Thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for the eARC.

This was a twisty ride and I enjoyed every second of it. The family drama, the press drama, all of it was so fun. I didn't predict every twist which added to my enjoyment.

Thank you Netgalley for giving me the privilege of reading and reviewing this book. All opinions are completely my own and in my own words.

I know a book is well written (in my opinion anyways) when I read multiple books at the same time AND can keep trap of all the the many characters. I mystery that will keep you guessing until the endThis was a joy to read and I look forward to reading more books by the author.

If you like to read about rich families that have dark scandalous secrets than you will eat this book up this is definitely the type of book you read to get out of a slump

Happy Pub Day to A Girl Like Us ✨

A huge thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this early gifted copy!

If you love the following this book is for YOU:
*Locked Room Mystery
*Unreliable Narrator
*Family Secrets
*Reality TV Character
*Riveting High Drama
*Big Twist

I highly think you should move this one up on your TBR - go in without knowing anything else and enjoy the ride! So binge worthy!

Happy Reading my bookish friends!

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for the ARC. I absolutely LOVED this book! While it was long, it was written so well I blew through it. The writing was great at keeping my interest. I loved the bits and pieces of Arianna along the way. The twists and turns were very well done. There was a lot of characters to keep track of but I didn’t find it challenging. Cannot wait for more from this author.

Happy publication day!

Setting this in 2004 is an interesting choice since other than some cultural references and technology gaps the time doesn't seem too far off of now- which might say something about the lack of change over the last twenty years of how we treat women in the spotlight in tabloids. I like the idea of Maya, a discounted "nobody" in the eyes of the powerful family she's married into, taking control of both her narrative and the power she finds herself coming into in this story. Nice twists and plenty of dark family secrets to reveal.

I think this book has a lot of potential, with some great twists and turns that I didn't see coming. However, this was a lot slower than I wanted with little to no build-up before all the secrets were revealed. I did enjoy the ending for the most part, but after the big reveal, it kind of petered out into nothing.

While this didn't really work for me I did enjoy it enough for me to want to pick up more from this author, and I think if you like a slower-paced book, with the claustrophobic feel of being in a grand mansion where pretty much everyone is out to get you with some great twists I definitely think you should give this a try.

Maya Miller was raised by her father after her mother left them. He did illegal things to get money to feed them and she helped him at times. But when he was arrested and sent to prison, she had to rely on her on wits to get by. A beautiful young woman, she became a TV star on a reality show called “The Springs.” She was very popular.

Then she met Colin Sterling, part of the global media Sterling family that is very wealthy. She became pregnant and shortly after their daughter, Becca, was born, they got married and honeymooned in Mexico. Business is always key in the Sterling family so their honeymoon was mixed with lots of business associates.

It was when they flew back to Manhattan that they learned that the heiress of the Sterling fortune, Arianna, had been murdered. Thus, all of the family have to convene at the Sterling family home in England. There, Maya meets this mixed group all of whom have their odd quirks. As Arianna’s will is read, it is discovered that she left her fortune to Maya. Everyone is shocked and wants to know why and tells Maya she needs to immediately sign it over to the family. She refuses and sets out to find out more about this young woman who had a troubled upbringing and why she would leave her fortune to her. But Maya is hiding her own secret that could blow everything out of the water.

This was a mesmerizing and solid read. The author obviously put a lot of planning and time into writing the story. The characters are believable and typical of people with so much money and ruthless power. It did require a lot of concentration to keep up with the plot and the different characters. Enjoy.

Copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

A Girl Like Us is a thriller following a mega rich family and their newest addition by marriage. When the heiress is found murdered and new to the family, Maya, is left the fortune, fingers are quickly pointed.

The reveals in this book, while ridiculous, are thrilling and unpredictable. I loved reading about the grandeur of the problematic Sterling family and the fickle relationships held between family members due to secrets and suspicions. This was a very fun thriller read, filled with morally gray characters!

Former reality star Maya Miller knew what she was getting into when she married into the media magnate Sterling family. What she wasn't prepared for was to become the heiress to the family empire right away. Now Maya must figure out the family secrets in order to keep herself off the chopping block.

