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MY REVIEW::
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This book was GREAT! It was like Big Little Lies for boarding school 8th graders and their filthy rich / determined parents. It's got multiple POVs and is very fast-paced and suspenseful! I def stayed up too late a few nights wanting to know what happened next because each chapter ended on a cliffhanger.
I was looking for a little more bang in the last chapter, but overall, it was a great book!

Definitely would recommend this thriller.
& GUESS WHAT , it's coming out THIS TUESDAY May 9th, 2023.
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This gave me Gossip Girl vibes and I was here for it. Full of drama and juciness. I really enjoyed this slow burn thay kept me entertained the entire time. The story follows three mothers in the upper east side. Each have an 8th grade daughter that is trying to get into the ivy leagues and each have something to hide. When Urban Myth, an app that allows users to anonymously post, gets hacked everybody's secrets are exposed. Around the time of the hack one of the groups husbands has gone missing and all 3 of these women have posted things that could incriminate themselves.

No One Needs to Know was a quick and entertaining read. I was instantly drawn into the storyline and was not disappointed. It was so fun to read. I could not help but wonder what would happen if this was really happening in real life. Social media is the center of many individual's world and hiding under a veil anominity makes it more fun, especially when sharing secrets. When that veil is dropped all heck breaks loose. This book was loads of fun and I think it would make a great book club book!!!

Lindsey Cameron's NO ONE NEEDS TO KNOW features the darkest secrets of New York's wealthiest in a scandalous and witty domestic suspense— when an anonymous neighborhood forum gets hacked and turns deadly.

"If you want validation, use your social media. If you want discretion, then turn to UrbanMyth. Your secrets are safe with us."

Bare your secrets.
Confidential.
All you need is an email.
There is no way to track your identity.
Safe and secure.
UNTIL —It WASN'T!

The Upper East Side of Manhattan is a neighborhood of wealth and social status. Parents compete to send their children to the best boarding schools in preparation for their Ivy League education.

UrbanMyth is a discussion board where the residents can post their darkest secrets. However, three moms learn that there is no such thing as anonymity, and someone may die.

Meet the three women: Poppy, Heather, and Norah.

Poppy is the Queen Bee: Upper East side, uber-wealthy, husband, old family money—trophy wife.

Heather is a helicopter mom that has clawed her way into the elite society and will do anything to get her daughter the same as the other kids.

Norah is a successful businesswoman with very little in common with the other moms, except her daughter attends the same school.

Then three moms' paths will cross. The UrbanMyth is hacked! Secrets are out, and someone winds up dead.

Each of them has something to hide.
Each of them will do anything to keep secrets hidden.
And each of them just might kill to protect their own.

A juicy drama!

Highly entertaining scandalous suspense of ambition, desire, greed, envy, and competition. Full of twists and dirty secrets. Oh, the lengths these women will go to ensure their children have what 'they think' is the best—for fans of Big Little Lies.

I am looking forward to more by this talented author.

Thanks to #RandomHouse for an e-ARC via #NetGalley for review purposes. #RandomHouseInfluencers

Also listened to the audiobook, narrated by Brittany Pressley (fav) and Rebecca Lowman, for an entertaining listening experience.

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Pub Date: May 9, 2023
My Rating: 4 Stars
May 2023 Must-Read Books

The Upper East Side of Manhattan is definitely one of the most elite neighborhoods in America. It's there we find three women who are intertwined more than just the fact that their kids all go to the same private school. Heather is a mother obsessed with getting her daughter every opportunity that she didn't get when she was a child. Norah is a working mom, who spends her off time with her daughter and new husband Bennett. Poppy is probably one of the richest parents, marrying into money that is funding the private school her son goes to, even though she is unhappy in her marriage. These three woman all have things in common, and it's not just posting to the anonymous website UrbanMyth, where they air out all their every day life grievances. It's only when a hack on their website that causes the previously anonymous posting to be not so anonymous that their stories become even more interlaced.

I found this book to be just a fun and easy read. This book is Gossip Girl meets the college admission scandal meets Real Housewives. I found it super easy to read with perfect pacing, and just enough bread crumbs left throughout the book that you didn't want to put it down. I love a multiple POV story, and getting to see how all these woman had stories that were so close knit was fun. The character development was great! I loved the thriller/mystery of figuring out the whodunit, and enjoyed the ending for sure. The only down side of this story is that it probably isn't one that I will remember every detail about down the road, just remembering that it was a fun and easy read. I do enjoy when stories feel complete, and this one definitely did. I look forward to reading more from this author.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced reader copy of this book. All opinions within this review are my own.

A slow-burn drama about wealthy women living in the Upper East Side - I was entertained throughout, but I’d recommend setting your expectations so you aren’t expecting an action-packed thriller.

