I enjoyed reading this book I just never got around to writing a review. I will continue to read works by this author

I would like to thank NetGalley for the opportunity to review this book even though I did not finish this book.

I was optimistic for this book - a romance set in the finance world, with a badass woman of color in the lead role? Unfortunately I felt that there was way too much finance and not enough other things. I finished it, but was pretty bored.

Although I did enjoy this book, I found it quite slow to get going and a lot of the finance speak was lost on me
It was good to read a book with a strong female central character, putting herself first.

I loved reading this type of books, it promotes women-empowerment especially in the corporate world where most CEO's, Presidents, Owners, Directors or in the VIPs are male-dominated. It also shows the real situation of Mia who, after losing her job, has to survive on her own by finding her way up. I just didn't like that Mia had to choose between career or love because everyone deserves to have both while being and staying happy.

It took me a while to get to this book but once I started I couldn't put it down. This is the perfect summer read and I couldn't put in down while on my vacation. The story follows Mia a wall-street exec who is the only woman at her firm. She is abruptly fired from the company and doesn't seem to have as much money in savings as she should considering she made really good money. Mia is blackballed and cannot find another job. There were so many great themes in this book. I loved how it showed the culture on wall-street. What I loved the most though was Mia's strong will to succeed. Every time she got hit down she got right back up. Great read.

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my unbiased opinion.

Mia Lewis is the Head of Equities at Atlas, a boutique trading company. When a co-worker defies her orders, Mia is stunned when her boss and mentor fires her and gives that co-worker her job. Mia had dedicated the past 10 years of her life to Atlas and doesn't know what to do with herself now. She ends up in a small town in New York, trying to rediscover herself.

This was a captivating story; it took a few turns that I did not expect. Mia was a highly likable protagonist, and the characters were well developed. I would have liked to have a little more closure with what happened with certain characters, but overall, I highly recommend this book!

This book was okay. Mia is your typical powerful Wall Street woman, who has an unexpected fall in her career. Taking a break from all she knows, she finds friendship and love, but then gets to the root of why her career trajectory changed. What was so frustrating about this book is that Mia sees no fault in herself for her financial issues. Everything is done to her, but doesn't see her role in any of it. And for her new friend and boyfriend to change so radically, all of it was too much and a little too hard to believe at times.

As a woman in an analytical, male-dominated field, I greatly enjoyed this novel. There are not enough books about strong, working females. Mia falls from grace in her career due to no fault of her own, but refusing to give up, she takes on the system and men who tore her down. I greatly enjoyed Mia’s strength and determination throughout the whole novel. There was also a romantic love story for Mia, but it was only a small plot line. I appreciated the duel storylines of career and love.

Thanks to Jennifer Anglade Dahlberg and NetGalley for a copy in exchange for an honest review.

First of all, my apologies for the late review on this one. I thought I’d already posted but apparently it got lost in the back to school shuffle. Anyway, I read and advanced copy of Lagging Indicators by Jennifer Anglade Dahlberg last month but Mia’s story clearly left an impact on me because, her I am, thinking about it a month later at 2am lol. I really connected with Mia for a few reasons.... or more so, one multifaceted reason. In 2008, I was also one of few women of color working in the finance industry. I was younger than Mia (fresh out of college) and welcoming my first child into the world. Prior to the Great Fall, what started as a part time customer service gig until I found a “real” job had rocketed me through so many promotions that before I knew it, going to work in the field I’d studied would have meant taking a huge pay cut. It was truly surreal. I left for maternity leave in May with enough money & perceived job security to take an extended leave even though it would be unpaid but by the time I returned, literally nothing was the same. I blame it on my youth that I hadn’t prepared for this kind of thing but despite our age gap, I found a kindred spirit in Mia. I so related to her feelings of “playing a role” to fit into a world dominated by straight, white men, how she felt an obligation to the community of color to be successful & the way you begin to live and breathe by the numbers on a ticker when you’re in that industry. I ended up riding out the wave and a few others over the next years before ultimately deciding to be a stay at home parent but, even though I left the industry by choice, I also relate so much to that “who am I now?” feeling. I didn’t intend to make this an autobiography but, I say all of it because I want to commend the author for her incredible authenticity. This book is a work of fiction but it felt like it could have just as easily been a memoir. I recommend it to anyone that was just getting the adulting thing down when the bottom fell out or anyone in general that has ever looked in the mirror and thought “Well, what in the world do I do now?”.

