Thanks so much to NetGalley, Simon and Schuster, and Jessica Knoll for the opportunity to read her new book. I was a big fan of Luckiest Girl Alive and was anxious to read this one. 3.5 stars.
This is the story of 5 women who take part in a NYC-based reality show called Goal Diggers. Touted to be different from the rest of the popular women-based reality shows, Goal Diggers shows that women can be powerful, successful, happy - all without the traditional life of being married and a mother. But is the reality of what is shown on TV the reality or is the show making real life the reality?
Very interesting premise and there are great messages in here about women being valued for more than their looks, how thin they are, and how well they marry. But it's also like watching reality TV - lots of behind-the-scenes fighting, staged fighting for the show, until those lines get really blurred. It's also a mystery - you know from the beginning that one of the women dies and you also know that the story being told is not the real one.
This is a guilty pleasure read - probably more enjoyable if you like the reality TV world, of which I'm not a big fan. Took me awhile to get into it but the last part of the book flew until you know the "real" story.
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