I would LOVE to see this as a show like Big Little Lies. I want to see the women and their husbands, and I also want to see their homes! Seriously make this one into a TV show ASAP.

As far as the story goes, it is on the slow side and the characters aren’t exactly likable… but I enjoyed it. Heather was a competitive, type A planner and I imagined her as Reese Witherspoon. I think a good cast would make the women a little more likable.

Thank you NetGalley and Random House Ballantine for the copy in exchange for my honest review!

Whoever suggested this was basically the love child of Big Little Lies and Gossip Girl hit the nail on the head! It starts off a bit slow as we get to know each of the key players, but around 65%, the drama goes into high gear and doesn’t stop until the last page. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and recommend it to fans of dark academia and books about rich people behaving horribly.

Juicy rich people murder saga. A slow burn, yes, but it deliberately unfolded so that I never got bored.

Focusing on three private school mothers from the uber-wealthy Upper East Side, focused on getting their children into an exclusive boarding school and onto the Ivy League. Heather, Poppy, and Norah have their own problems as well, and they vent them on the highly anonymous Urban Myth site. Yet scandals and secrets abound, and when one of their circle ends up missing, presumed dead, who might be to blame?

I thought the prologue was a bit superfluous, it didn't add anything other than letting us know that something was going to happen (maybe a death?) I did like the way the book unfolded, it was juicy secret after juicy secret, and when everything comes to light--oooh! the accusations fly! The narrative is straightforward and although I figured out what happened long before it was revealed, it didn't really make a difference because it was an enjoyable ride.

This is a popcorn thriller at its finest, and I was here for all of the delicious drama.

No One Needs to Know by Lindsay Cameron

Published: May 9, 2023
Bantam
Pages: 306
Genre: Psychological Fiction
KKECReads Rating: 4/5
I received a copy of this book for free, and I leave my review voluntarily.

Lindsay Cameron worked as a corporate lawyer for many years in Vancouver and New York City before leaving the law behind to write books. She is the author of Biglaw and Just One Look. She lives in New York City where she is currently at work on her next book.

“Rules were rules.”

Getting your child into a prestigious boarding school is how you guarantee their placement in an Ivy League college. And parents will stop at nothing to secure their child has every advantage possible. Money can buy just about anything.

I enjoyed the build-up of this book. The chaos was well organized and added a nice touch to the plot. These characters were complicated.

I found the writing well done, and I did not guess what had happened before the big reveal. I was slightly disappointed with the big twist; after all the build-up, it happened and was over.

This was a startling insight into the lives of wealthy mothers who don’t have much to do other than fret over their children's school careers.

The competitiveness and pettiness were intense, Mean Girls level. But I enjoyed how developed all the characters were and found their dimension engaging.

The book follows the lives of three moms from the Upper East Side, and each of them has their own dramatic story to tell. The novel centers around the use of an anonymous social media app called Urban Myths, where people post their secrets anonymously. However, things take a dark turn when someone goes missing just before the website is hacked and all their secrets are exposed. The story is told from the perspectives of the three moms, and while they're not the most likable characters, the story is still captivating and entertaining. The book is cleverly written and keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very end. I recommend this book to anyone looking for a juicy, scandalous read!

Rich people drama, mixed media, online hacks- come together to create a page turning thriller. Cameron's approach to the story and her writing style will keep you on the edge of your seat. No One Needs To Know is a quick easy read- a fun time

It's described as "Big Little Lies" and "Gossip Girl" smooshed together. That's pretty spot on! The kids played a small part but it was mostly about the parent's scandals. It took me a while to get into and get the people straight but about halfway through I was hooked and had to know what happened. Little anticlimactic though.

Thanks to Net Galley for the ARC!

Y’all know dark academia is my jam and Lindsay Cameron put a spin on it! It’s not the students who bring the darkness, it’s the parents! I was completely caught up in all the drama, back stabbing, and nastiness of these elitist moms! On the Upper East Side, it is cut throat business making sure your children get into top tier schools!

UrbanMyth is basically an anonymous Nextdoor app where you can post anything you want and no one knows who you are. Until they’re hacked and everyone’s secrets are exposed. Now someone is dead and everyone has a motive. I honestly had no clue who the killer was until they were revealed!

I flew through this book, never knowing what was going to happen next. Definitely pick this one up if you’re a fan of dark academia, mama drama, and people behaving badly!

4.5 stars

Outrageously good, that's the first thing I need to say. I'm a sucker for books about wealthy people doing bad things and this one was spot on. I'm familiar with the workings of private schools as my kids went and I can tell you, this wasn't that far off the mark with how crazy it gets in NYC trying to ensure your children go to the best schools and have a leg up on everyone else.

What I loved was the UrbanMyth stuff, how no matter what we put online, there is a way to get caught out, doesn't matter how much money you have. The web of lies and betrayals were done perfectly with so many people being bad in varying degrees. The twist was unexpected so another win for me. Highly recommend this book for those who love reading about people who think they're above it all (and perhaps they're fall from grace).