It is October 2009 and Mia Lewis is on top of her game professionally. Working and surviving on Wall Street is a dream come true. She is a 35-year-old independent woman and the Head of Equities at Atlas Capital. She always does what is best for the firm, and trust her instinct at the same time. But one heat-of-the-moment reaction ushers her downfall.

Suddenly Mia's entire career is taken away. Disgraced, broke, and thrown under the bus. No calling in favors. Jabbing elbows with those of Wall Street means nothing. So what better time than now to take a break from it all? She escapes to a cottage in upstate New York to repair her reputation and figure out what's next. She doesn't expect to connect with a handsome single dad. But a past she's intentionally kept hidden jeopardizes her future.

Finally a book about an industry I am familiar with and a main character of color! Author Jennifer Anglade Dahlberg really put her best writing hand forward and did due diligence. Her research is apparent in the details, yet it was not full of jargon that the everyday reader could not follow. From the book cover with stock quotes and a black woman dressed business casual to the industry related title, Lagging Indicators is on point. I am quite impressed!

I have not closely related to a main character in a long time. That is, before Mia Lewis came along. I understood her decisions, her connections with numbers and knowledge of the market. Not once did I roll my eyes at something Mia said or did. In fact, I predicted her next moves simply because it was something I would have done too. Readers in the finance industry will find this fiction book accurate yet a great escape. Lagging Indicators is a new release available now!

Disclaimer: This book was received directly from the publisher for review purposes only. In no way does it influence my review. The opinions I have expressed are my own and would be the same if I spent my hard-earned coins.

LiteraryMarie

I started out really enjoying this book and found it to be very interesting but after awhile it just got boring for me. Maybe because I worked in finance at one time, whatever. This was definitely a well written book which will undoubtedly be a wonderful read for many others.

This was a quick read which gave a lot of information about the life of a Wall Street trader without being too overwhelming and technical. I really liked Mia and was rooting for her!

Mia Lewis was the embodiment of a powerful black woman, she’s glamorous and focused. I did enjoy the romantic side of the book but the ending was very unsatisfactory. Although Mia did manage to get what she wanted career-wise, I do think she could have had a love life without sacrificing her career.

Lagging Indicators touches on some topics that affect black career women, issues such as workplace racism, family vs career and fertility. Mia gets bombarded in her new life with invasive questions about when she’s settling down and having kids. The ending of Mia and Oliver’s relationship felt very unsatisfactory. It kind of pushed the idea that women have to give up either their careers or love lives to find happiness and contentment. I mean why can’t women have both?

The pacing of the book was slow, and broken up with some huge chunks of the book that felt unnecessary. There was some trader jargon that threw me off a little.

Pitch perfect. Features characters who act infuriatingly human. Thanks to NetGalley and to indiebooklauncher.com for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

This was a great book. The character development was fantastic, and I loved the ending ;) I will definitely be reading more of Jennifer Dahlberg in the future--you have a devoted fan!

Such a great book! This book has a strong, flawed female lead that I just loved. She was so afraid to show her vulnerability that it made her even more endearing to me. As a female that often put (and still does put) work ahead of my personal life, I feel like I was able to see a lot of myself in Mia. Some of the decisions she seemed to wrestle with, I also have in my life.

I appreciate that the end of the book didn’t end as I might have hoped for Mia, but I almost feel proud of her for the choices she made. In the age of the “Me Too” movement, I think this is a timely read.

Great character development, and just an overall engrossing book.

