A solid 3 star read, the premise was good but too slow to start, and I found the actions of the characters to be unbelievable. None of these women can keep it together for the life of them, even those who had nothing to do with the crime. I guess self incrimination is a way to keep the story moving along but it was unrealistic how things played out in the second half.

Gossip Girl did it better than UrbanMyths 🐸☕️

No One Needs to Know follows three mothers of the Upper East Side. Heather, Poppy, and Norah all have children that attend the same private school - and they all frequent UrbanMyths to vent about their lives on the UES.

Between leaked photos, black mailing, scandalous affairs, and a little bit of murder, this is everything you would expect from an UES novel.

After reflecting on the book, I’m confused how it got from Point A to Point B (how did the leaked photo from Doubles end up in murder?). There seemed to be a lot of background and building up (UrbanMyths doesn’t even get hacked until ~65%), and the twist fell flat for me, while the ending felt rushed.


The characters are overwhelmingly unlikeable, but that’s the whole point - you’re not rooting for any of them.

BUT I recommend checking out this book if you’re a fan of books like the Appeal or if you’re into reading about the lives of the 1% on the Upper East Side.

Thank you to NetGalley for letting me get an ARC of No One Needs to Know! Out later this year. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Thank you to Netgalley and Lindsey Cameron for the opportunity to read this early! It’s my first by this author, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

The UES moms trying to get their kids into elite schools while also navigating their personal lives, all while confessing their sins and deepest secrets online makes for a super juicy read! It was like the real housewives and Gossip Girl all rolled into one. Scandalous and juicy. Definitely will recommend this one!

No One Needs to Know but eventually everybody does. And what do they learn? How three Upper East Side mothers, relentlessly pushing their children toward their expected privileged futures, end up mired in bad behavior, blackmail and murder.

Norah’s demanding job leaves her with little time to spend with her daughter Caroline, so her new husband Bennett helps with everyday tasks. Poppy, the Queen Bee of their private school’s social tribe, is married to uber wealthy Harris and mother to Henry, who will, of course, attend Andover and Harvard as his father did. And there is Heather who will do anything to make sure her daughter Violet has a life far different than the one she had before she met Oliver. The required parties for the 8th grade children and their parents, the entrance exams and interviews for boarding school, the constant dieting and the impossibly high standards the women are judged by naturally give rise to anxiety. How to relieve that tension? Why by anonymously posting on UrbanMyth, a site where everyone’s secrets stay buried. Until they don’t.

Run to your nearest bookstore and preorder No One Needs to Know now! Sign up for at it your library. This is a compulsively readable, delicious drama reminiscent of Big Little Lies. Although Norah is the only likable character, you won’t care that the others are incredibly self centered because the fast paced plot of this well written novel will keep you turning pages to see what happens next. There are surprises on every page! Thank you, Lindsay Cameron. 5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley, Random House Publishing Group and Lindsay Cameron for this ARC.

I loved Lindsay Cameron's first thriller, Just One Look, so I was excited to have the opportunity to read her soon to be released No One Needs to Know. Secrets, lies and scandals abound in this compulsively readable page-turner. The overall vibe was a mix of Big Little Lies, Gossip Girl and Real Housewives -- a fast, fun read.

Thank you to Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine and NetGalley for providing an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

Holy cow! Lindsay Cameron does it again! Loved this domestic thriller. What appears nice and crisp on the outside really dark and dangerous. The crazy lengths parents go to all in the name of their children. Great read. Highly recommend
Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.
Boy did this make the people on the upper east side look like an interesting and secretive bunch.
What will someone do just to keep their child in their private school and get them into a private boarding school and then Ivy League college? Read and find out.
Then throw in this “secret” forum that ends up not being all that secret.
Not a bad book but not my favorite either.

So juicy and fun to read. I liked following every perspective, but some characters really got on my nerves at times (in a good way). The concept was fascinating and I liked how it was executed, the twists really surprised me as well. Good time.

