Review: Her Perfect Life

 

Lily Atwood is a super star - everyone knows her. Well, everyone thinks they know her. But they don't. They don't know why she's afraid every day - for herself and her daughter. They only see the persona her team created for her - her TV Reporter persona. To them she's not a real person, she's perfect.

Perfect is hard to live up to. Especially when you have a big secret.

Lily's sister disappeared when she was a girl. Now, her anonymous source has information about her disappearance. Could Cassie still be alive? 

Could the walls of perfect be crumbling down?

My Thoughts: I read this one on the plane - and it had me turning the pages quickly. I really enjoyed this thriller - even if I didn't like the characters. Perfect is overrated and not achievable. I felt badly for Lily - that she wasn't allowed to be a person. My heart broke for all the characters and their struggles. Lots of plot twists, secrets unraveled, and action kept be on the edge of my seat. 

Cover Thoughts: Great

Source: My Library

Library Recommendation: Highly Recommended for your library's thriller collection.

Blog Tour: Mad Girls of New York

 

About the Book:

Maya Rodale brings to life the true story of the infamous Nellie Bly: a daring female journalist who, in the 1800s, paved the way for women to enter the newsroom. Bly quickly became known for revealing New York City’s injustices by practicing “stunt journalism,” or going undercover and taking extreme risks to expose a story. The first in an all-new series inspired by Bly’s investigative escapades, THE MAD GIRLS OF NEW YORK (Berkley Trade Paperback; on sale April 26, 2022) follows Bly on one of her first stunt assignments: going undercover as a madwoman at a deplorable New York insane asylum.

Rodale relied upon Bly’s book, Ten Days in a Madhouse, which offers a compilation of Bly’s articles and her first-hand narratives about her experiences at Blackwell’s, to inform the writing of the novel. Rodale’s keen storytelling brings Bly to life as a vibrant, modern, and relatable young woman who is trying to make a name and a career for herself in New York City. Historical fiction fans are in for a treat, as are Rodale’s returning romance readers, who will swoon over the romantic chemistry between Nellie and her instant career nemesis Sam Colton.

“There were all kinds of madness, she supposed, and hers was daring to dream.”

About the Author:

Maya Rodale is the best-selling and award-winning author of funny, feminist fiction including historical romance, YA and historical fiction. A champion of the romance genre and its readers, she is also the author of Dangerous Books For Girls: The Bad Reputation of Romance Novels, Explained. Maya reviews romance for NPR and has appeared in Bustle, Glamour, Shondaland, Buzzfeed, The Huffington Post and PBS. She began reading romance novels in college at her mother’s insistence and has never been allowed to forget it.

My Thoughts:

I'm currently reading this book right now and loving it! I'm 1/3 of the way through and it's amazing. I'm a big Maya Rodale fan. I can't wait to learn more about Nellie Bly and I'm so happy this is the first in a series! 

Book Lists: YA Journalists

 

I've been thinking about this book list for a long time - since I finished Off the Record which was SO Good!

I've read and loved the following:

Books Pictured:
Off the Record by Camryn Garett
The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
Lois Lane: Fallout by Gwenda Bond
The Leak by 
Jo by Kathleen Gros

(also check out my book list for Little Women)

Want to read: