Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

Luckiest Girl Alive

by Jessica Knoll

***AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER***

Fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train will thrill at "the perfect page-turner to start your summer" (People, Book of the Week): Luckiest Girl Alive--described by Reese Witherspoon as "one of those reads you just can't put down!"

"Loved Gone Girl? We promise [Luckiest Girl Alive is] just as addictive."
--Good Housekeeping

"Jessica Knoll introduces you to your new best frenemy, and you're going to love it. . . .Destined to become one of the summer's most gripping reads."
--Bustle.com

"With the cunning and verve of Gillian Flynn but an intensity all its own, Luckiest Girl Alive is a debut you won't want to miss."
--Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me and The Fever

"Luckiest Girl Alive is Gone Girl meets Cosmo meets Sex and the City. . . . Knoll hits it out of the park."
--Fort Worth Star-Telegram

HER PERFECT LIFE IS A PERFECT LIE.

As a teenager at the prestigious Bradley School, Ani FaNelli endured a shocking, public humiliation that left her desperate to reinvent herself. Now, with a glamorous job, expensive wardrobe, and handsome blue blood fiance, she's this close to living the perfect life she's worked so hard to achieve.

But Ani has a secret.

There's something else buried in her past that still haunts her, something private and painful that threatens to bubble to the surface and destroy everything.

With a singular voice and twists you won't see coming, Luckiest Girl Alive explores the unbearable pressure that so many women feel to "have it all" and introduces a heroine whose sharp edges and cutthroat ambition have been protecting a scandalous truth, and a heart that's bigger than it first appears.

The question remains: will breaking her silence destroy all that she has worked for--or, will it at long last, set Ani free?

Reviewed by Sam@WLABB on

4 of 5 stars

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This book is pretty deep. Our MC, Ani, appears to be the luckiest girl alive. She's beautiful, has a rich, blue blood fiancee and a job at an iconic NY magazine. Inside, she is still struggling with her inner demons from the events that occurred over 14 years ago. I liked how the author flipped between the present and the past. It gave me insight into how Ani became this fairly unlikable woman. I couldn't help but feel sympathetic towards her. I enjoyed thinking I knew where the story was going and then another layer is revealed. I was ok with the ending. I think this was really a story of Ani coming to terms with her past and being able to accept who she really was instead of who she thought she had to be.

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