I wanted to love this book - the hubs used to work in the Finance sector so I was gung ho to read this. I was thinking it would be a "Devil Wears Prada" in finance. Not really...

What I did love is good won out in the end - even if it was a little rushed and skimpy on the romantic aspect of the book. I had to re-read the ending a few times to make sure I got it - so she got the job and the man? There was also a scene after she's picked up by the FBI where all I could think about was the groceries - so happy the author paid attention to detail!

What I didn't love: Easy - even though this was set back in 2010 - I had a hard time gathering sympathy for someone who still held on to quite a few nice things. Our world caved in that year and we still haven't been able to fully recover. I still shop the Target and Old Navy route for things and she's holding on to her Lanvin blouses? Cry me a river...

I’m making my way through my Summer Reading List and so far I haven’t come across a book that did not interest me. For the month of July, I’m ranking Lagging Indicators by Jennifer Anglade Dahlberg as my favourite. The ARC was provided to me by Netgalley and I had no clue what I was getting myself into. I picked it because I liked the cover art. Fortunately for me, the book did not disappoint and is in my top 5 books of 2018.

We follow the story of Mia who has 15 years of experience on Wall Street and is only woman exec at the boutique firm she works at. She survived the major crisis layoffs but when a new man is brought on at the firm, Mia loses her job security and is essentially blackballed after a clip of her not taking her firing well goes viral. Then she goes into survival mode and this is when I wanted to smack Mia. We find out out homegirl was taking home 7 figures a year and only had 5 figures in her bank account. I was baffled that she only had 50K in savings. What kind of financial irresponsibility?! I think I was so upset because of the realness. This is the narrative of so many people who spent their lives working on Wall Street and balling out, but had little in their savings accounts. In the beginning, Mia came about as savvy, intelligent, and formiable.Yet she was so dumb.

Luckily for her, she has a great best friend that offers her a place in the burbs to lay low, while she figures out how to salvage her name, reinvent herself, and get her finances in order. Mia’s time in this quaint little time had some of my favourite moments because we see so many themes explored. What it’s like to but a motherless child and an orphaned adult. Things I often mind myself thinking about, as an only child with one parent. What happens when the strong, black woman who is everything to everyone else starting thinking about herself and allows others to help. How to come to term this company and people you’ve dedicated your life to, don’t have your back and you’ve experienced sexism and racism due to their actions. I could go on and on because it was such rich writing.

There is a romance aspect to this book, which I was not expecting. What I enjoyed the most from that was Mia choosing the relationship that worked best for her life and career goals. We so often get romance stories where the woman has to sacrifice by moving and finding a new job or moving and leaving behind her friends for love. Which is cool because people, or in this case characters, have agency, but it was refreshing to read something that did not necessarily follow the path. Throughout the entire book, I felt as in I was going through the motions with Mia. When a book can do that, I am more than happy to give it the highest of ratings.

If you have watched and enjoyed TV series like Scandal, Billions, Suits, or The Good Wife I think you’ll appreciate Mia’s journey throughout this novel and find yourself rooting for her too by the end of it all.

You will not be able to put this book down! Grabs hold from the first page!

What a fantastic read! At first, I wasn't even sure that I would want to read this book, but, I thought that I would give it a shot. Once started, I wasn't interested. I was riveted! I loved every minute.

I loved the fact that this book enabled a woman to be the smart and capable one, not dependent upon a man. A woman with 15 years of experience at the top of her game, comes crashing down. Why? Well, that's what has the reader turning every page faster and faster. I was seriously wondering if she actually just fell apart due to pressure, or some other reason. Was she crazy?

I loved that this book was not predictable, and that I had to read it to determine what happened. Could she come back after her fall from grace?
Would she want to? Was she really as much of an expert as one was initially led to believe, perhaps as she thought of herself? All of these questions and more were answered, all the while capturing and holding my interest. At the end, I found myself wondering if there was or could be a sequel.

A financial mystery, with romance and more.

I am looking for other books by this author, and hope to find more of the same!

WOW!!!!!

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC