This book is so much fun to read and I really look forward to recommending it. Think The Devil Wears Prada in the social media era! Cricket Lopez is an assistant to a famous fashion stylist who is truly abusive (even worse than Miranda Priestly, if you can imagine that). Cricket, looking for a creative outlet that she can have control over, starts a social media account that features anonymous celebrity gossip. It goes totally viral, and she struggles to keep her identity a secret. Will this social media account destroy her, or be her ticket out of assistant hell? It is fun to find out!

As a deuxmoi follower I thoroughly enjoyed the behind the scenes look at the origin story of everyone's guilty pleasure. I love that the founder/author is still a secret. Thanks to NetGalley for the advance e-copy. Anon pls!

I’m not one for celebrity gossip but I find the concept of DeuxMoi to be fascinating and I have dabbled in reading its submissions from time to time. When I saw that she had written a novel obviously based on her experiences, I had to request a copy.

This was so much fun and perfect for those who read Gossip Girl as a teen. I’m gonna be honest—I mean I have to because this has to be an honest review—I was looking forward to some light trash (meant in the best way!) but Anon Pls. had more substance than what I originally assumed. I appreciated the emphasis on abuse in the workplace and sexism, because while everyday gossip can be entertaining, truly harmful behavior should be exposed and dealt with accordingly. I rooted for Cricket the whole time and found her to be a sympathetic character wanting a better life and stumbling into something wild.

I liked how DM name-dropped real celebrities in breezy ways that didn’t ultimately matter, while made-up celebrities were prominent in the main narrative. That was a nice detail I enjoyed because the reader still gets cutesy shout-outs about stars they’ve actually heard of, but nobody real gets dragged from false scenarios.

If DM wrote another one I would totally read it.