty unlikeable, they were very well drawn and each interesting in their own way. It was a quick read and really captured my interest; I loved all the twists and turns. Definitely recommend!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC!

This was a pretty solid story. I was definitely hooked and wanted to keep reading more about all the horrible happenings. Also it is in New York and this midwestern reader has always loved a setting in the city. I would recommend.

Taylor Adams does a great job with the creepiness and suspense. The first part of the novel establishes that Emma Carpenter has become a house sitter on a remote beach house in the off season with only her friendly dog as a companion and an elderly alcoholic neighbor that she’s never met in person. She’s sequestered herself because she’s an antisocial introvert by nature, and a grim event that happened a few months earlier made her quit life and essentially go into hiding.

The bulk of the novel is one single night, and the fact that so many pages could keep the tension over the course of a few hours makes this read a fun page-turner.

William Morrow provided an advance reader copy in exchange for an honest review of this novel, which RELEASES APRIL 25, 2023.

Gossip girl meets desperate housewives. A quick read thriller for a fun weekend read. The high society parents of middle school-aged kids find themselves in the middle of drama after drama as they try to navigate the social hierarchy while keeping their own drama quiet.

No One Needs to Know by Lindsay Cameron is a Thriller/Mystery story that, from the description, felt like it should read like a Gossip Girl season. I love reading about rich people's problems, especially those in New York so I was excited to dig in.

Unfortunately, I neither liked nor disliked this story. It just exists and I do not particularly care about the characters or how everything unfolded. It felt like the plot took ages to develop and when it did, it felt anticlimactic.

I also had an issue connecting and caring about the characters. We get POVs of so many characters, it was confusing. But that's a me issue and (it's the reason I couldn't keep up with the tv-show Game of Thrones, for example.).

Overall, this was a flat 2.5 read for me but I am rounding up to 3 - it's not bad, it's just not for me.

Thank you Netgalley and Random House Publishing Group for the eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!

4 my lips are sealed stars

Here’s a delicious neighborhood story with affairs, secrets, an exclusive social media platform (UrbanMyth), and parents working hard to pave the way to success for their kids. How far would you go? Would you kill to get what you want?

This upscale neighborhood in New York features successful parents who volunteer tirelessly to make sure their kids receive good recommendations or contribute large gifts to have the same effect. This is the world of prestigious boarding schools that land kids at Ivy League colleges.

We have women like Norah who achieve success in the business world but don’t know what’s going on in their own homes. Or Poppy, who labors to look beautiful and perfect on the outside but feels unloved. Heather is willing to go to any lengths for her child.

There are chapters featuring posts from UrbanMyth and I loved how those propelled the story and added an interesting dimension.

This one wraps up in a picture-perfect way and this author is a confirmed winner for me now. Can’t wait to read the next one.

This book felt like a cross between Big Little Lies and the college admission scandal. It was all about rich people's problems. It is told from 3 POV's - Heather, Norah and Poppy - each woman has a 13-year-old that is vying for admission into the prestigious private high school. Only the elite, well-rounded, 'good' student can get in. So, these women will do whatever it takes to make sure their kid gets in.

In addition, there is an anonymous forum called UrbanMyth where people can post their questions, concerns and thoughts for anyone to comment on. These people on the Upper East Side (UES) are ruthless. No one is likeable in this book. Infidelity, lying, blackmail, murder, drugs, and just all around bitchiness.

Overall, I felt like this was more of a slow drama rather than a thriller. It's definitely another book that will make you hate rich people and all the things they can get away with using their money and power.

I enjoyed this book so much! The twist wasn’t dramatic but it was perfect! The suspense kept me up late a couple of nights reading because I just couldn’t stop! I needed to know what was going to happen.

The characters were written perfectly. Exactly what you would imagine from the rich in the UES. I felt for the mothers where they would do anything for their children and their relationships had real every day problems. Some books give you these dramatic relationships and it just doesn’t seem real but this book was nothing like this, in my opinion. It was something that could really happen.

I enjoyed this author and her writing very much. I look forward to reading more from Lindsay Cameron

Thank you NetGalley & Random House Publishing for this ebook in exchange for my honest review.

This was a quick, fun, easy read that I really enjoyed. This will be a great recommendation for fans of “Big Little Lies.” Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Lifestyle troubles of the Rich and Famous? I'm in! Juicy, fast-read about three rich women whose kids are in the same private elementary and who are all trying to get their kids into the best high-school. Competition is fierce! The women also post on Urbanmyth, a supposed anonymous social media site. They post their deepest secrets then someone threatens to reveal everything. WHO? Oh yeah, and someone dies. That s actually not the focus though. I thought this was more of a domestic mystery than a thriller, but that was not a bad thing. This would be a fun beach read. First read from this author, but not the last.

Thank you to #NetGalley, Lindsay Cameron and Ballantine Books for this ARC! All opinions are my own.

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