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I think this book had so much really good potential, and for the most part, I had a lot of fun. However, it suffers from a few issues.

1) Pacing. This book was slowwww. I wanted more intrigue and excitement.

2 ) Intrigue. The plot issue was mainly due to the fact that we were focusing on the wrong things. This family was supposed to be so spicy and interesting, and instead we were cooped up in this big old house with barely any details into their past or present outside of that one fire on another island.

3) The ending. ??? What happened? It was so abrupt and I just cannot believe that certain characters would fade into the dark.

All in all, it was a decently fun ride. I would read this author again. I just want a bit more glitz and glamour and a faster pace!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my ARC in exchange for my honest review.

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Happy pub day to both of these beauties- A Girl Like Us (thanks @netgalley and @sourcebookslandmark) and You are Fatally Invited ( thanks @netgalley and @bantam) here are my thoughts.
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A Girl Like Us- ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Maya married into a toxic family, and ends up inheriting the money. I did enjoy Mayas story and perspective. It was a super fun romp with a toxic family, definitely a quick fun popcorn thriller!
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QOTD- what are you currently reading nothing ever happens here and first time caller (I can’t stop thinking about it !)?!

WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW. Saltburn meets Succession is accurate! Maya just married into the elite Sterling family & inherits everything after her new cousin mysteriously dies. The twists and turns were unexpected and I sailed through reading. This will be a must have on my bookshelf! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 stars



Thank you so much to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for this ARC!!

I don’t always go for a mystery, but I was very intrigued by the blurb/synopsis of this book. And it lived up to my expectations. I was truly shocked by some of the twist and turns in this book. There was so much going on that Really came together with this mystery. the succession themes were pretty obvious, but really what it was about was power and family and the dynamics with all that. Maya was a heroine who I hated to love and loved to hate, but was rooting for the whole time!

Thank you #Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book was a swing and a miss for me. I was looking forward to it from the synopsis and up until chapter 4. I thought it had some Next Mrs. Parrish vibes and thought it could really be something. The locked-room mystery was fun and I was looking forward to finding out all about what was happening. At about 40% in I didn't know where the story was going anymore and it only got goofier and goofier. The twists didn't really land. I still don't fully understand them. I never ever understood the family and who was with who or how different people were related. I won't even get into the undercurrent of misogyny throughout the book that made me want to puke. Fine. The MC went to therapy and in the end turned down being in an extramarital affair but the way the girls talked about and to eachother and the way the women fawned over the men was something I can't get behind. It's 2025 - we need to stop with that. This totally didn't work for me. Totally didn't work for me.

1⭐️ Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for an advanced copy of A Girl Like Us.

Maya a reality television star has just married Colin and his family is very wealthy and they also have a lot of secrets but so does she. Someone in the wealthy family has been murdered and the family goes into survival mode. Who would have wanted the family member dead?

This book was way too slow for me. It was also very repetitive about events unfolding in the plot. I did not like any of the characters so it was really hard to be invested. I was not a fan.

Thank you to Sourcebooks Landmark, Anna Sophia McLoughlin and NetGalley for the gifted ARC of A Girl Like Us. It was a wild ride!

4.5 rounded down to 4.

What a fantastic, fast-paced thriller! I can't believe this is a debut. A Girl Like Us is so complex and twisty, I couldn't keep up! I had no guesses until the 75% mark. And didn't begin thinking a few of my hunches might be right, until about the 85% point. There were so many suspect possibilities I was hopping around from one person to another for most of the book. I loved the locked door, billionaire elite setting. And the MC rising up from a nothing kind of family life made me question her reliability the entire way!

A Girl Like Us is an addictive, high-stakes thriller that seamlessly blends glitz, power, and deadly secrets. With a sharp and compelling protagonist, Maya Miller (now Sterling), at its core, the novel unravels a murder mystery set against the opulent yet ominous backdrop of the Sterling family’s ancestral estate. As Maya navigates a world of privilege, deception, and ruthless ambition, the tension never lets up. McLaughlin masterfully crafts a gripping page-turner filled with jaw-dropping twists, making this a must-read for fans of glamorous thrillers with a dark edge. Secrets and family drama galore!

