As someone that loves all things influencers and reality TV, this book was literal catnip for me! Scary and surprising, the ultimate reality thriller!

THE TRADWIFE'S SECRET BY LIANE CHILD.
5 HUGE STARS.
If i could give it 10 STARS i would.
The cover is stunning.
The blurb had me hooked.
As soon as this book landed on my kindle i instantly started reading.
The prologue alone sucked me right in.
I wish there were more books like this one.
Loved the whole settling of this story and how it was all laid out.
I found it thrilling, entertaining, mysterious, eye opening and i couldn't read this book fast enough.
It kept my attention on every page and every word.
Honestly can't wait to see what other books this author brings out as I'll be reading as soon as they come out.

You all know what a tradwife is, don’t you? An always smiling, beautiful, perfectly made up woman who believes in submitting to her husband. Sometimes she has an influencer career on Instagram where she features her with perfectly groomed and behaved children and her start from scratch home meals. That describes the public personage of Madison March @_TrulyMadison. Behind the scenes, it’s all a lie, a lie discovered by Cally, hired to be the children’s tutor. Two sets of lies, one in the present and one from the past, set the plot in motion.

The Tradwife’s Secret is a quick read, exposing the underside of the world of influencers. Madison works for hours with assistants and videographers to film a short film spotlighting Madison making a healthy breakfast for her husband or teaching a lesson to her home schooled children. Madison is under so much pressure to be perfect and to hide the deeply buried lies that threaten to surface. How far would you go for money, fame and glamour? 5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley, HQ and Liane Child for this ARC.

The Tradwife's Secret is a fast-paced, can't-put-down thriller that dives into the dramatic and ugly world of social media influencers. Madison March is the most successful tradwife influencer on social media with millions of followers. When Cally is hired to be a tutor for Madison's children, she believes this is an amazing opportunity. Cally has obsessively followed Madison from day one. However, once on the March ranch, Cally realizes that not all is to be believed. After signing a comprehensive NDA and with her own dangerous secrets, Cally is forced to keep her silence as she watches everything she thought was real unravel.

The Tradwife's Secret is told through multiple POVs: Madison, Cally, and aspiring tradwife Briana. The author does a tremendous job of highlighting the differences between Madison and Briana's experiences. Throughout the changing POVs, I truly felt anger, disgust, frustration, hope, understanding, and then . . . shock. There were definitely a few twists I did NOT see coming. I love how the author weaves all of the storylines together. I will absolutely be recommending The Tradwife's Secret to anyone looking for an exciting, gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller for 2025!

This was crazy good, it's super good. I let it all-in-one night. Good. I don't know a whole lot about #tradwife- but madison is the queen of them, the queen of the tradwives on instagram- but as was anything on social media, things are a little bit different behind the lens- madison has her perfect life with her four perfect children and her perfect husband living in her perfect log home in montana-- madison, who's in charge of her empire, but someone who is always nipping at her heels to trying to take away her crown.So she's got to come up with new content all the time, and so one step ahead of her husband while still being the trade wife she is there's a lot of secrets in madison's life from who really teaches the children to her perfect husband to what happened in her past this book has a lot of secrets, a lot of twists and turns and kept me guessing until it all clicked almost all the way through. But it's so good, definitely.Definitely recommend definitely worth it

Thank you net galley, for the arc.In exchange for an honest review

As a self proclaimed tradwife, I was hooked from the cover of this book. It was so good. I couldn't believe all the twists. Thank goodness the husbands got what was coming too them.

Madison is an American “tradwife” influencer, sharing posts about her perfect life and how well she looks after her family. Of course things are not as perfect as they seem, but in Madison’s case the deception is huge. We see this from the point of view of outsider, Cally, a young city woman who joins the family as the children’s tutor. I found this book totally shocking but absolutely loved it. I had no idea that “tradwives” and “tradwife” influencers were a thing and found the whole concept deeply disturbing. The husband, Michael, was a monstrous character. I couldn’t’ make up my mind about Madison, whether she was a victim, villain or a bit of both, which added to my enjoyment. This was an excellent thriller with a clever plot, shining a light on this aspect of American culture.

With thanks to NetGalley and HQ Harper Collins for this review copy.

What a great read about how you should never trust what you see on social media. From the outside looking in Madisons life is perfect. She lives as a #tradwife with her perfect husband and her four children but behind the camera life is very different. The traditional wife role is a controlled and volatile environment with a husband who tolerates her social media obsession but only too a point however her whole lifestyle is carefully managed and constructed and the truth is a dark mess or lies that are now being threatened. Is she able to keep everything going with the pressures of viewing figures and likes and a husband who is a controlling bully plus all the secrets she is hiding from him. This is an edge of your seat thriller which I loved!

What an enthralling read. Madison March, and influencer with a perfect family, perfect children and a perfect husband. But what really lies under the facade? Her whole life is a lie.
This is one of the best reads of this year, a really hard to put down psychological thriller. I would highly recommend this book.

I jumped into this book eager to read it! I was not expecting some tid bits of Ruby Franke's life and how likely so many of the lives of a social media influencer family lives. The secrets, the lies, the false perfection. All of it we see behind rose colored glasses but with this book we confront the reality while also throwing in thrills and suspense. I like reading about the lives of social media controlled families being threatened, attacked and ultimately facing the reality of their own truths. This is 100% an absolute must read.