I really enjoyed this book. Thank you to Netgalley and the author Lindsay Cameron for giving me an ARC to read and review.
This book grabbed me immediately and reminded me of a lot of the book Big Little Lies. The characters were very well developed and drew you right into their story line. The story follows the lives of several wealthy women who live on the Upper East Side (UES) in NYC. They all have children who go to the same private middle school and are starting the very competitive process to get into the best private high schools. These women will stop at nothing to ensure the very best for their off-spring whether they deserve it or not. As sophisticated as these women appear to be, they are not above slinging a little mud on an "anonymous" website geared toward this exclusive neighborhood. There are no boundaries on what these women will share while hiding behind perceived anonymity.. It get's very interesting when the site is hacked and everyone's secrets are revealed. There were snippets of the posts throughout the book and as the reader, you do not know whose secrets are whose.
The story lines of each of the characters build chapter after chapter, as each is from the main characters' point of view. I loved Lindsay Cameron's use of the unreliable narrator that kept me guessing throughout the book. on exactly what each character was up to.
I highly recommend this book as a suspenseful and engaging read.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬. 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐨. 𝐈𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝.

People will spill all kinds of things under the guise of anonymity. In the 80s, it was slam books; years ago the high school where I work was plagued by YikYak drama, and in NO ONE NEEDS TO KNOW it's UrbanMyth, an app for the residents of Manhattan's elite Upper East Side residents. It's not teens logging in to share their darkest secrets, though...it's the adults. Peppered with modest confessions such as shoplifting and infidelity, the secrets quickly get darker as reports of blackmailing and cheating on school admission tests come to light.

Then a hacker exposes everyone, and the repercussions so far-reaching that someone ends up dead. Told through alternating points of view, there is the outsider Heather who would do anything to get her daughter climbing the rungs of the social ladder and into the best schools; Norah, the high-powered executive failing to balance work with the emotional responsibilities of motherhood, and Poppy, whose perfect, icy demeanor hides a multitude of secrets.

Juicy, voyeuristic, and unflinching, NO ONE NEEDS TO KNOW pulls no punches and keeps no secrets. Many thanks to NetGalley and Bantam Books for the early copy. Publishes May 9, 2023.

Gossip Girl meets Big Little Lies in No One Needs to Know. The narration alternates between the perspectives of three obnoxious Upper East Side mothers with children at the same elite private school: Heather, Norah, and Poppy. All are obnoxious and spoiled for different reasons, but they all share a fascination with UrbanMyth, an anonymous gossip site for the neighborhood. And all three women, of course, have some secrets they're hiding. The plot involves both a weird scandal with Heather's daughter and then a "missing persons" case for one of the Crofton parents that happens about 70% of the way into the book. This was a relatively easy read and slightly amusing, but it didn't add anything original or actually satirical to the "rich and privileged NYC mommies" trope. Therefore, it wasn't a standout for me, either for its entertainment value or its originality. I thought Lindsay Cameron's prior novels were more fun!

Three mothers all from Manhattan’s Upper East side have secrets they rather not have shared. This book gave me grown up Gossip Girl vibes and was full of realistic scandal. Poppy, Heather, and Norah are all mom’s with kids in the same school. We follow along their stories of deceit, scandals and just how far they will go for their kids. Now throw in a hacked anonymous forum thats full of gossip. Will all the women survive and keep their secrets? Who will end up dead?

What I enjoyed:
- this was well paced! I enjoyed how I was sucked in immediately. I needed to know who was hiding what
- Multiple POVs that kept this interesting. This really made it a page turner
- A few of the MCs were the kind id characters you love to hate!
- The twist I did not see coming!

I went in expecting something completely different! But I am so happy how it turned out. The ending was super satisfying. This was a solid, and fast paced read. 4 stars out of 5! Thank you Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for the review!

