I'm glad I listened to the audio version of the book because I got a better feel for the characters than I expected.

The two narrators of the story are self serving women, but one of them has scruples while the other doesn't. It's a tough plot to talk about without giving away much. Anna Bright has drive and until some information that is presented towards the end, things stacked against her. Many of the points she makes are not exactly wrong, just don't come across in a nice way. Jamie Roman continues to dig into something just to want to be acknowledged as doing the right thing ( or so it felt).

By the time the book ended I did not get the point of anything. The author wrote characters so well that I could not imagine the way things stood to be the point of all their interactions throughout the book. It was brutal but annoying. It is one of those times that the story itself and not the writing style made me dislike the book.

I am glad I tried it, but this was not a book for me.

I received an ARC thanks to Netgalley and the publishers but the review is entirely based on my own listening experience.

Thank you to NetGalley for the chance to read an early copy of this book. It took a lot for me to not DNF this book, if I'm being honest. I don't know what exactly it was about the book, but something just fell flat for me. Others may really enjoy it though!

I found myself a little bored with this one. It may be a me issues and I'm burned out on books about rich powerful people lying a behaving badly but overall this fell pretty flat for me. The characters were unlikable, which isn't always a bad thing but they were also uninteresting which made this hard to get through.

The story was fairly well laid out and the plotting was decent so if someone is looking for this type of story, lying and fraud within the tech industry, this would probably scratch that itch.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

Anna Bright is the founder of Bright Spot, an up and coming company in Silicon Valley. Featuring the lengths one will go for ambition and a storyline taken right from the headlines.

WHAT TO EXPECT
-slow burn thriller
-fraud
-similar to the Elizabeth Holmes story
-cat-and-mouse

🎧I loved the narration of the audiobook, and the story hooked me from the start

*many thanks to Dreamscape, Netgalley for the gifted copy for review

Very reminiscent of Bad Blood, but without the high octane drama. I felt it was poorly written, and the ending was lackluster and a little nonsensical.

I am really sorry but I had to dnf this because when I was 30% in it, it still didn't seem a thriller and it wasn't intriguing or interesting in any way.

This was an OK book, I wouldn't tell people NOT to read it. But it is very similar to the miniseries Drop out. I wasn't a big fan of this book but it is readable.

I really appreciated the writing in Anna Bright Is Hiding Something. I loved the Silicon Valley setting and would definitely read more from the author.

I was intrigued by this one and had heard several positive reviews from trusted reader friends.

Unfortunately it wasn't quite for me.

Perspective trades between Anna Bright, founder of a multibillion-dollar tech company called BrightSpot, and Jamie, BusinessBerry reporter. Anna is not only ambitious but thinks she deserves to be successful. Jamie is wowed by wealth and comes across more like a college intern than an employed journalist.

I wanted a plot that either went deeper or was just more fun. Or better characterization.

The audio narration also was not my favorite. Overall they were OK, but I didn't love how Tiffany Bache did male characters' voices -- they all had an accent? It pulled me out of the story a few times.

Friends who enjoyed ANNA BRIGHT said they found it to be a real page-turner1 Given that it wasn't for me, I probably should have DNFed, but I did want to see where the ending would go for sure.

<i>Thank you to Dreamscape Media and NetGalley for a free ALC of this title for review.

This is a slow-burn thriller about fraud and deception. I enjoyed the theme of women and the unfair limitations they face in the corporate world. The narrators did an excellent job bringing the characters to life. My only wish it would have been faster-paced, but overall it was still entertaining and held my attention. Thank you NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for my audiobook.

"Anna Bright Is Hiding Something" is a riveting, fast-paced thriller that takes readers into the high-stakes world of corporate fraud and media investigations. Anna Bright, a charismatic tech founder, is hiding a massive fraud as her company approaches its IPO. Jamie Roman, a determined journalist, uncovers Anna's deceit and sets out to expose the truth. Set against the dynamic backdrops of Silicon Valley and NYC, this novel offers sharp insights into the pressures faced by women in power and the complexities of ambition. A must-read for fans of suspenseful corporate dramas, it keeps you hooked from start to finish.

<i> Anna Bright is committing fraud. But nobody knows it yet. Not the board of her multibillion-dollar company, not her investors, not the public breathlessly anticipating the launch of BrightSpot, and not the media—including Jamie Roman, a hardworking journalist for BusinessBerry. But when Jamie does learn about Anna’s misconduct, she embarks on a bicoastal journey to expose the crimes and make a name for herself as a journalist. It’s not long before Anna learns what the reporter is up to, however—and she’ll do anything to stop Jamie. </i>

This was a fast-paced, gripping, intelligent story that took me inside a world I really knew very little about. I appreciated the complex characters and social commentary related to women in positions of power.

