Gossip Girl meets Big Little Lies with a dash of the college admission scandal thrown in. Books that take place in the Upper East Side are always some of my faves.

This was a fun little read. It was a slow burn, but as everything unfolds it keeps you on the edge of your seat! It follows 3 different private school moms that are vastly different.

The drama, the drama, the drama!

Thanks to the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for a review.

I really enjoyed this author's novel "Just One Look", so I was very excited to receive a copy of "No One Needs to Know". However, maybe I am just not a huge fan of petty rich wive drama, especially when it concerns protecting their children, but I found this just silly. Honestly, the teenagers seemed more mature and likable than their adult mothers who were anything but. Not my favorite from this author but I will also probably try to avoid this trope in the future.

I really like this one and will be recommending it to many! It was similar to Big Little Lies but with wealthy Manhattonites. This is told among three main characters in the same neighborhood each with children in the same school. Dark, twisty and scandalous!

Thanks to Netgalley and Random House for providing this arc in exchange for an honest review.

Several wealthy parents of 8th graders on the Upper East Side are in a frenzy trying to get their children into an exclusive boarding school. They anonymously post all of their secrets, musings and accusations on a website they believe is secure. But then they find out it is not and someone goes missing and this website appears to be a great tool to uncover who was involved in the disappearance.

Two of the three main women were really unlikeable and this started out with a lot of drama about one student posting a photo of another student with a vape pen, causing issues for that student and her parents. I wasn’t that engaged in that part because I don’t really care about kids and their goings-on but fortunately that was just setting the stage for the real drama. I wound up quite liking this book with its insufferable characters. It was a good quick read and I will read more from this author.

No one has privacy on the Internet.

This was a super slow burn for me , in the end I liked it . It took awhile to pick up but once it did I enjoyed it . LOTS of drama involving parents of course in New York & an online "private" chatroom of sorts where everyone talks trash & tried to keep up with one another. Has some definite big little lies vibes going on which yeah kept it interesting.
I'm gonna say my fave character was Norah .

Thank u #NetGalley for the Arc.
Although this book came out in May & I'm just finishing it now . Oops sorry ,🙊

This one was a bit too much slow burn for me. I don't actually think my rating was the book's fault, and more that it just wasn't my style of thriller.

Loved it. Hated the Heather character tho - especially when listening to the audiobook while falling asleep and “Heather” is said about 20 times.

Reading the book was a different experience vs the audiobook in that regard. Loved the format of this book and the nonstop action. Highly recommend

Thanks to NetGalley for the free advance ereader copy of No One Needs to Know in exchange for an honest review.

If you’re a fan of Big Little Lies (the show or the book), you’ll find a lot to like in No One Needs to Know. Set on New York City’s Upper East Side and featuring a cast revolving around three moms of 8th graders at an exclusive private school, the novel explores several themes including the lives and misdeeds of the ultra rich and entitled, the false security of “anonymous” internet sites (news flash: nothing online is anonymous) and how many of us will do truly anything for our children. This was an entertaining romp and while it won’t win any literary awards, I gobbled it up in two days. If you’re looking for a quick, fun vacation or weekend read that won’t tax your brain, throw this in your bag. Three stars.

Lindsay Cameron knows how to draw you in and keep you holding on until the very end!
This story is no different.

Great twists and turns. Highly recommend!

Taut Psychological Thriller – An Enjoyable White-Knuckle Ride

I thoroughly enjoyed NO ONE NEEDS TO KNOW by author Lindsay Cameron. A character study and more, this suspenseful novel is told from the standpoint of four women’s perspective. The chapters adhere to this throughout and are titled with the name of the character speaking. The divvying up of the story in this way allows the tale to flow seamlessly., and we gain a deep insight into all the players. It''s this intimacy that brings the story to life.

The plot was a good one loaded with twists and turns for the reader to trip over. A solid pace established, we are brought into a world of the rich, the fortunate, and the favored by God and wonder if an act of revenge could lead to murder.

The atmosphere is kept taut and the mood floated is one of what lengths the privileged will go to keep secrets … especially from their husbands. The ending is not the slam dunk I would have liked it to be, but it was a surprise and did not deter me from giving five stars for a superlative effort.

The wealthy and privileged behaving badly, but under the guise of an anonymous app for their local community. While there were only 3 largely main characters, there were a handful of additional characters and I kept getting everyone confused. It is very possible that this is just my brain having an issue differentiating between vapid Upper East Side parents. There was not one person who I could relate to or had interest in following their storyline. I also felt like there were a few holes and unexplained situations. However, I did enjoy this book and thought it would be a great summer read or just a quick book when you need something to be distracted by.

3.5 stars

No One Needs to Know lured me in with its Gossip Girl-esque premise, but for parents. I enjoyed the idea of an anonymous app geared toward parents of ultra-wealthy private school students. I found it interesting that despite the students and school being what connected the main characters, they weren't really the focus except for how it affected this group of parents. Could they get their kids into the right boarding school, who could provide the most assistance to the school's benefit, who hosted the school parties, etc. were about the extent of it.

Ultimately, the main focus was on anonymity and what you would share if you thought no one would know it was you. How much would you reveal? Would there ever be consequences?

OBVIOUSLY, YES, THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES. Well, some anyway.

I don't want to give anything away, but I enjoyed the different perspectives shared by using multiple narrators. I didn't have any issue identifying the different voices while reading. If you like the problems of the 1%, gossip, and a little tension, you will enjoy this.

Thank you Net Galley for providing this book and allowing me to read it in advance. I was unable to personally get into this book but that is the power of reading. There’s books for everyone. I know someone else will adore it!

This was another rich people behaving badly book. Between school scandals and parent drama, there was plenty going on to keep you guessing. It definitely lives up to the phrase, "money talks". Unfortunately the ending was lacking and didn't quite go with the rest of the book. If you enjoy rich people drama, then you will probably enjoy.

Thank you to NetGalley, Lindsay Cameron and Random House Publishing for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Did I read the same book as everyone else? Am I missing something here?

I've seen many rave reviews for this novel. Many have stated this was similar to Gossip Girl, a show I loved as a teen. I was excited to dive into the scandalous lives of Manhattan’s elite. Sadly, I found the story boring.

Overall, not for me.

***Thank you to NetGalley, Lindsay Cameron, and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, Bantam for graciously sending me the ARC to review. As always, all thoughts are my own.***

Loved this! It’s a desperate housewives, snooty society, lots of money and drama sort of book!
I loved it! It’s an easy read, good mystery and I loved the characters even though they are all deplorable!
Four stars!

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of No One Needs to Know. I was drawn in by the premise of the book, but didn't totally love it. Some of it was very expected and not surprising like in other thrillers. However still a good book.

This mega-wealthy upper east side community loves their secrets. This story follows a few families from a wealthy private school, as told by the wives/moms. When scandal rocks the school, fingers are pointed and the claws come out. Drama unfolds as told by these women, and also through an anonymous neighborhood website Urban Myth. As the drama unfolds, so do the claws. We see what happens behind closed doors, between drugs, cheating, infidelity, money, and the mask of anonymity, there is plenty to keep a reader entertained. This is a slow burn, but worth the read.

This was a fun quick thriller to pick up. I loved reading about all the rich people drama and secrets that came out of it. I’ll definitely be looking out for more by this author!

I loved this book! Definitely kept me engaged from the first page. I was surprised by the ending for some reason. Overall a five star read.