Juicy, gossipy and soapy. Love a good look into the 1% and how people will go to any lengths to keep what they think they deserve

I wouldn't classify this as a "thriller" persay but it was still good. Very reminiscent of Little Big Lies but not a copy at all!

Loved the social media aspect as well. My one critique is that I felt like I needed a flow chart at times due to the complicated web of connections between some characters, but I got it eventually!

Books with multiple perspectives seem to draw me in and this one was no different. Thank you to NetGalley and Random House for the digital ARC.

I love a good thriller and No One Needs to Know did not disappoint!
Lifestyles of the rich and famous in New York, and let’s see what happens when all their darkest secrets posted online anonymously are suddenly revealed!
I love the backstories of all the characters and how they all intertwined throughout the parents and adults.
I devoured this book!

Special thanks to NetGalley and Random House for this early release, in exchange for my honest review.

Book to be released May 9, 2023.

If you are a fan of rich women drama-this is your book! I enjoyed this story very much. It was interesting, kept you guessing, and kept my attention throughout. There were several characters with similar names and occasionally, I would get a little confused. Though the story line was excellent, the writing was fair to good. Definitely a good beach or vacation read!
Thank you to Net Galley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I received an ARC of this upcoming novel (due out May, 2023) through NetGalley.

This is a very entertaining satire, remindful of any number of old TV series that mocked wealthy communities. In this case, the setting is New York City. The focus is on the families of 8th grade students, whose parents are obsessed with getting their children into elite high schools and universities.

Also essential to the plot of this book is how people behave on social media. It can be used to attack people anonymously. And people, again without revealing who they are, can expose their deepest and darkest secrets and open their private lives to discussion. All of this happens in No One Needs to Know.

Eventually the atmosphere in this community leads to tragedy. There are three women who are the principal narrators in this book. How will the tragedy impact them and those around them? Will justice be served?

This is a fun read. Interesting characters, a lively writing style and a plot that kept me engaged.

I enjoyed the format of this book and thought the premise was interesting. It definitely felt similar to Big Little Lies. The ending felt somewhat out of place to me. I rate this book 3 stars.

If something is labeled as a thriller but it doesn’t thrill you, is it really a thriller? Especially when the plot twist doesn’t come until 68% of the way into the book?

This one had a lot of potential, and I was eager to get my hands on it and read it so I’m very grateful I got an advanced reader copy! But the promise of “Big Little Lies meets Gossip Girl” is misleading and I think that contributed to my high expectations.

I can see how it attempted to resemble Big Little Lies based solely off of the twist at the end and how the women came together the way they did. But none of the three main characters were flushed out enough for me to even determine what made them each unique from the other and I found myself neither rooting for them nor caring what happened.

I pushed through this because I knew the twist was coming. And while some aspects of this were intriguing, it read as more of a drama or contemporary fiction than a thriller. Overall, what saved this book was the writing prose and the interesting concept, despite its execution.

DNFed around the 12% mark. This isn't like other mystery/thriller books. It was hard to get into. And in the first few chapters they give a hell a lot of background information on the characters, and that's not how it shouldn't be done. A snooze fest.

This was super fast-paced and was such a fun read. I love the stakes and the high-society tidbits of life--a life I will most likely never get to truly experience LOL so this was fun. I thought that the actual mystery was sort of predictable, but it was still a fun read. This was like watching an episode of Real Housewives but with a murder! Twisty and turny, I can see this being the book of the summer!

Juicy and gossipy and full of rich people behaving badly - so much fun! I loved how it alternated between different families and dug deep into their secrets and the things they protected about their lives, and how weird and bad they all were underneath. The end was crazy - the whole story was honestly crazy - and every single person was a disaster. This is like modern Judith Krantz in some ways, which is the highest compliment I can give a rich person novel.

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC. I LOVED this book. It was just great. I read it while on vacation and it was the perfect book. I was able to easily pick up where I left off without being confused. Lindsay Cameron does a great job of keeping you interested without giving too many details so that you can’t keep the characters straight. Everyone on the Upper East Side seems to have something to hide. When Violet’s picture is taken while vaping and then posted to the private school IG, the crowd goes wild. Her mom tries to seek revenge, other parents accuse her of being a drug dealer, the moms on the chat Urban Myth, wonder what is going to happen next. Of course there is a death and a clever whodunit. Read this book at the beach. Stick in your bag to read at lunch. Read it in a nice, quiet place with a glass of wine but Read This Book!!!