Tiffany Bache and Hillary Huber did an excellent job narrating the audiobook.

Thank you Susie Orman Schnall, Dreamscape Media, and NetGalley for providing this ARC for review consideration. All opinions expressed are my own.

if you want to be confused and also bored, this book is for you. nothing is happening. its hard to tell who is talking sometimes. the audio def needs some editing.

4.5 stars.

Anna Bright was committing fraud. But nobody knew it yet. As the public was waiting for her mega company BrightSpot’s product launch, a hardworking journalist Jamie Roman had a suspicion. Equally ambitious, Jamie initially looked up to Anna as a role model. However, she was determined to uncover the truth, while Anna was prepared to do anything to protect her reputation.

This story projected Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes right from the start. Anna Bright was the fictionalised version of Holmes. She had the drive, ambition and willingness to bend the truth to serve her goals. Theranos showed us that reality could be stranger than fiction indeed!

Anna was definitely an unlikeable character in the story. She was a great villain to have, albeit a bit cliche (i.e. the archetype of evil lonely successful woman). The ‘battle’ between Anna and Jamie was captivating to watch, as it was the classic David vs. Goliath. I found myself emphatising with Jamie greatly as she struggled to climb the career ladder, despite of all her brilliance.

I was totally hooked till the last page! Would recommend this to anyone wanting to read slow-burn, psychological thriller.

Thank you to the publishers, author and NetGalley for the free copy of this audio book.

Decent read, definitely a slow burn and didn't always keep my attention. I enjoyed listening overall but didn't love it. The narrators did a good job.

All I kept thinking was this reminds me of everything I watched about Elzabeth Holmes as I read about Anna. That story fascinated me, so I was equally as happy reading this book. I may have even squealed outloud when Elizabeth Holmes was mentioned.
There is a societal need / culture to highlight females when they succeed in a male dominated environment. And the backlash when they don't is crazy. This book did an excellent job of diving into this subject and discussing both sides of the equation in a neutral way.

This is an interesting book about the business world and how women are able or aren’t able to be successful. It was an interesting book, but it wasn’t quite as fast paced as I was hoping for. I listened to the audiobook and both narrators did a fabulous job bringing their characters to life. This book is told from two perspectives Anna Bright who is a successful founder of a company about to go public and Jamie Roman who is an up and coming journalist. Anna is determined to be successful and is willing to lie about her company’s product to get there. Jamie is determined to be recognized as a journalist and knows that Anna Bright is hiding something and the story of her lifetime is there. It was an interesting story, but I didn’t love the ending. I mean I liked that it updated you about several key characters and what happened, but I wanted a different ending. Overall I gave this one 3.5 stars rounded up for the excellent job the narrators did reading it.

4⭐️- If you enjoy Black Mirror or the documentary Out for Blood in Silicon Valley about Elizabeth Holmes, you will love this books. Anna Bright is Hiding Something follows Jaime while she uses investigative journalism at first to interview Anna Bright, one her female cofounder idols, but ultimately turns into a suspenseful piece when she learns more and more about the secrets Anna is keeping about her company Brightlife.

The noncommittal, vague title of this book hints at the content of the book itself - while not a bad read, it's not nearly as thrilling or salacious as I was hoping. It reminded me a lot of The Herd and other similar books that take on (or take down?) female founded startups. Whereas The Herd seemed to be a callout of Glossier's Emily Weiss, this book is more in the vein of Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes.

Anna Bright is the CEO of BrightLife, a healthtech startup selling an ocular lens that will enable recording, augmented reality, health and wellness, and much more - a product that will change peoples' lives. Enter Jamie Roman, a journalist for the tech news website BusinessBerry, who discovers some salacious things about BrightLife that make her want to dig deeper on BrightLife and Anna herself.

The book was perfectly fine - but that's not exactly what you want from a thriller. It didn't have any shocking twists and turns, and in fact, I found that I could guess the plot how the plot was going to unfold about 25% of the way in. I didn't love Jamie's character or really even see the point of having her be the other MC - I actually think the book might have been more interesting if it went deeper on Anna instead.

Thank you to the publisher for the audio ARC via Netgalley!