Thank you Anna Sophia McLoughlin, Sourcebooks Landmark, and Netgalley for the advanced copy!

Packed to the gills with rich people behaving badly, long-buried secrets, and epic twists and turns, A Girl Like Us had my attention from the very first word. And let me tell you, this family was the secret sauce in what was a killer story. Dysfunctional in the extreme, they were cold, calculating, and cunning in the best possible way. All except for Colin—who had my heart right from the start—and Maya, of course. Well, maybe she had just a few of those traits. Morally gray and with a love for winning at all costs, she was the perfect addition to this ruthless pack of wolves, which made the plot come alive right before my oh so riveted eyes.

As for the plot, I adoringly ate most of it up one heaping spoonful at a time. So much so, in fact, that I finished this 400+ page stunner in just under twenty-four hours. With twist after twist shifting the storyline in first one direction and then another, the conclusion was 100% unguessable for this thriller lover. That’s not to say, though, that I didn’t see through many of those stunning reveals. It didn’t, however, ruin the book for me even the slightest. After all, with ever-present foreboding, complex group dynamics, and a pace that soared higher and higher, I wouldn’t have wanted to actually be there with the Sterlings, but I absolutely loved being a fly on the wall.

The only tiny hiccup that stood out to me other than my ability to see through the twists was the need to suspend all disbelief. You see, while I’m sure there are families out there that could rival this obscenely wealthy, vile clan, the events took coincidence a step too far more than once. That being said, I still found it utterly addictive and I sped through this psychological thriller in no time at all.

Ultimately, by the end of Ms. McLoughlin’s stellar debut, I was undeniably floored. With well-plotted dual POVs, realistic characters, and a deliciously unhinged storyline that kept me in the palm of its hand, it gave me a Stone Cold Fox meets Succession feel with a bit of Kaira Rouda thrown in. The best piece of all, though? That was the locked room thriller premise. Claustrophobic, creepy, and undeniably chilling, Silver House gets my applause for a dynamite setting laced with an atmospheric vibe. So run—don’t walk—to grab your copy today. A sure fire win for this newbie author, you don’t want to miss out on a minute with the Sterlings. Rating of 4.5 stars.

Thank you to Anna Sophia McLoughlin, Sourcebooks Landmark, and NetGalley for my complimentary copy. All opinions are my own.

'Maya's been around long enough to know that gentility is mostly a smokescreen for power grabs and treasure hoarding'.

Maya Miller grew up with trouble, lucky to have made it through high school, she managed to find prominence, popularity, and parties after landing a party on a reality tv series. Her real coup, however, was landing, and marrying, star bachelor Colin Sterling, from a multi-million dollar media dynasty. Maya may have married Colin but she had a long way to go to be a part of his grand family, who are so quick to label her 'them' instead of one of 'us'. That is, until Colin's cousin Arianna is found dead. Arianna, wasn't just a cousin, she was the heiress to the Sterling fortune. The funny thing is, is that although Maya had never met Colin's cousin, she's discovered that she's just inherited everything. Whereas once Maya was disregarded as a nobody, she's now become the prime target, but Maya has secrets of her own and she can be just as clever and underhanded to be a worthy opponent in this game of deceit.

This story is told in alternating POVs, between Maya and Arianna. Slowly a web of deception and lies is revealed, with plenty of twists along the way. I enjoyed this story, which does give off the Succession vibes it claims to, however, I did find it spinning its wheels at times. A good read for people who enjoy twisty mysteries.

'Maya is a different species...A nobody from nowhere...A little thief who learned early that if you want something, you just have to take it...'.

3.5 ⭐️

If there’s one thing I love, it’s a story rich in murder, wealth, and secrets and damn, this book had it all!!! There was a slower burn to the thrill of this story but I was invested in Maya and the crazy cast of Sterling family members. Def give this one a read!

Thanks NetGalley for an ARC!