This was a hard book to get into since I disliked most of the characters. It centers around very rich mothers in NYC whose middle school kids all go to the same insanely expensive school. They all have secrets and they inexplicably confess them on an anonymous neighborhood site. Then things get messy.

I figured out a lot of this early on in the book (the who but not the why) but it still ended up being fairly enjoyable by the end.

I read a digital copy of this book via NetGalley.

AHHHH, EVERYONE needs to know about Lindsay Cameron's new release, No One Needs to Know. We have one of my absolute favorite tropes, an anonymous website (think ask.fm?) and rich, New York socialite mothers!!! Honestly I would say go into this thriller knowing as little as possible. All you need to know is we have three mothers who will do absolutely anything for their children, including blackmail, cheating, and a LOT of drama. Thank you so much to NetGalley and Random House - Ballantine for the early release!

Always love an UES private school setting, particularly one that focuses on the parents. The topical social media element adds a lot to the story. Great characters (the rich are not free of issues!). Lots of secrets and a big surprise ending. Quick read and very entertaining.

The plot was great. The whole idea behind the book was interesting and different. I personally didn’t care for the writing style. In section involving dialogue a question would be asked between characters and an answer wouldn’t occur for 2-3 more pages. I had to skip so much of this book because of unnecessary details. The concept was amazing, but it just dragged on forever.

NO ONE NEEDS TO KNOW
By Lindsay Cameron

This book centers around 3 very different types of moms on the Upper East Side in NY - Heather, Norah, and Poppy.

They are each obsessed with their kid's private school, boarding schools and making sure their kids behave appropriately and keep their “eye on the prize” - which means eventually getting into a prestigious, Ivy League university.

The book is told from each one of the MC POV’s and I found myself never getting bored and just wanting to know “what would happen next”.

Someone in their circle gets murdered (so we keep turning the pages to figure out who did it and why), there is an ‘anonymous’ website that all of the UES moms post on called ‘Urban Myth’ (and they each share their dirty secrets & thoughts) and their lives slowly seem to be unraveling.

This is a very fast-paced read as the chapters are short, there isn’t much repetition and I found myself not wanting to put the book down. It had somewhat of an updated “Gossip Girl” and some “Big Little Lies” feel to it, and I was here for it!

This was my first time reading a Lindsay Cameron book and it won’t be my last. I recommend No One Needs to Know out on May 9th. Thank you to NetGalley and RandomHouse for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was so good! It was like shoveling popcorn into my mouth and not stopping till the bucket is empty. If you were a fan of Big Little Lies, laughing at the comment section of the Neighborhood app, this is for you.

A decent compulsive read, No One Needs to Know has the unputdownable quality going for it — propelling one to keep turning pages until the book ends. Even though the plot is constructed with very familiar materials, with a pivotal reveal being rather anticlimactic, overall the mixed media narrative devices and Lindsay Cameron's punchy writing help sustaining its enjoyable factor all the way through.

First World Problem is the name of the game, as we follow 3 wealthy women dealing with petty rivalries (such as securing their kids a spot in a private boarding school), and their uncensored interaction on an anonymous neighborhood digital forum. I particularly enjoyed the forum aspect, which the story utilized its anonymity fully to build tension (leaving us to guess which character said what). No One Needs to Know didn't quite know how to build towards a satisfying landing; there were multiple points where the buildup was so juicy and devious, only for the reveals to be rather mundane and out of left field — they weren't so bad that I felt like I've wasted my time reading, but I was left hoping the plot has gone a different, less safe route.

Still, even though No One Needs to Know might not be God tier, it remains a good one; it doesn't stray far from the formula of gossipy neighborhood thrillers — which can translate to familiar comfort, and the online forum element does bring fresh perspective that's relevant to the time. I can see readers enjoy this one quite a bit!

This was a fun fast paced thriller, I love rich people behaving badly stories and this fit the bill, I would recommend this to fellow readers.