I love a good look into the one percent. I love a look at what lengths people will go to to preserve what they believe they deserve. I love a force that moves to expose the facade people call life. It has all these elements and more. It’s so worth the time . The ending is the best moment. Happy reading

A novel surrounding the lavish lifestyles of three elite families of the Upper East Side. Reminded me of the college admissions scandal where schools mean everything and money can buy anything. Packed full of drama and lies, these families lies begin to be revealed through the platform UrbanMyth. I liked the story line and was definitely a page turner, it was a bit confusing and unrealistic at times, the more I read it the more I began to dislike it. The ending seemed abrupt and I wish there was more closure.

Thank you for the opportunity to preview No One Needs To Know.
I felt like this book was like watching the real housewives show. The super elite women in New York have secrets that will turn each others lives apart
Twisty and steamy a fast read and would be great for the beach
3.5 stars

The world of elite NYC prep schools meets the secrets that women keep in this suspenseful novel by Lindsay Cameron. The story is told from three parent perspectives: Heather, Poppy, and Norah. Each women is willing to do anything to help their child succeed, but they are each keeping secrets from their spouse as well.

Mixed in with this drama is an anonymous social media site called UrbanMyth on which people post their darkest secrets and forbidden thoughts. It seems like a perfectly safe platform until hackers reveal the identity behind each post. Now, a man is missing, the police are asking questions, and each woman is worried which, if any, of their secrets are still safe.

This was a pretty enjoyable read. Books with multiple perspectives seem to draw me in and this one was no different. Thank you to NetGalley and Random House for the digital ARC.

At first glimpse, I thought this was gonna be the typical story you see nowadays in the post-Big Little Lies era: WASP-y moms with secrets that lead to someone being murdered. But the premise mentioned something different: an anonymous website where users can post about their community and all that takes place. It winds up being hacked and identities behind the posts getting revealed.

There were a couple things I didn’t like about the book: having 3 POVs about similar women was very confusing. It was a little hard keeping each women and their respective husbands/children straight. Also, the little twist I mentioned in the premise wasn’t introduced until close to the end of the book so there wasn’t much payoff that I had wanted.

Overall, if you like this type of book I think you’d enjoy it.

Thanks as always to NetGalley for the opportunity to review in exchange for review.

I have mixed feelings about this book, as I was expecting a fast-paced, juicy thriller based on the description. Instead, the majority of the first half of this book moved pretty slow, and overall the 'thriller' part was pretty minimal near the end. Three women are the main characters, none of which I found myself attached to, or all that interested in their well-being. Each of them also had a husband and teenage child...leading to there being a LOT of names. This made the book super confusing for the first third, because I couldn't keep them all straight. The ending was somewhat satisfying, but overall this book was just mediocre for me. I liked it, but didn't love it.

I enjoyed this book more than I expected to considering it revolves around mega rich upper east siders in nyc. They are so manic about their social standings and where their kids go to school I found yourself rooting for the type of person I don't usually even like. The author did a good job showing alternate points of view and I was happy about the ending.

Moms on the Upper East Side would do anything to make sure their children have a safe place in the upper echelon of society, which means the best schools. This can be quite stressful, so they sometimes vent in an online forum. But when their anonymity is blasted wide open, what sort of consequences will it have for them and their families?

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I just could not get into this book for some reason. I appreciate that it shows that adults act like teenagers on social media apps, especially when they can do so anonymously, but besides that, I just did not care what happened to any of these women. I did not particularly like or connect with any of the characters.

No One Needs to Know is centered around three Upper East Side moms – Heather, Poppy, and Norah – whose children are on the cusp of high school and about to be vying for entry into prestigious boarding schools. These moms consider these elite schools to be the stepping stone to an Ivy League college acceptance and will stop at nothing to ensure their children snag one of these highly competitive spots. Meanwhile, parents have been posting secrets and snarky comments to a supposedly anonymous message board… but we all know nothing is truly anonymous on the internet, and these parents are about to learn that the hard way.

This gossipy, catty neighborhood drama was such a fun read! I love that the multiple POV structure gives the reader each of the three moms’ perspectives, plus juicy excerpts from the message board. It was fascinating to contrast how the women viewed themselves vs what the others thought of them. I couldn’t put this one down, I blazed through it in about a day and was completely entertained the entire time!

Fans of Gossip Girl and Big Little Lies are sure to enjoy this snarky suspense novel. This book gave me similar vibes as Dirty Laundry and Girls with Bright Futures, so if you dug those, you’ll love this one too. Many thanks to NetGalley and Random House Ballantine Books for providing me an advance copy of this book.

Thank you Net Galley and publisher for this ARC. This is my first book I’ve read from Lindsay Cameron and I really enjoyed it. I was immediately interested in the plot. I found this book to be fast paced, I loved the anonymous site twist and couldn’t put this book down. I’ll be recommending it.