Many thanks to NetGalley, Ballantine Books, and Sophie Littlefield & Lauren Gershell for the opportunity to read this fun, snarky book - loved it! 4.5 stars for a great escape read into how the other half live.
This is about the elite in Manhattan - those who live in beautiful multi-million dollar apartments, summer in the Hamptons, send their kids to private schools, have the best nannies and go to posh gyms. And status is determined in the schoolyard dropping off those children - where everyone is always looking to one up the next person. Julia is at the top of that heap - until she finds herself not the youngest mom anymore, with extra pounds creeping up, and scrabbling to get back on top. What she needs is to discover the next new "thing." She finds that when she goes to a new gym, Flame, and sees a spin instructor, Tatum, who is struggling to fit in. Julia takes her under her wing, buying her clothes, treating her to a make-over, and setting it up so that Tatum becomes the big "thing." What could go wrong besides everything?
The best part of this book is self-discovery that unfortunately doesn't happen for many until we get older because high school tends to carry on in our lives a long time; even more so now with social media. The lesson that it truly doesn't matter what anyone else thinks is hard earned but oh so sweet!
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