This is a fun beach read. If you’re interested in the “Aunt Becky” college scandal, and you wish you could have been a fly on the wall during family discussions after the story broke, you’ll like this book. There are fun references to the lifestyles of the rich and famous, and it’s something you’ll like to read when you just need a brain break. First world problems are fun when they’re not your problems.

This was an interesting look at the College Admission scandal from the adults perspective. I enjoyed the perspective and the story. From the author that gave us the Devil Wears Prada comes a new look at NYC’s elite.

Received as an ARC through Netgalley. I really enjoyed this book. It was very timely in the wake of the celebrity college admission scandals. Peyton us a high profile newscaster and her family becomes embroiled in the scandal. The story shows how one mistake has the potential to unravel an entire extended family. The only thing I would have changed is the ending because I wanted more.

Although the college admissions scandal has come and gone, Lauren Weisberger puts a new human face on it. Throughout the scandal, we worried about the kids themselves. Max is a strong female character leading a privileged life, but not the one famous broadcaster Mom Peyton wishes for her. After arranging for what she believes is a charitable donation to secure a spot for Max at Princeton, no one is more surprised than Peyton to find her husband arrested for a crime. Peyton and Max decide to spend the summer laying low in the suburb of Paradise, with Peytons sister Skye. I really enjoyed the sisters’ relationship! It took me a minute to realize the reference to the Guns & Roses song. This would be a fun beach read filled with family drama, teenage angst, and scandal.

As someone who was very interested in the Lori loughlin college admissions scandal and the Netflix doc, I immediately knew I would enjoy this book. I also liked that the focus of the story was primarily on a sibling relationship rather than a romantic one. I enjoyed the family drama and dynamics but overall I expected more. My main complaint is that Skye’s secret is never revealed to her husband! She’s carrying a huge secret and it’s a main part of the story that never gets resolved. I also found the ending to be too abrupt and random.

I absolutely adore Lauren Weisberger and I get so excited when I see she is releasing a new book. I really enjoyed "Where the Grass is Green and the Girls are Pretty"- especially how each chapter was from a different character's perspective. There was a lot wrapped into this book- college admissions scandal, family secrets, two very different sisters, and a teenager growing into her own. The ending- ah, I gasped. I highly recommend, this is a great beach read.

I was unsure of this book when I started, but it slowly engaged me. The title is a bit confusing , I'm not quite sure how it related. I enjoyed the storyline, and the characters. It was a nice escape , and will be a great beach read!

In all candor, I don’t look for Lauren Weisenberger’s books so that I can learn more about politics or world improvement. I read them for entertainment, gossip-y tone, astute comments about lives lived too largely and a happy ending. WHERE THE GRASS IS GREENER AND THE GIRLS ARE PRETTY can’t quite decide to focus on the relationship of two very different sisters or hubris writ large with the college bribe scandal as a template. The sisters are a better story but perhaps Weisberger thought there wasn’t enough entertainment value to that angle. I would have liked more of that story and less of the bribery scandal. This is a soft-focused book with a mild moral lesson; everything works out well in the end. I received my copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

From the author of The Devil Wears Prada, this novel focuses on two seemingly opposite sisters, one who finds herself embroiled in a college admissions scandal.

The book alternates perspectives, switching between Peyton, her sister, Skye, and Max, Peyton's daughter. While there were some continuity issues between the timelines, the voices were distinct and it was interesting to invade each character's vastly different life. Max was by far the most developed character, and the rest began to fall into caricatures by the end of the novel.

Honestly, the book was a bit lackluster. I don't usually mind unlikable characters, but it was hard to feel empathy or any sort of connection to anyone in the book. There were multiple storylines that were glossed over - like Peyton and Skye's relationship with their mother, Skye's mounting financial issues and lack of communicate with her husband - and it made the story fall flat.

The ending was....not good. It didn't make a lot of sense, showed zero character development (aka Peyton continues to just think about herself and not the impact of her actions), and felt like it was going for a sweet ending wrapped in a bow but just missed the mark. I ended the book wondering what the point of it all was.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced copy to review!

Another great book by Lauren Weisberger. I really enjoyed this novel and these characters. I did find it hard to empathize with Peyton for the first half of the book, but her character development was really interesting, and made the story really come together. It was clever that the two sisters were dealing with their own relationship with each other, with their relationships with their mother and their relationships with their own daughters. At times, I felt this book was a little long, and could have cut some length, but overall it was a quick and satisfying read.

I wanted to like this story as I love Weisberger's other books especially "The Devil Wears Prada". She gave the readers an insight into the fashion world from the bottom up with a great narrative and sense of humor.
I wanted this to be the same. Yes, the topic is not funny, but there was no origination to the story. The topic of college scandal mimics life a few years back in Hollywood. Weisberger did not take this story any further than a copycat. The scene of a TV announcer being let go by the Network mimic "The Morning Show" on Apple TV+. The characters were bland and never grew with the story. I was bored halfway through the book.

Thank you to Random House Publishing Group - Random House and NetGalley for letting me read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A look into why one parent makes the choice to help along their child’s college admission. That choice not only effects their child but other family members.

Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to review this book prior to publication! I very much enjoyed this. Weirdly for a Lauren Weisberger novel, my eyes grew misty twice. This book is cast with Weisburgers’s usual ultra rich populace, with a timely twist thrown in. That twist is a take on the college admissions scandals of the past few years. I liked the characters enough to forgive her throwing in a white collar crime to give some gravitas. The plot device isn’t really the point, though. Character development,, especially that of young Max, is everything here. Max is an awesome young woman and as in Devil Wears Prada, we cheer for her to make it past her hurdles to the life of her dreams. Lauren Weisberger once again delivers a read I couldn’t put down, with descriptions of a way of life made more poignant in light of our current pandemic and unrest. A welcome diversion and again my appreciation goes out to Netgalley for the good fortune of getting to read this!

Lauren Weisberger is the best at getting inside the head of a certain type of woman. Her descriptions are spot on and extremely witty, and it’s these that elevate this book and make it so enjoyable.

Peyton Marcus is one such woman, and also a newscaster who becomes embroiled in a college admissions bribery scandal. Her sister Skye is very different, although their relationship is good.

I really enjoyed this book, and I loved how it ended. I became so invested in the characters and how the issues raised would resolve themselves. A fun read with a really interesting insight into the life of a news anchor.

God, I love rich people problems.

And let’s be honest, that is 100% what this book is about. It’s what every Lauren Weisberger book is about, and while I know that it is definitely not for everyone, sometimes I just want to read about extravagantly wealthy people in New York City.

Don’t read this book if you are looking for it to say anything important about the college admissions scandals. There was definitely an opportunity here for Lauren Weisberger to make a commentary about how the ultra-rich involved in these scandals are actively trying to take opportunities away from less privileged potential students, but….that’s just not what a Lauren Weisberger novel is ever going to be about. This book is about rich people with the kind of money that could solve almost every problem the rest of us have, so they have to invent new and unique ways to make trouble for themselves. Enter: college admissions bribes.

With that being said, for the right reader (ie, me), this is a fun book. I really felt for Max, the innocent teen who had no idea her admission to Princeton was illegally purchased. Peyton, her mother, was well-rounded and interesting, and I really bought in to her past and the explanations for her actions. Skye, Peyton’s sister and Max’s aunt, was the only story that felt a little out of place and unfinished. I enjoyed reading from her perspective, but she just wasn’t as interesting as the other two and her main conflict between motherhood and wanting to work/have another role in her life was left somewhat unresolved.

Lauren Weisberger has had some hits and misses for me, but this book was enjoyable and well done. There is genuine emotion here, delightfully mixed in with rich-people antics like renting chickens for the summer.

*eARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this new book by Weisberger. Some of the plot is the style of The Devil Wears Prada but there's a more human quality to this one. The characters are very realistic and you come to love each of them. The relationships between the characters are deep, complicated and very realistic. I highly recommend this book.
Thanks to NetGalley for the advanced copy. #wherethegrassisgreener

Lauren Weisberger does not disappoint! While I don't love the title of this book, but the plot and characters drew me in. It reminds me of other Weisberger's books and I would gladly recommend it to my book club to read. Thanks to the publisher for an advanced copy of the book in exchange for my opinions.

I highly recommend this book. I literally could not read fast enough. Everything this Genre should be and more!!
Thank you to Netgalley for allowing me the thrill of reading early.

Where the Grass is Green and the Girls are Pretty was intended to be a beach read and it definitely delivered. Weisenberger used the novel to discuss a timely and relevant scandal while also keeping things light and not weighing down the reader. It’s not often that you come across a story that casually references TikTok and other 2020 topics and makes you feel like the plot is happening in the present day. However, Weisenberger may have brought too much of 2020 with her into this book as it was definitely a let down when compared to her other work. That’s understandable though- she did write this in quarantine while homeschooling her children so I get it. Just don’t expect too much from this story as I’d rate it at a 2.5/3.

Thank you to Lauren Weisenberger, Random House and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my review.

4.5/5!!

-Peyton is a dynamic news anchor in New York City with an amazing career, the most perfect husband, and a daughter who is on her way to a Princeton for college. When she finds herself reporting a news story about a scandal involving the upper class of society and Ivy League admissions, she doesn’t realize that her life is about to be personally affected in every way imaginable. This story takes you through the ups and downs of Peytons life choices that end up not only affecting her, but also her sister Skye, her husband Isaac, and her daughter Max. How is she going to resolve the consequences of her own actions so as not to completely destroy her family and all she’s worked for?-

I was pulled into this story immediately and didn’t stop reading once until I was more then halfway through. I found myself so invested in Peyton and relating to the fact that in doing everything we can for those we love, sometimes our choices backfire in the worst ways. Weisberger wrote this in a way that the story just flows and I didn’t want to put the book down. I highly recommend this book!

Thank you to Netgalley and Random House for the e-ARC and to Lauren Weisberger for writing an incredible story!

My review on instagram will be posted closer to the publication date! @paperbacks_flightstocatch