Contemporary Fiction

If you liked Big Little Lies this is a definite must read!

Told from the POV of Heather, Norah and Poppy, upper east side moms with children in 8th grade. Poppy is the wife of a billionaire with all the advantages that come with it. Heather is the social climbing, desperate mother who will do anything to get her daughter into the best schools. Norah is the workaholic mother who is disconnected from everything that is going on in her daughter's life.

All the drama begins when a picture is released on a social media site, of Heather's daughter with a vape pen in her hand. The anonymous poster calls Heather's daughter a drug dealer. This causes all kinds of chaos at the school and adds stress to Heather and decreases her daughter's chances of getting into Andover and subsequently an amazing college.

There is more going behind the scenes and all the juicy secrets begin to be revealed - blackmail, infidelity, test cheating, gambling and possibly murder as well. It's all very juicy and we get to feel like a voyeur into the lives of the uber rich.

It's a good contemporary novel and a great summer read.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my ARC of this novel.

I thoroughly enjoyed immersing myself in this book, staying up late into the night to uncover how everything unfolded. The story revolves around three mothers, Poppy, Norah, and Heather, who reside in Manhattan's Upper East Side and have eighth-grade children. They navigate the complexities of an exclusive neighborhood and educational system while striving to secure their kids' admission to top-notch high schools. However, as competitiveness consumes them, someone is tragically killed, and the supposedly anonymous website they use to share secrets gets hacked, making each of them a potential suspect. The narrative felt incredibly relevant, mirroring current events such as people attempting to buy their way into prestigious schools and the dangers of oversharing online.

Although the characters weren't particularly likable, I couldn't help but root for Norah and Poppy, while Heather elicited frustration and annoyance from me. The book skillfully alternates between the perspectives of these three women, allowing readers insight into their lives without redundant retelling. With well-executed plot twists and surprising revelations, the level of suspense was consistently engaging. The book's quick pace, aided by its short chapters and interconnected mysteries, made it a captivating read. Exploring the profound influence of wealth and status on decision-making fascinated me; while I was aware of this phenomenon, the novel delved deeper into the subject.

In conclusion, I highly recommend this book as an enjoyable and entertaining read, reminiscent of the style found in "Big Little Lies." It will particularly appeal to those intrigued by the lives of the privileged 1% and who relish a well-crafted mystery. I also appreciated the author's previous work, "Just One Look," and now I'm eager to pick up "Big Law." A special thanks to NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.

I really liked what this book was about! It was incredibly relatable in this age and the environment created by the elite private school parents who would do anything to see their children succeed. There were certain parts that I found fairly predictable and others that shocked me, but all in all it was an enjoyable read. If you like thrillers and mysteries set amongst the well to do in New York society and their kids, definitely check this book out!

This super-quick and fun psychological suspense/slow burn thriller/social satire is told from the alternating perspectives of three rich (to varying degrees) mothers of 8th graders at a ritzy but competitive private school on the Upper East Side - and who are all posters/lurkers on an anonymous message board for the neighborhood where people post all kinds of questions and secrets that they probably shouldn’t but are drawn in by the anonymous nature. We know from the start that someone is going to end up dead at some point on the book, but it takes most of the book to find out who and what happened - but in the meantime there is plenty of other scandal and bad behavior.

This book was so much fun to read and suspenseful enough that I almost read the whole thing in one day. The characters are all kind of unlikeable, but it’s the kind of book where that doesn’t even matter as you’re too caught up in all the craziness. The message board postings and comments sprinkled throughout were a fun touch as well.

This book gave me vibes of Big Little Lies meets Eliza Starts a Rumor meets Reconstructing Amelia, so if you enjoyed any or all of those books, you’d probably enjoy this one too.

Real Housewives of the Upper East Side? Okay maybe it’s not quite like that, but that’s the thought that popped into my head while reading this. And while I’m not a fan of those shows, I am a fan of this book, and think it would translate well into a miniseries on Netflix or Amazon. The ladies of the upper east side are all fine with spreading gossip and rumors as long as they can do so anonymously, but when the UrbanMyth app they all use is hacked and suddenly what they’ve said isn’t so anonymous anymore and many of their dirty little secrets are laid bare, that’s when the trouble really starts. This is a delightfully twisting thriller that’s fun from start to finish. You may not find yourself liking many of the characters (which I’m certain is purely intentional), but you’ll love seeing what they’ve gotten up to. Thanks to Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, Bantam and NetGalley for allowing me to read and review an ARC of No One Needs to Know.

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This book is guaranteed to be an instant hit! Thank you so much for letting me read this early, i couldn’t put this down! I loved every character & their own story/journey… all the twists & turns, on par… great read!